Pretty little variegated plant ID?
roselee z8b S.W. Texas
4 years ago
Saw this in a friend's San Antonio TX garden, but he could not remember what it was. He purchased it locally spring of '19. I took a photo to the nursery where it was purchased and they couldn't ID it either. Would like to know it's habits and requirements. Thank you.
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Comments (15)I decided to repot them all into a better mix and better groups last Friday, I didn't want to water them in to a mix that wasn't good to I did a more thorough root cleaning and a better foundation. The jades have their own home now. The semp will spend the winter all alone in a very frosty south window in the basement. I don't know what else to do with it and not sure if it can go outside in my zone over the winter or if I wld have enough time to harden off it off. If it should perish....I plan to redeem myself with a succulent rock garden in it memory. We bought a house last year with a south facing yard and have tons of landscaping rocks on 3 sides and an island of them in the back. We both really, really, don't like all these rocks, but where can we put them all?? Is it a blessing in disguise? After reading so much in the forum I feel like I know you all a little, everyone is so nice and helpful, so I will share another picture of what I have in store for my gardening future. I have so many ideas! My DH is a farmboy in the city so we will have some fun. Mr. B says hi! All the leaves dropped in a week, we had some drought then some snow. I got a fire pit and tree skirts as wedding present from DH. He did it while I was away for the weekend. How do you say, "Thank you, I love you so much and I hate tree skirts? You don't, everyone worked so hard and filled it full of flowers! I hope to use some of that labor for helping in the garden when we get one. Did I mention it faces south? All I will do all winter is research, plan, discuss. 2 year, 5 year, 10 year, etc. I hope to share my progression either here or somewhere on these forums, this IS where the experts are at!...See MoreLittle NOID is Showing Mature Variegation
Comments (17)newhostalady, that is exactly what Snow Cap does (which makes it a crap variety). The leaves get extreme cupping and then the edges tear and the variegation melts out. When they are young they show promise and then as they mature the problems set it. Believe it or not I actually have a couple of these around from when we sold them a really long time ago (before you could get so much info on the internet about these things) and some years they look great but most of the time they don't. Heck, if I remember I'll take the camera out there to see what they look like this year so you can compare them. Chris...See MoreHelp ID this little plant
Comments (6)Annie the Cyclamen family originates in the Mediterranean, west into Italy and then toward the east into Asia Minor. There are species that bloom from late summer, others in winter and spring. C.persicum - the type used by florists for houseplants - can be found flowering almost year 'round. It is the most tender of the species. If Cyclamen are happy where planted they will easily spread - courtesy of ants. One of the best and easiest of special garden plants...See MorePlease ID Variegated Plant
Comments (14)Please excuse the dark photo ... There's a better one below. Just wanted to show all the tips are variegated again. The plant is huge and has doubled in size! It had nothing to do with sunlight. What did I do? I repotted to a 6" pot & changed the soil to a light & airy, quick draining 50/50 mix of Miracle Gro African Violet Potting Mix and Miracle Gro Perlite. I was preparing the mix for my Thanksgiving Cactus & John Little Plumerias and had some left over. The plant has literally doubled in size! The leaves and stems are also larger. I'm sure the root system just took off in this mix. The African Violet mix contains the following ingredients: processed forest products, peat, coco-coir, compost, sphagnum moss, perlite, slow release NPK .21-.11-.16 fertilizer, wetting agent....See More
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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
4 years agoThe wavy leaf margin and very lax habit had me stumped. But disporum is not a bad guess, although it typically tends to be a bit more upright in habit than the plant in question. And it looks closest to Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight'.
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