my succulents in Costa Rica
As I said in another thread, I live in Costa Rica in more or less a greenhouse. In the last year Ive gone nuts collecting bonsai materials to do bonsai, succulents and some cacti, and other flowering and or fruiting shrubs and trees. And now that I found this site Id like to share them to show whats available and maybe some names. I have both sizes of jade but dont have names for the rest.
I will start with my little garden in a tire. One is taller than the rest with long fine "leaves", and Id like its name. Also, will the leaves strike roots like jades and others? Its got a baby growing out from near or connected to the stem. I like that plant. And there are more, bits of jade, something that grows sorta aloe like leaves and can be seperated easily. Its like a ground cover. And there are a few more. So I hope you like them. And as always thanks for looking, your advice and time!
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Eric Ferguson
7 years agoOk, I couldnt post more than one pic. I will post more now
this is one Id like to ID. And do the leaves strike roots?Eric Ferguson
7 years ago
Sorry for the crummy pics, all I have is my cellphone.So thats my tire garden. My whole living room is full of other things too. I like all of the life so close.
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7 years agoThese are on my tire wall. I dont know that theyre all succulents or not. But I will show the succulent like ones.
Heres a native ground covering vine that seems suc. to me.Eric Ferguson
7 years agoHere are two similar ones, the veriagated one strikes from leaves. Idk about the green one, never tried.
Eric Ferguson
7 years ago
I dont know about these two. The red flowered one feels very much like a suc, but has white sap. Cuttings all root.
Eric Ferguson
7 years agoCrown of thorns, a hanging suc that strikes from leaves, and another suc like plant I know nothing about other than its growing like crazy
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoEric Ferguson
7 years agoThats it for now, I will show a pic or two of the tire wall so you can see how it is from further away. Normaly these walls get covered with cement and stucco or adobe. But I hate working with cement and cant buy it right now. So I think the plants and trees look nicer than just tires and bottles..
There are ficus,bouganvilla and a bunch more plants on there.Is it the ugliest thing ever? Maybe. But the plants help a lot. And to me its not so bad.
Anyway, hope y'all liked seeing most of my s/c collection. Tomorrow I need to ask about a sad jade that I want to help.
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Thanks for looking, comments are welcome.
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