Twenty-two and nursing a gardening addiction in a little apartment while I figure out life. I prefer succulents and other weirdos of the plant world, but all plants are beautiful. Questions and comments are welcome. Suggestions are welcome if you have thought them through.
Haworthia herbacea at the meeting of the local cactus and succulent society. I am desirous of this one.
Mmm. I think sempervivums need to be on my “soon” list.
My mom surprised me with 6 Sepervivum hybrids (Hens and Chicks) today! She had these in her garden at our house growing up, so I am excited to put some in mine!
Nice! I want some sempervivums eventually…
Agave victoria-reginae at the Philadelphia Flower Show.
I definitely want to add this beautiful and reasonably-sized agave to my collection sometime soon. There were many lovely examples of it on display at the Flower Show, including some in nice clumps, but none for sale. Obviously it isn’t super-rare, though, so hopefully I’ll find one soon. I love the dignified geometric stripes that make it stand out.
I got the info off of my hard drive (or, well, the lovely folk at the Help Desk did). In honor of this lovely happening, I bring you a picture of one of my favorite succulents, Haworthia truncata ‘Lime Green’. Unfortunately, I do not yet own one, so this is a pic of one at display at the Philadelphia Flower Show.
Until I got a chance to see it in person at the show, I hadn’t realized how tiny this unique haworthia actually is. Even looking at my own pictures I have a hard time making myself remember the scale. This fine specimen is in a 4-inch pot or smaller.
Woes and dreams of a garden-craving college student
I’ve been looking at the “seedlings” tag on here, and I am jealous (particularly of justaddh2o’s garbanzo beans). Things that I would grow in a perfect world, roughly in order of preference:
- Dwarf sunflowers “Little Becka”
- peppers (ah, but what kind?)
- morning glories
- basil and other herbs
- tomatoes (I don’t like them, but I’m sure I could find someone to take them off my hands.)
- spinach and other greens
- things from Gayla Trail’s new book that I don’t know exist (because I haven’t bought the book) but are probably delicious
Unfortunately, I don’t really know what I’m doing post-graduation, so what I can grow from seed is going to be limited in variety and number. I’m not even sure where I’d start them.
This will take some contemplation.
Beautiful specimens of Dracaena marginata (Dragon Tree) at Haverford College’s Magill Library. I love how the taller one has grown, turning to face the sun each time its pot is rotated.
Xerosicyos danguyi, or Silver Dollar Plant, at the Huntington Museum of Art’s Conservatory.
This is one of three succulent vines I saw at the conservatory. In this case the plant has succulent leaves, unlike the others I saw which had succulent bases with non-succulent stems and leaves. For more info on the plant, you can check out this article.
I kind of want one of these, but it’s not really practical for small indoor spaces.
