Potty about pot plants?

eldee

I suspect I'm not the only one who is find of pot plants and in particular, succulents and cacti.

Show us what you grow and why you like it.

I'll kick off with a little succulent I was given at Christmas. It's proper name is crassula rupestris but if that's a bit daunting you might prefer kebab plant, jade necklace or even high voltage! I had already spotted one outside a florist shop but was pleasantly surprised to find it among my pressies. I really like the way it grows with layer upon layer of tiered leaves up each stem. I'm looking forward to seeing it flower some day!

frenchielove

eldee I like the look of that one, I am not brilliant with house plants and can never keep things like orchids, don't know what I do but they die ☹️ Maybe someone could recommend something really simple?

vickyjakesmum

eldee is that a succulent? Whatever it is it looks lovely.

I like gardening outside, cuttings, seeds, etc, but not indoors.

We have an orchid in the kitchen but that's my daughter's, I'm not a house plant person.

hassan_javed

eldee that looks like a healthy plant

caro120

eldee

what great names for that, high voltage in particular as look like insulators along a cable lol!

I do like lithops (living stones) but they don't do much.. had some and gave em away

was eyeing up amarylis bulbs in market sunday, white or red but didn't have any money and he didn't rush out and buy one.

had amazing plant years ago, maybe sort of aloe and had long stem snaked along whole of bay window, about 2ft long and had pink trumpet flower on.. was long time ago, can't remember what it was. think was last splurge and then it died after that..

some nice amarylis colours about.

love hyacinths for the perfume, see the garden ones are coming up, might be yellow...

had flowers on cacti once in a while, little white ones just before it died... it was very old and huge, had been sat in window in previous home for years and bent over. when it went rotten I put it at end of garden in case of burglar.

earth stars are nice, had some of those years ago..

see look how weird that is, hardly noticed it, not sure if puffs out like a puffball...

tinawilliams0410

eldee
That's a nice looking one
Think i will have to buy some more potted plants for around the house.
Will buy some but won't tell mr Williams because he thinks i am potty enough 😁🌱🌵

pinks29

eldee

123kingarthur

eldee you must be so pleased to be able to grow that

prescilla_g

eldee

A few months ago, I went a bit mad in IKEA and bought a few plants. My flat barely gets much sun, so most of them have sadly died but my little pot cacti is still going - the perks of not needing much water!

RIP Prescilla's plants 😢

tess_yvonne

eldee

These are my plant baby's 😀😀😍😍

frenchielove

eldee I was seriously going to get a terrarium but our house is very small so not much spare space, but I do love to see them, anyone got one?

c_lockett

eldee I've just started getting into succulents this last summer. I particularly like Aeoniums. I had one and left it outside last Winter and in died. I bought some more and they're currently on the window ledge but they're going all leggy. Hopefully they'll be OK when I put them out in the Spring.

haseebhejazi

eldee nice plant 🌿

eldee

frenchielove, succulents are not a bad place to start as they thrive on a fair amount of neglect. In fact they're more likely to succumb to over attention such as over watering. As we're away from home a fair amount most of our plants have to manage on a mix of care and neglect. So far, so good! 😁

caro120

frenchielove

spider plant very unlikely to kill and they have babies!.. this one here dates from 70's...

got geranium is about 60+ years old now, belonged to mum but finally getting on last legs, will try to take last cuttings in summer when more light and fingers crossed

orchids are ok but like some humidity cos usually a bit tropical I think
just have to work out where normally grow, some like acid soils and hate tap water - venus fly traps etc like that and so many just die when get em home.

we had one for ages, gave it away in end.. had it in saucer of rainwater to stay damp and boggy and a visiting mouse was drinking from it.

not seen or heard any for a few years now, think spotty drove em away and this one would love a pet mouse but hopefully unlikely... he's caught one outdoors in 2 years I think..

frenchielove

eldee what about those cacti air plants? Can they work?

tonicurtis1967

Ive 3 atm. Not doing too bad

jaseinspace

Snake plants (aka Mother In Law's Tongues). Ever since growing them, no snakes! Boom!

eldee

vickyjakesmum, yes, it's a succulent. It just appealed to me. It has character!

frenchielove

eldee thank you so much

frenchielove

What has happened to that post?

eldee

frenchielove, its gone all weird, as has the last one now! Very strange. 😊

eldee

hassan_javed, yes, it's in fine fettle! I hope I can keep it that way. 😊

eldee

I'm hoping folks will share some of their own favourites. Photos especially welcome! 😁

oli777

I love plants. They are so varied.

gvmhb

Looks a little like a money plant, same family?
It's pretty anyway.
I grow a few in my polytunnel, don't have room in the house.
These photos were taken back in the summer.
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frenchielove

gvmhb oh, they are beautiful

eldee

gvmhb, oh yes! You have a nice collection there. 😊 Some of them don't flower frequently but when they do, they're usually pretty spectacular.

mangoslurp

gvmhb
Ooh, they look beautiful!

sarahaxon

gvmhb Those are very fine.

pamfletch

gvmhb they’re gorgeous, well done.💐

123kingarthur

gvmhb They are so nice you must be really pleased and I think you are amazing doing that

eldee

caro120, those look great! Yes, I think it's a feature of many such plants to have a brilliant flower, or maybe several, and then die. They've often produced offspring in the lead-up to that so if you're lucky you an propagate new plants before they go.

I think lithops are good too. They make nice 'in-between' plants with the more exotic looking ones. 😊

eldee

caro120, I saw something on earth stars the other day and the ones on the programme definitely did puff out like a puffball.

Incidentally, did you know that giant puffball are edible. Not only that, they're tasty! Cut 'steaks' about half an inch thick and fry them, preferably in butter! Obviously you have to catch the puffball while it's still young, not once it starts to wrinkle. 😊