Sorry you didn't get your order. Don't know what the problem is with Spring Garden but I too ordered from them in May, received 2/3 of the order with the notice that the the last part of my order had been discontinued. There was no other explanation. FYI since Spring Garden and Breck's share the same location I looked up Breck's name on the search engine and stumbled upon the Canadian Gardening forum: http://www.canadiangardening.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16313&start=0 There it's claimed that the Brecks and Spring Garden nurseries in Canada are holding facilities for the American imported plants. Don't know what all this means but one thing is for sure, I wouldn't order from them again. I hope things work out for you, at least that you get a refund. Helene

javalita, Hmmm. I don't know what mine smell like in the evening--- Usually in the evening (around 8 - 9 pm) I'm out there with the scissors trying to snip the walking sticks in half -- in the dark, I'm usually trying to avoid being scourged by rose thorns, so haven't stuck my nose in it's direction. It's right behind a Double Delight and an Intrigue (not to mention the ancient pink rose that while I have no idea what it is has a knockout scent and the prettiest bud I've ever seen on a rose), it would have to be pretty powerful to catch my nose without serious attention. I'm going out in an hour and I'll sniff a bit and let you know!

Ken, what you say is true for gardens of people who know what is what, but I approached this perennial mess with that idea last year and ended up weeding out blue salvia and a nice honeysuckle and half a lantana among others! Oops. This year I am just pulling the stilt grass, dandelion, clover, violets, and wild strawberries, and waiting til everything else flowers to see what it is! This one just made me suspicious by its quantity.

Thank you so much for your replies! You're right kara, they do look like they're light-starved but strangely they've always been in full light on a window ledge (I moved them to a wall to take the photos!). I first bought the original plant (in the orange pot) from a garden centre - it was helpfully just labelled 'succulent', and was much smaller. Also it's worth noting the leaves weren't very curly at all when I first bought it! They were classic straight leaf shape like the propagated cuttings, and the stem was much less woody and coarse (and green) - it basically looked like the fresher propagated cuttings in the 2nd photo. I think the poor original plant might be a bit pot-bound now.. elucas101, those do look quite a lot like them but I can see mine aren't quite growing in the same way and sadly these guys don't seem to get flowers! (or at least they never have with me..) It's a really lovely plant though! Hm, these guys are a bit of a mystery!!