Silver Dollar Jade Tree
My silver dollar jade tree, crassula arborenscens, has been with me since 2005. It is one of my favorite jade trees, despite the fact that it tends to grow slower than some of the others. But that’s okay. Its common name is jade tree, but it is actually classified a...
Cactus Town Texas
If you travel U.S. highway 67 between San Angelo and Ballinger, you will pass CactusTown, a nifty combination cactus/succulent/ drought-tolerant shrubs and trees/rusty junk/antiques/Western artifacts shopping bonanza location for those of you interested in...
Pachyphytums
I am still learning to identify pachyphytums from other succulents, and I am still not sure I am right every time. I bought this one back in the days when I didn’t bother to keep the ID tag, so I had to do a little investigating to come up with a name. I think it is...
A Most Unusual Succulent Vine
Curcurbitaceae xerosicyos danguyi. Right. I’m not sure how to pronounce it, either! So I suppose we could take the easy way out and call it silver dollar plant, or dollar vine, or penny plant, names it is also known by. I think dollar vine best describes it. Round...
Echeveria Harmsii
Echeveria harmsii, also called plush plant, is another succulent from Mexico. Obviously succulents like the warm climate in Mexico; so many of them are from there! But how nice that they are here now so that we can also enjoy them. Echeveria harmsii a popular...
Another Echeveria
Not much blooming in the greenhouse right now, but this unidentified echeveria brightened up the place. Most of my echeverias have pinkish flowers, so this one is a color change. Most of the others also have their flowers on a long single stem, and these are clustered...
Senecio Rowleyanus, aka String of Pearls
String of pearls is a popular senecio variety that people like to add to their succulent collection. They really do look like a string of pearls, or, as my friend, John Gulley saw them, a string of English peas. Sometimes called string of beads, all these names fit...
A Bright Spot for Winter
This cactus bloomed September 9th, and I will admit it, I can’t identify it right now. It wasn’t marked when I bought it, and rather than mis-identify it, I will leave it unmarked. But I thought it would be a nice spot of color, considering the current dead grass, the...
Sedum Sieboldii
I found this little plant this summer, the last one in the flat, desperately in search of a home. So of course, I obliged. And then in October it bloomed these pretty little flowers. Reminded me of autumn joy. And because it was a new plant to me, I did a little...
Update on Keeping Your Cactus Warm
I wrote about heating the greenhouse during the winter back on January 15, 2015, “Keeping Your Cactus Warm.” At the beginning of this winter Bill installed a small natural gas heater in an attempt to bring down the electric bill generated by the two small electric...
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