Plant ID? A strange haworthia I’ve never seen
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I've never seen anything like it!!!!
Comments (13)What makes this even stranger is that I have extensive ornamental gardens too--all mulched with wood chips. In fact the veggie garden is only a couple of feet from very large beds on two sides--no digging at all in the ornamental beds. I've spoken to several people who are pretty good on wildlife and guesses range from skunks to raccoons--though the coon would have had to climb the fence--and I've never heard of them doing that unless they're after corn. And I've seen no scat around the yard, and when I had a coon a few years ago and had only a single strand electric fence and a short galvanized wire fence that I stepped over, the coon didn't attempt to enter the garden until the first corn was just about ready. I just hope it never happens again; after all how long before it starts on the bed?. I'm quite nervous about tonight, I must admit....See MoreI've never seen.......
Comments (16)Well I have all of you beat!!! I put down two leaves of Irish Imp and 4 days later a small plantlet began forming on the edge of the leaf. The leaf was no where near the medium. I had to get out my magnifying glass to make sure what I was seeing.. and sure enough it was there. Not only did it grow from atop of the leaf, but the mother leaf also produced babies from the stem. I was amazed at the speed. The other leaf only produced babies from the inserted stem in the medium. The leaf was girl foliage. Miniature. I took the leafpot to my AV Club's workshop and showed them.. they were amazed also. Guess I could call this "Once in a blue moon!!" Tea...See MoreI've got the shade, but shade plants never thrive!
Comments (6)I have a mostly wooded lot. All the neighbors (non gardeners) are also wooded. So even if I cut down trees I would need them to cut some down also in order to get full sun. There are places on my property that nothing grows, not even poison ivy or stilt grass. I should have paid attention to this fact when I planted tons of hostas and hellebores and various other shade tolerant plants. Live and learn. Years ago I had a dozen or so mature oaks and tulip poplars cut down, that made enough room for a veggie garden but now that a few years have passed the edge trees are spreading their canopy out over the open spot. The only thing I can get to grow well at the foot of the trees is Hedera helix or English Ivy - which is a big no no plant, invasive wise. I don't have to plant it, it just pops up throughout the edge of the woods. There is too much of it to pull up so what I do is trim it from tree trunks so that it never gets tall enough to bloom. A trick I've used in the past is to take large plastic pots of rich potting media and plant fast growing tropicals - Wandering Jew, Swedish Ivy, Syngonium, etc. I sink the pot into the ground and the vines creep out and cover about 5 feet in all directions. They won't survive winter but they make decent houseplants. I haven't seen decent rain in a month. In this weather you have to water every day and potted plants often need it twice just to stay alive. If you're not going to water, I doubt anything will thrive there....See MoreI've never seen this before. Help ID?
Comments (11)Yeah it's new but I'm giving it a lot more light than the Lowes I bought it from did. I'll try to do some more searching. edit: I found a few things that mentioned there are some tall pachyveria hybrids that aren't actually victims of etiolation but just happen to be tall. I will admit it's leaves are quite fragile though. I may update this as time goes on...See Moregreenclaws UK, Zone 8a
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