This years growth! Let's see yours?
Found this old photo. This Apus was bought earlier this year and was re potted right away. It has taken off like a rocket. I know it varies on sun/temps/ soil/water. Goes to show they can make a total turn around in a short time after improper winter care at a nursery.
What have you guys noticed taking off in the last few months? lets see em :)
Late Jan/ early Feb - Day it came home
April 8 - After really warm temps good light, and little water.
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SpanishFly - (Mediterranean)
6 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (20)Morning, Purple & Marquest. Okay, a third plant to consider.. ") Btw, I've never heard of Zephyranthes. Heck, can't even pronounce it. lol. Okay, just Googled, and by gosh, I think you're right. Purp, yes, the plant has thin, strap-like leaves. Gotta check Zeph's care now, and change the name on my photo pages. Thank you gals... Marquest, your Amy is definately an original..before culivars came about??? You can tell its old by the flower. Different than any around today. Same applies to ancient Christmas Cactus..Ever seen the flowers? Grimes..Many here on GW use PB. My pics are on Flickr, so I can't help, but I'm certain someone will explain how to download so you can post pics....especially since you started this thread. lol. SJ...WOW, now thats some tree AND green house!!! Wish mine was as large as yours. My dinky 8x12 looks like a closet compared to yours. lol. Filled w/mealy..How terrible!!! I'm against chemical insecticides, but if you want to rid those awful pests, perhaps you should use systemic Bayer. Many swear it kills mealy and other insects. Your Ficus is too beautiful to have mealy. When did you notice mealybug? Are you not worried your other plants, 'which are gorgeous,' will catch mealy? I've tossed a good number of plans when I couldn't rid mealy..I didn't use Bayer or any other chemicals... Sprayed and wiped with Rubbing Alcohol, but it didn't work. Love your palms..WOW! Impressive. Toni...See MoreLet’s see your color riot!
Comments (47)Skibby, know I haven't planted goatsbeard in that garden, but not sure what it (between the two areas of phlox 'Laura') is. Extreme right: is something like a dracaena in one of my customer's planters on a stone column behind. Last visit, cut the Kashmiri tree mallow back (pink flower above the liatris) to expose the phlox behind. Thinking it's too early for that height from other tall perennials planted in that location. You've got me wondering. Going to check on visit tomorrow. Thanks re combination. I plant and tend to it all, but there's always an element of chance that hopefully is corrected (e.g. pulling out wild running goldenrod and asters, inside the beds, before they've really got going). Kali_c, am very fond of that size of dahlia in areas too small for a perennial bed. Your's currently look much better than mine. For the first time in ten or so years of using medium-sized dahlias, I'm trying to deal with mildew on the leaves....See MoreFavorite clump shots this past season, let’s see yours!
Comments (24)I love this clump thread! Sherry, I especially love the Indian Giver clump. My IG did great shows last year but not so much this year. Wow, Debra, Reckless Girls! Kate, love the cascade of Thomas Tew. David, That clump of Websters Pink Wonder must be amazing in person with the size of its flowers! Carmen Renee, of course. Daily for a couple of weeks or more Castle Pinkney Chance Encounter also had large shows daily for a couple weeks or more. It had way for than this, but this was the best photo. Desert Icicle had several days of great shows. Hot Wheels and Ciel D'or. Both had daily shows as usual. Coral Majority also gave shows for 3 or more weeks non stop. I'm already one over. Hard to stop. Brad...See Moreill see your 9500 year old tree and raise you a 1600 year old tree
Comments (8)" I always learned that what’s above represents what’s below in the roots. That’s probably wrong???? " Pretty much :-) What is underground is typically much, much more expansive than what shows up above ground. The primary example is Pando, a colony of quaking aspens in Utah estimated to be somewhere in the range of 14,000-80,000 y.o. and with a single root system covering 107 acres! But that is a clonal grouping. Individual/independent trees (non-clonal) can also have very expansive root spreads, often extending out 2-3 times the height of the tree. This Wiki entry lists a number of trees well over 1000 years old with many of them located in diverse areas of this country as well as abroad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees...See More
Jeff (5b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI love those before and after photos.
I was looking for a place to post some macros from the basement.
Unidentified leaf cuttings.
A young Cheiridopsis glomerata close up.
Crassula ovata from a leaf cutting under a lot of light.
Crassula ovata 'Gollum' leaf cutting with roots is just starting to get its shape.
Jeff (5b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI bought an Echeveria (labeled as Asstd., meaning, they don't know) from Home Depot January 24. It had dirt and dust all over it. I used a Q-tip with rain water on it to clean it off. Don't do that. Just let it be. You can see the new growth is a different color and texture. What's interesting is on the new growth, the leaf tips are green. I'll do a macro of it someday.
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
6 years agoFockea crispa 3/10/18, shortly after repotting
and today
But most of my plants measure growth in years, not weeks or months...
Coleocephalocereus aureus 5/31/13
and on 3/17/18
And this was one of my fast growers :-)
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
6 years agoThis s more than 1 year (approx. 14mo or so):
It bloomed 4x since, but no offsets. I think I should repot it and cut next inflo off...
Emma Lee
6 years agorina_Ontario,Canada 5a
6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago
Paul MI
6 years ago
Karen S. (7b, NYC)
6 years agoMatt z5b - Greenhouse 10a
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agorina_Ontario,Canada 5a
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoJeff (5b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoPhone photo from January of an unidentified Echeveria in a 3" pot. I call it my 'Perfect Plant'.
Although it's not perfect anymore, after getting a better grow light and getting more sun, it has developed some nice subtle pink, and it's more blue and less green.
This is the unidentified Echeveria from above that's got a powdery-like texture to the blue leaves which are green at the tips.
myermike_1micha
6 years agorina_Ontario,Canada 5a
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoMike, thank you.
Another 'before' and 'after'; also about 14-15 mo; Gasteria glomerata:
...and some pups growing well, Aug. 2017 - April 2018:
Matt z5b - Greenhouse 10a
6 years agoGreat pictures!
(bottom centre) January/18 - I call it ruffle
Same plant April/18
Jeff (5b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoBoth of these collages were put in a strange order. Before and after grow lights.
Bottom left - December, bottom right - and January, top - April.
Bottom right, then top (which is upside down), then bottom left.
Interesting thing is they look smaller in the bottom left (leaves of bigger ones not overlapping as much) but the leaves are just pointing up more.
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
6 years agoPsuedolithos cubiformis 4/8/17
4/13/18
4/8/17
4/13/18
Massive growth spurt, lol!
ewwmayo
6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago
nika_plants_zone6b
6 years agoMy jade in the front, and the chalk sticks sedum to the left of it on February 21 2017 in the pot I rescued them from.
And them today April 27 2018
Shawna (5a WI,USA)
6 years agoThis parent leaf never shriveled away. Around Thanksgiving, we got to calling it "Turkey plant":
He's taken off quite a bit just the last two months:
(Here's another parent leaf that didn't shrivel up. I won't tell you what we call it ;-)
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stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
6 years agoAztekium ritteri
4/24/17
4/16/18
Massive growth..... well, o.k. not much... ah, maybe no change :-(
Maybe the new pot will inspire it?
Jeff (5b)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoPaul MI
6 years agostupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
6 years agoJeff (5b)
6 years agostupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
6 years agonika_plants_zone6b
6 years agoHere I have a firestorm sedum in September 2017
And in April 2018 (looks more green because the lack of sun in winter)
Matt z5b - Greenhouse 10a
5 years agoLate Feb
May 30 2018
It's given off so many pups I lost count and has been re-set three times
Wil OR (7a)
5 years agocereus peruvians monstrose
It's 2yrs of growth since I didn't get any pics last year.
2016
2018
2yrs of growht here as well... Agave Pygmae 'Dragon Toes' It had several pups when I bought it so I tore 'em off and threw 'em in some ugly pots (story about the ugly pots and such are posted on my blog, sorry for the blog link if I'm not allowed to do that https://daisyandherdads.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/repotting-day/)
2016
2018
Mommy plant had a rough winter and one of the babies met one of my dogs.
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Lucy
5 years agoJeff (5b)
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI don't have anything very impressive right now, but I want to keep the thread going.
Haworthia retusa 'Mutica' - Early April (underwatered) to today.
The second photo is rotated about two hours clockwise, with the brown leaf being at almost nine o'clock in the first photo.
Leaf cuttings of Graptoveria 'Bashful' - Jan. to June. They were so small previous to this that I had to put sand over the soil so they could stand up. Wish I had a photo of them then.
Matt z5b - Greenhouse 10a
5 years agoThis one really filled in nice but....everything has to be thinned out and reset.
June 4/18
Today Aug 12/18
Matt z5b - Greenhouse 10a
5 years agoGraptoveria? This one needs to get re potted sometime over winter.
April 8 2018
Nov 2018
Jeff (5b)
5 years agoTwo comments up shows earlier photos of this. I also have to repot (obviously).
I love this thread and would like to keep it going.Matt z5b - Greenhouse 10a thanked Jeff (5b)Matt z5b - Greenhouse 10a
5 years ago
It's a fun thread!March 3 2018
Dec 2018
And one more..April
Dec 2018
Matt z5b - Greenhouse 10a
5 years agoCan anyone ID this one? First pic is from May 10 2018
(top row - far right)
Here it is today Dec 13. It's getting better light now that it's out back.
ewwmayo