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| A hardy rock garden succulent -- can you name it?
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- Posted by milwdave Zone5 Milwaukee (milwdave_us@yahoo.com) on Tue, Jun 19, 07 at 16:41
| hehe...sedum perhaps...or rosularia? |
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| You're warm, Dave. It's a cousin to the Sedums and Rosularias. That's a Rosularia on the very right side of the pic. It's been happy in one of my old troughs for a few years and it's starting to bloom this week. Al |
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- Posted by milwdave Zone5 Milwaukee (milwdave_us@yahoo.com) on Wed, Jun 20, 07 at 17:20
| well it doesn't look like any Orostachys i've seen.:) |
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| I was hoping the flowers would be the clue to this genus. No, not Orostachys. My Orostachys tend to bloom in Autumn. I have some Orostachys pics to post for your criticism, Dave. |
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- Posted by milwdave Zone5 Milwaukee (milwdave_us@yahoo.com) on Thu, Jun 21, 07 at 4:51
| I just KNOW this is going to turn out to be something I should know...LOL Give it up, Al...I'm curious now. :) I do like the red in white flowers though and they do look familiar. But, yes, the flower habit is not right for Orostachys. I did have that rosularia at one time also..but fried it I think. It did not survive our summer. Could you tell me the name of the rosularia also? Dave |
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| Dave, it's a form of Crassula setulosa 'Milfordiae'. The other is Rosularia sedoides var . alba. It goes into bloom mode a bit later in the season.
btw, I'm hoping to find someone willing to part with a start of Rosularia platyphyla. A fawn feasted on my little plant and left none for me. Al |
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- Posted by milwdave Zone5 Milwaukee (milwdave_us@yahoo.com) on Thu, Jun 21, 07 at 19:19
| I used to have R. platyphylla but lost it during the summer again...They don't seem to like our hot weather. Do you have any Talinums? Dave |
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| Dave, when I retired and moved here, I brought a large and treasured collection of alpines. Hot and humid summers did some in fast. Others took several summers to die, but die they did. I have one Talinum. I'll look for pics. Al |
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| My Talinum - some old pics - They are in a blooming frenzy right now. My pics need updated. I should have seed to share. Al
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- Posted by milwdave Zone5 Milwaukee (milwdave_us@yahoo.com) on Tue, Jul 3, 07 at 8:11
| Talinums are easy for me here, AL. Although they are kind of weedy. One that isn't though is a self sterile hybrid mini called 'Tiny Pearls'. It doesn't grow over 2 inches high and blooms all summer in pink. It's pretty cool. I'll have to strike some cuttings of it. Dave |
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| Tiny Pearls sounds like a winner, Dave. I sure like the non-invasive nature of the plant. Is it fully hardy? Al |
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- Posted by milwdave Zone5 Milwaukee (milwdave_us@yahoo.com) on Wed, Jul 4, 07 at 23:31
| here it is totally hardy...it is planted in my cactus garden. Most Talinums I have tried can take it, Al. :) Also I'm finding many of the Delospermas are doing well here. This is unusual because others have said they do not. I do allow the leaves to cover them in the fall which seems to pull them through our brief periods of cold but snowless periods. I intend to try the other mesembs that are reported hardy as well...allowing the same leaf coverage and see how they do here. Dave |
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- Posted by cfishatwork none (My Page) on Sun, Jan 20, 13 at 7:52
| I know this is a very old post but can you tell me where you got the T. var. tiny pearls? C |
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