One of the blogs I've been reading about succulents is A Succulent Obsession . I'm very impressed with the photographs on the site and I've been trying to take better photographs of my plants because of it. One of the mistakes
I wrote about this plants cousin a week or so ago HERE . She is also known as the sunset plant. This is a much smaller succulent but given sunshine it is truly beautiful in its' pinks. I didn't get this too long ago and alr
Back in May I wrote about one of my favorite plants, Baby Toes (Fenestraria rhopalophylla). We came back from Myrtle Beach, SC to find the Fenestratria blooming! I was as excited as a child at Christmas.
A couple of years ago one of my customers gave me a cutting of a ghost plant (Graptopetalum paraguayense) that has grown into a real beauty. The ghost plant is native to Mexico and is also known as the mother of pearl plant.The plant has gray r
A while back I got involved with The Great Sunflower Project. They send you sunflower seeds, you plant them, observe when bees visit the sunflower, and report the information to the site.
It seems like every time I write about one of my plants I say it is my favorite. I can't help it. I find these succulents fascinating! Splitrock is also know as Cleft Stone and Mimicry Plant. It'
One of my favorite plants is Baby Toes (Fenestraria rhopalophylla). It too is native to South Africa and what makes it interesting is that the top of the leaves have a window to allow light in. The photosynthetic tissue is loca
When I was a kid I loved finding seeds and growing plants. In my twenties I had a large number of houseplants but got away from it. The past couple of years I've found my way back into it big time. The plants that really d
