These two are foster plants from Lowe's. They are very happy in these shot glasses of water, but if I put them in soil (tried regular potting soil, then tried cactus soil) they got unhappy-fast! Any thoughts?
Plants: 68 | From: Latrobe, PA | Registered: Sep 2006
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quote:They are very happy in these shot glasses of water, but if I put them in soil (tried regular potting soil, then tried cactus soil) they got unhappy-fast!
I could go into a long drawn-out explanation of why that might be happening... BUT, I tend to make short stories long! ...so I'll just give you this link & you can read the short version of what Weezie explained to me, about a month ago.
I know what's growing on your fence in the third photo, but for the life of me, I'm drawing a total blank! (DARN! It's an easy one, too!)
(Your photos look great... but they're also great big)! They should resize automatically on this page if you'd go to your photo bucket album & click the EDIT button above each photo... When the "edit image" page comes up, scroll down to the "Resize Image" field... Click on the little down arrow (where it says "100 X 75 Avatar") & select "320 X 240 Website, Email" ... Then *click on the RESIZE button. *Be sure you make that selection before you click RESIZE! (I just went & double checked these directions, & super-shrunk a photo that I have posted, because I DIDN'T!)
When you're done, refresh this page & your photos should fit better!
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the pics are awful small & hard to make out...
can't make out the first one at all.
the second one looks similiar to a spider...it's got a purple tinge to it - which means it's not a spider...there is something that looks like that that is purple...moses something-or-other. there's another, fairly recent post in mystery section, that looks to be the same as yours...about a month ago.
the last one looks like a gorgeous flower...too small for id (for me anyway). i'd say it's lilac - too late in the year for that tho. maybe the lily-of-the-valley bush? japanese pieris, i believe it's called.
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Oh dear, first I had the pics too big, now they're too small! I'll have to play with that a little to figure it out. I don't think the purplish one is a spider plant. I thought the other was some sort of succulent?
The fence one is more of a vine/climber than a shrub or bush. I'm not so worried about it because it seems to be doing fine all on it's own, but I'd really like to save the other two.
Plants: 68 | From: Latrobe, PA | Registered: Sep 2006
| Seeded: 71.240.35.25
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Yes, Joclyn, I know what you mean Moses-in-a-basket. I have that too (also in a glass of water-0h dear, I'm seeing a pattern), but it's much larger.
Plants: 68 | From: Latrobe, PA | Registered: Sep 2006
| Seeded: 71.240.35.25
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Naw, the 2nd one isn't a Spider plant... looks to me like Wandering Jew.
Here's both... Those Wandering Jew starts aren't different species, but are cuttings from the same plant that I split last spring... the greener leaves are from the one that's sitting in a very bright room, & the purple leaves are from the one in a low light room. (I thought it was interesting that the colors changed so much with the amount of light they got!)
I seem to remember hearing that Tradescantia, Moses in the basket(Cradle/Boat), Wandering Jew, Rheo discolor, etc. are the same plant.
I was under the impression, Amy, that you knew what the foster plants are, but didn't know what's growing on your fence.
(Hey, I don't know that I like all the changes PhotoBucket has made recently... They made it more confusing, if you ask me! Guess I don't adapt to change very well!)
would you be willing to collect some of the seed pods and send them to me? i can either do a SASE or send you something in return.
the moses in a cradle was recently reclassified and is now part of the same genus? that wandering jew is in Tradescantia...they are two different plants tho. what you've got there is the moses in a cradle.
can you resize (once again) that first pic? i can't quite make out the leaves. it looks familiar and i'd like a better view of it.
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As far as the one on the fence, I am just learning to collect seed so if I can figure it out, I would be happy to get some for you.
Plants: 68 | From: Latrobe, PA | Registered: Sep 2006
| Seeded: 71.240.35.25
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amy, yes!! that's much better!! yes, christina, it does kind of look like a jade, doesn't it? it's not a jade tho. likely in the same family tho...and, as i said, it DOES look familiar to me - have to do some digging through my favs...
from that link, amy, it sure looks like it will be easy to collect the seed pods. kind of a shame tho as the pods are just as lovely as the flowers are!! if you can grab some, i'd really appreciate it...i love clematis to begin with and that's a particularly beautiful one AND it fits with my current goal of adding late-flowering items to the gardens! i'd assume that you wait until the pods dry out and turn brown before picking them off.
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You are right, I think it is Sweet Autumn Clematis and after looking it up it seems that the seeds should be pretty easy to harvest. PM me with an address and I will send them when they are ready!
Christina,
I looked up Jade plants and I'm not so sure. Although I think we're getting close! Thanks everyone for all of the input! I really appreciate it!
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amy, did you click on the link in my other post? it goes to a page about the sweet autumn clematis...
i'm looking at sedum varieties right now for the other one...like i said, it looks really familiar - and i've been researching sedum lately, so i'm going back to some of those pages i'd looked at earlier...
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Hi Amy, that is a clematis growing on your fence. I have on that is now blooming and covers the end of my side porch. It is fragrant and quite a bee magnet. It pops up all over my yard as well as the neighbor's yard. I have never pruned mine so it has grown quite big. It will be an unsightly brown and will look dead all winter and spring, but it will green out and the green will overtake the ugly stuff and spread like crazy.
Plants: 88 | From: Port Jervis,NY | Registered: Mar 2006
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i'm stumped on the viney-thing.
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Amy, here is a really good site about common house plants. I saw a few that resembled your plant. Maybe have a look and see if you can find it in there. If you find it..let us know.
There are some on there that look like mine. I think I can combine enough info to keep it alive. I had some friends over the other night and they noticed the plants in their little shot glasses and they want me to give them some when I get them going. No pressure! I hope they work out! I'll let you know!
Plants: 68 | From: Latrobe, PA | Registered: Sep 2006
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haha! glad to see that i'm not the only one who uses shot glasses to root stuff!!
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I have mine growing in Miracle-gro soil, in bright light not direct sun. In the summer it is outside and the soil likes to be always moist. Especially when we were in the 90s this summer.
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YAY!!! CINTA!!! You are right, that's it!!! I'm so happy! I had put one in a teacup and it looked real cute, but I think it needs a pot with drain holes. Is that what yours has? Where are you in PA?
Plants: 68 | From: Latrobe, PA | Registered: Sep 2006
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Well, this is interesting...when I looked up Oyster plant, it came up as Moses in a cradle! I'm so confused! It looks a little like the moses in a cradle that Christina has, but it is identical to what Cinta calls Oyster plant. How can these two be the same? What am I missing? Are they just different varieties of the same plant? I'm just happy to know how to take care of them, but I would like to be able to understand this as well Plants: 68 | From: Latrobe, PA | Registered: Sep 2006
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yes, they are different varieties of the same plant.
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When I can't figure where the seeds are in a flower or stalk, I just let it dry, crumble it all up then plant it all together - a couple of seeds are bound to make it.
I've learned so much here at Garden Helper.
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