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Mystery plant.

tony williams2tony williams2 Posts: 288
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I have a mystery plant which was nothing but a stick ! But now looks pretty good I just need a name for it.
Keep up the good work Merry Christmas Tony.
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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @tony williams2 Maybe an Echeveria not something I grow. I have looked after them in a greenhouse before. I wouldn't water it until spring let it dry out.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • tony williams2tony williams2 Posts: 288
    Thanks for that. I was told it was rose of the desert , but can't trace it.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    It isn't a desert rose cactus, that looks more like a little tree with a trunk, but I don't know what it is.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Looks like an indoor type sedum, something like Sedum morganianum. 
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    Possibly Graptopetalum, one of the Crassulas.
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Looks similar to Echeveria derenbergii – Painted Lady Succulent (especially pic #2, mature plant, egg-shaped)

  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @tony williams2 This is still a puzzle to me just studied an Echeveria today and the leaves are more flat also there is a tip at the end of each leaf. Perhaps they vary? I find all succulents and cacti difficult. Not entirely sure you have a complete answer always important to get a correct ID so that any future plants that are taken from it are also correctly named.
    I think the worst thing is to just take a guess better it remains a mystery.

    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    @wild edges grows a lot of succulents/echeverias etc. He might be able to help. It's a massive group of plants  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It's not one I recognise but there are so many hybrids around now that it could be anything really. My wild guess would be a pachyveria of some kind https://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel?akID=147&aaID=2 When it flowers you'll know more.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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