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What is this? A stick is now a plant!

Mrs_MigginsMrs_Miggins Posts: 60
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I was in my garden when i saw this at the back, where i put leaves in bags for leaf mould and things in my compost bin. It was a stick i'd clearly cut and left lying around. It does not resemble any if my plants but it could hsve been part ofa bunch of flowers. Its been rained on and has grown rather well - not in dirt i might add. 
The big leaves are quite thick, like a succulent. And it has tiny pink flowers. The bottom of the stick has no covering and nothing is sprouting on it. 


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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited October 2022

    Hylotelephium

    Autumn joy
    Devon.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    One of the Hylotelephiums? I think that's what we're supposed to call the taller sedums these days.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Yes - a bit of a mouthful, but you'll still get info under the old name -Sedum spectabile  :)

    They propagate very easily, even from tiny pieces, which is probably why you now have a viable plant  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Mrs_MigginsMrs_Miggins Posts: 60
    Oh wow thank you all! I love a sedum. No idea how i got it but im going to do my best to keep it alive. 
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited October 2022
    Yup, sedum (aka ...)  I wouldn't be more speciific than that.  You probably have/had it in your garden.

    Cut it off about 1in above the ground.  The root should continue to grow, but go dormant.  Cut the stem into many pieces between nodes.  Press these gently into damp sand, keep them dryish and frost free and you will have many plants come the spring.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It could have been in a bunch of flowers - the stem is long enough.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Mrs_MigginsMrs_Miggins Posts: 60
    So my photo didnt show it properly but it has no roots! Theres a hollow stick, with no 'bark' at the bottom. Wondering how i might get it to continue growing.. maybe plant the stick in some seed potting mix with the 'live' part just into the soil?
    it was lying in its side, partly in an upturned seeding tray top, and had been rained on. 
  • Mrs_MigginsMrs_Miggins Posts: 60
    Bede ive just seen the part about 'many plants'. I think ill cut a couple of bits from the bottom and try it.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The ‘stick’ won’t grow roots at this stage … but if you lay it on its side on a tray of gritty compost, and leave it in a cold frame or even the sheltered lee of a wall, next year it’ll grow roots at the nodes where the leaves are now, and you’ll be able to split it into several new plants. 
    😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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