Show us your little colorful leaf or potted plants for summer, please!
Here are a few of mine...Enjoy and I would love to see what little colorful gems everyone has here, so please share.
Variegated Crosby Compact: From Germany or Japan, not sure, but most likely Germany.
PInk blush Japanese miniature Portulacaria afra form a local Bonsai shop of whom only had three of these, hard to obtain according to him which I don't believe.
Some sort or variegated small leaf crosby jade from Germany
Alo Pink something
Noid
I think LIme light variegated
Not sure but from a good friend in Germany
This one is from South Korea and don't lknow the name
From South Korea no name: Gifted from an amazing person here.
Black leaf Hoya Lacnossa, hard to find after 6 months of looking, someone felt bad and offered a few cuttings of her mother plant for a heft price, but far worth it for the distinct coloring and very fragrant flowers.
Variegated Gollum: Gifted from a wonderful and good harted member here.
Some sort of Hoilday Cactus lost the tag
Langlois, this a baby from original mother plant that died originated from Glenn
Mike
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Charline X
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Comments (9)In my area narrow-leaved versions of cordyline and dracanaea are often described and sold as "spike plants" to use as the center plant in a container of summer annuals. I've seen them with labels that just say "Annual Spike" with no botanical name. Both look like grass, but are actually trees that eventually develop woody trunks. They can live many years with the right care. If you think you have a cordyline, then try a web image search for that name. See if the photos match your plant. Mine came tagged with the proper name so there was no mystery. Pruning may induce branching. I have never pruned mine. For now, I like the symmetry of the single stem with its fountain of deep red leaves....See MoreShow us a picture or two from your summer garden of 2017
Comments (56)Roxana, yes I was...95% I’d say. It still pops up but much more manageable. I go around every couple of months in spring and summer to catch stragglers but it’s almost entirely gone from lawn and easy to pull if it pops up in the bed. it was creeping up from an adjoining ditch and I battled it unsuccessfully for 10 years! Oddly, it seems to only expand in one direction. So now I’ve cut it off from my yard the ditch is even doing better. It seems not to be able to expand backwards where it has already grown and maybe depleted soil. Just my unscientific observation. Lol It also doesn’t like lime so be diligent about liming your lawn as you try to get rid of it. Aerating the lawn annually also helps improve drainage. good luck!...See MoreMarch 2018 Show us your potted or in ground plants this month!
Comments (148)http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Dracaenaceae/33254/Sansevieria_gracilis It does look like gracilis to me but it also looks like pictures of b allyi. Synonyms would make sense. I hope you're able to find something, rina. I found this: "It is closely related to Sansevieria gracilis but differs in shorter stolons, shorter leaves with rough surface, distinctive colour banding and shorter inflorescence. The species was only named as S. ballyi by Len Newton in 2004, although it has been in cultivation for a while and is now reasonably common, but it is often still encountered as ‘Sansevieria sp. Bally 12681’. The cultivars 'Minnie' appears to be a dwarf form of S. ballyi with much shorter and stubby leaves and grows to about 5 cm across before sending out stolons." -http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/PLANT/Family/Dracaenaceae/32498/Sansevieria_ballyi aloebot - Do you remenber the provenance of this plant? Do you remember how it got that tag? I was wanting to ask you how long you had some of these plants anyway....See More2018 Show us pictures of your colorful T.C and C.C please! Blooms too.
Comments (138)Sharon, I don't know what postage would be. I got a bunch of small light weight boxes that shouldn't cost much. You could pay when the box arrives. Postage is marked and my return address is on the box. Bob, i'll see what i have left over. Address the same? How's those cactus seedlings make out I sent back in 2012? The ones I kept for myself are only 12 inches high. i thought they would be bigger. but being in the house all the time must keep them small....See MoreCharline X
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Karen S. (7b, NYC)
4 years agoRhipsalis elliptica: new leaf enjoying edge of west window.
some more R elliptica & also 'true' CC. It's the Rhipsalis reddening up on its edges & veins.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoSedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’ trying its best to color up to draw attention but is upstaged by purslane’s blooms. Fred Ives can‘t even compete in the color department.
NOID aloe blushig beautifully under the summer sun.
I am not a huge fan of crests, but he’s a good looking one so he shall stay. this Fred Ives was grown from a leaf. He’s two years old now.
Here’s an Echeveria agavoides with red edges. I know she pales in comparison to Romeo or Red lipstick but I give her an “A” for her effort.
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4 years agoChris, it is stunning, I've never seen one in that color.
Here's my Coleus, the pale leave doesn't look like that, it's just the way the sun hit it, it's as intense as the other leaves.
Mike, great topic, everyone has such beautiful plants !!!
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Esther-B, Zone 7a
4 years agoHere is my red Aglaonema in its new pot.
My Devil's Backbone plant. It's much bigger and pinker since I took this photo.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoChris (6a in MA)
4 years agorina_Ontario,Canada 5a
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoNothing fancy, but colors are better outdoors:
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoEveryone, I love all the colorful plants!
A small agave
Hoya, beautiful at any angle, I see stars...
Mike and Chris, I have a similar Kalanchoe, I'll move it to full sun to see if it turns pink.
-NancyMeyermike(Zone 6a Ma.)
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agocharles kraft (SoCal 9B)
4 years agoColored leaf something or other. It doesn't know which way is up.
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Went to Florida 2 weeks ago and this little variegated asiatic jasmine (and other plants) come back with me. A few plants are recovering from the drought ‘cause they did not get watered while I was away, but my Africa gardenia bits the dust (it is still in my ICU but I think it is gone)Meyermike(Zone 6a Ma.) thanked Rockdale (RI Z6)Meyermike(Zone 6a Ma.)
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoHi, Mike!
"I think LIme light variegated" - it is Crassula ovata var. obliqua f. variegata 'Solana'.
"Some sort or variegated small leaf crosby jade from Germany" - Crassula ovata var. minor 'Helios'.
"Not sure but from a good friend in Germany" - Crassula ovata var. ovata 'Hummel's Ghost' with the shoot of 'Helios'.
"This one is from South Korea and don't lknow the name". "From South Korea no name: Gifted from an amazing person here." - they are Crassula ovata var. minor 'Crosby's Compact' if they are received from Mr. Hojawon (South Korea).
Quasi 'Gold Coin' (left) from Mr. Hojawon (South Korea) vs my 'Hummel's Sunset' (right). They are the same
Three allegedly different minors from Mr. Hojawon (South Korea) are identical to 'Crosby's Compact' at the same conditions
They same in the past year
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4 years agoC. ovata 'Rubra' from Glen M.Lord
C. ovata 'Gimli' from Glen M.Lord
C. ovata 'Legolas' from Laurent - French Riviera
Can anyone help to determine the variety of this plant?
It same left and 'White Nights' right
It same right and 'Alba' from Kuentz left
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Dan (zone 5b) WI
4 years agoHere are a few of mine:
^Stressed Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'
^Unknown cold hardy trailing succulent
^ the same type of succulent (I don’t remember what it was called, but I do remember that it was from the Better Home and Garden brand (?)) -one is more stressed than the other
Sempervivum heuffelii (unknown cultivar)
^Sempervivum 'Raspberry Ice'
^Sempervivum (unknown cultivar)
Sempervivum “Unicorn”
^ Peperomia propagations that all came from the same ‘Mother’ plant
^Echeveria who's tag I just lost
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4 years agoNeil
4 years agoHummel's from Spring.
Cuttings from Spring in 6" urn. Rheo, S. confusum, Senecio jacobsenii (old name) s. nussbaumerianum. all rooted.
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Rebecca/N. IN/z6A
4 years agoPurslane w/ 2 orange & pink geraniums
Oxalis triangularis
Croton Petra (potted) w/ japanese ajuga groundcover & hosta guacamole (in garden) - these hostas smell like jasmine!!
Croton dreadlocks
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoSiberian summer is very short
1. C. ovata 'Coral' aka 'Skinny Fingers'
2. C. ovata 'Solana', C. ovata 'Crosby's Compact', C. ovata 'Crosby's Compact' aka 'Komaengii'
3. C. volkensii
4. C. volkensii f. variegata, C. ovata 'Gollum' variegata
5. C. ovata 'Redhorn Tree', 'Hummel's Sunset' aka 'Gold Coin' from S.Korea, 'Hummel's Sunset' from the leaf of 'Hummel's Ghost'
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silvery-white new offsets of Sansevieria 'Moonshine':
Mottled leaves of zucchini:
..and some annuals:
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a