My Succulent Collections

I don't think I've shared with anyone with you my succulent’s collection yet. I'm not a good blogger because again I don't have the names for any other these. It's hard to keep everything in place when I have two little ones running around all day. Once I find these names for these beautiful plants I will post an update.

Some of these photos might have been posted in my older post already but it's still pretty to look at. So enjoy!

Echeveria - Species unknown

Sedum Anglicum Stonecrop Perennial Carpet

Sedum Spectabile "Autumn Joy" - Took a cutting from my sister inlaw's house and planted it in a pot.  Seems like it's rooted and is doing pretty good.

Bottom - Black Prince Echeveria

 

All my succulents are currently in containers.  Some of them are in regular plastic pots.  Some in the Hypertufa pots I've created with my sister.  I've started this collection this year around spring and I've noticed they have grown and spread out.  I just love them.  They are so beautiful!

 

Anyone recongize any of the succulents I have?  If you know any please let me know.  :)

Update on My Morning Glories

My morning glories are getting out of control. My fence is completely covered with them.

Well here are some updates pictures. Enjoy! I will keep you updated with them. :)

Update on Parent's Garden

Here are some more blooms in my parent's garden. You can see they have hypertufa containers...they are similar to mine. That's because my sister and I made them. I will post pictures of mine and talk about them more later in another post. For now...enjoy the pictures.

My Bromeliads had Pups

I purchased a couple of bromeliads from Ikea over a year ago. They were so pretty and cheap...there was just no reasons not to get them.

Late spring of this year I got pretty upset when I saw my bromeliad's drying up in both of my plants. And for those who don't know, bromeliads only blooms once in their lifetime. To my surprise, both of them started producing pups. Pups are offsets of the main bromeliad plant. These pups are easy to spot because they are new offshoots of the original plant. Once there pups mature Iwill have blooms again. There were two pups on each of my bromeliads. One ofthem the pups tend to be growing much faster. So I decided it's time to separatethe mother and the pups for that particular plant. Once the pup gets around onethird the size of the mother plan, that the pup can be harvested.

One of my bromeliads with two pups in the back

So remove the pup I first took the plant out of the container.  I peeled away the outer leaf on the outside of the pup.  By doing this it would reveal the entire base of the pup.  You put your finger between the pup and the mother plant and push in between the plants part.  Once you hear a tear you can slowly break them apart. 

Took one pup off already and you can see I have one more left waiting to be taken off

My babies!

The pups had stayed with the mother just enough time.  As you can see it started growing their own root system

The mother plant goes back into her container and hopefullyshe would continue to grow more pups. Then you can plant the pups to their ownpots and they will start to mature on their own. The new plant needs to beplaced in a shallow bed of soil with room for the roots to grow down. Make sureonly cover the root and the hard part of the plant (the dark brownishpart...see picture above). If you cover the plant more than that it would rotthe plants. The pup will need water, but only enough to keep the moisture at a medium leve in the soil. 

The mother plant by herself again.  And now her pups are gone...hopefully she'll make more

Awwee!!  Mommy and the babies!

This was so exciting.  Now I have two new plants.  I can't wait for my other bromelaid's pups to get bigger so I can seperate them too.  So who out there has pups growing?  Please let me know!

Celosia "New Look" Container

My family has been complaining, telling me to throw this pot away. And you know me...I don't want to throw out anything that's still growing. So I decided to clean it up and add a new plant to it.

Before pictures:

I purchased this Celosia plant at Wilson Farms for $9. I just love this plant. My grandpa used to have these all over this garden. It brings back lots of memories when I see them.



The after pictures. I replaced new soil and added my new Celosia plant. It still looks empty...I will have to make an extra trip to a nursery or Home Depot to buy more plants to fill up my container.

So what do you guys think?  I just love the Celosia "New Look" color and blooms.  

Disco Belle Mix Hibiscus

Went to Wilson Farms in Lexington, MA for the first time last weekend.  Turns out it was corn feast that weekend.  There were so many corn there.  It was so freah and so sweet.  I believe it was around 4 or many 5 dollars a dozen.  Of course I had to get a dozen.

The main reason why I was there that weekend was to use up my Groupon.  At first I thought this was a nursery.  I spent $15 dollars for a $30 certificate.  I was really hoping to add more plants to my garden.  I ended only getting two.  I got a Disco Belle Mix Hubiscus.  I always wanted a Hubiscus.  And another annual plant.  I'll talk about that plant some other time.

Look at how pretty the flowers are. They are so big and round.

These flowers grow all summer long. Since this is a mix I should be getting three different colors in one. Which is great because at the time I was having a hard time deciding which color to get? These are pest-free and I was told was easy to grow in full sun and moisture rich soil. It offers nonstop flowers even during the heat wave! Yah!

Some facts about this Disco Belle Mix Hibiscus:

• hardy perennial in zones 5-10
• blooms early summer - early fall
• bloom colors are mix, pink, red, rose, white
• light requirement is full sun
•  needs to be moist and well drained
• they are heat tolerant, pest resistant and performs good in humidity

So what's not to like about this plant right?  I will take more pictures and share with you all once I get this Hibiscus planted.

(Updated 8/15/12 pictures)

My First Ever Echeveria

This is my first succulent, first Echeveria ever.

Most of you already know that succulents are drought-resistant plants. And because of this they are the prefect plants for me. I'm the type of person who forgets to water my plants every now and then.

I believe I purchased this Echeveria at a Home Depot. I had this for over a year. I keep it in a small pot. At first I left it indoor with a bright facing window but this year I decided to take it out to give it a little bit more light.

I fell in love with the color and shape of the plant. It's a silverish blue with pink edges. It's just beautiful.

Even though I had left this plant outside I noticed that it's been growing taller and leaves blow are getting soft and some drying up.  I'm not sure of the reason.  Is it because of the rain we've been having lately?  I started pulling out the dead leaves and for the first time I noticed little offsets.  I'm soo excited. 

These below have been taken today. You can see the offsets are a little bigger now. It's the little green leafs on the soil next to the trunk of the plant. There are a total of two offsets.

 

My Echeveria hasn't flowered yet but I'm happy that at least it's giving me some offsets this year.

I haven't done much research yet but when can people separate of offsets form the mother? Or should I just keep the offset in tacked and just repot the plant in a bigger pot? Let me know!

Flowers from preschool - Zinnias

The seeds my daughter planted from preschool bloomed. I currently don't have the name of the flower...I'll try to find out and provide you guys an update later.

All flowers are pink but I've noticed they all look somewhat different, shades of colors and the way they are formed.  The steams are very fuzzy.

And a great thing about these plants is the animals have no interest in them...unlike my morning glories that they love to chew up so much.



Enjoy the pictures!

(Update: 8/14/12: These flowers are called Zinnias. I have a lot more bloom now. And I have to say...the blooms last a long time too. I just wished that the ones we planted were in all different colors and not just shade of pink. Check out the latest pictures below)