Planto I like it. I like terracotta too. One year I set up a corner on the patio with all my succulents in terracotta pots. It looked good. It did give it the flavor of the Southwest.

Audrey that is looking like a tropical island for sure.
I do not drink but I have all kinds of liquor you can imagine and little umbrellas and cocktail stirrers on the bar. You would think I was an alcoholic but I love pretty bottles of liquor. I also purchased those as Souvenirs when I traveled. I am a collector.

Well, Cinta I can help you out from keeping that bar from getting dusty while we talk plants I always do look in awe at folks that keep full bottles around. I will say though that plants and drinks do not mix. The next day you will be sorry. I like to work and then sip and enjoy the work. I learned a long time ago to not mix my two favorite forms of dissociation One day I had made what I thought was the best work I had ever done with some semps and some broken pots, the next day I wondered what the heck could have possibly come over me to think that There goes my good reputation

Audrey, TY so much for the details!! Sometimes those Euphorbia tops are grafted to Plumeria, but that would be round, not triangular. I admire your ability to make a decision like that, I can hardly force myself to discard stuff I'm not really enjoying, or isn't as healthy as it could be, too sentimental. It would be better to focus attention on the thriving plants, and while inside, give window-proximity priority to stuff that actually enjoys being at my house.

LOVE the Peperomia/Lithops planter! Completely adorable!!

Beth, the Aloe looks great! If I can keep a potted Aloe alive, so can you! I can overwater a plant as thoroughly and quickly as anyone! If you have a weak moment where you know it doesn't need a drink but feeling the urge to water, have Cinta talk you through it, "Put the watering can down!" LOL!

Tiff,

Thankyou for the acorns Tiffany! Glad I could help. I used to be that way about not discarding things but your right about premium window spots in the winter. I adore tropicals but have decided to go with more xeric easy care stuff the past few years and have decided I only want to care for things that I am truly passionate about.

I was rewarded by the lithops this morning with new growth over night! It must be happy. Is it going to be new rocks or flowers? I have never grown these before so I am pretty excited

YW. Enjoyed the info very much!

Buds! So very cool! You should be excited, for sure!

When splitting/dividing, the center looks different:

Awsome! Tiffany do you know how long they last? Do I need to carry this around with me so I dont miss the bloom?

Esperanza said: Well, Cinta I can help you out from keeping that bar from getting dusty while we talk plants I always do look in awe at folks that keep full bottles around. I will say though that plants and drinks do not mix. The next day you will be sorry. I like to work and then sip and enjoy the work. I learned a long time ago to not mix my two favorite forms of dissociation One day I had made what I thought was the best work I had ever done with some semps and some broken pots, the next day I wondered what the heck could have possibly come over me to think that There goes my good reputation

You would really be in awe of me. I have two liter bottles of 150 proof rum in my stock. When I came back from Puerto Rico I unpacked and had them on my dresser. When the guy came to remodel my bathroom he asked me did I have a drinking problem.

I have been fighting to keep this ZZ plant alive for a year. I do not know what I am doing wrong. Maybe it wants some water. If that is what it is looking for I think it is going to die this winter.

LMAO, Cinta! If collecting bottles you don't drink is a drinking problem, I guess you have a pretty serious one!

Audrey, my Lithops have only bloomed once, (the pic I put in the general Lithops entry.) That bloom was in 2013 & haven't seen another since. From what I saw and have heard from others' anecdotes, the blooms open for several days, during the daytime, closing at night and opening again in the AM, until they're tuckered out after a few days. It would be perfectly reasonable to want to take them to work or on errands, everyone here would totally understand, but practical? IDK... can't wait to see what yours does! :+)

purpleinopp said:

It would be perfectly reasonable to want to take them to work or on errands, everyone here would totally understand, but practical? IDK... can't wait to see what yours does! :+)

What? That's not normal? I thought everybody did that

Geeze Cinta, 150 proof....... ouch!

Here is a plant I picked up at the plant sale yesterday.

Wow that is a pretty aloe. I wonder if it is Aloe Christmas Carol.

It is pretty. I could not resist.She bought this plant unlabled. I think it is L.G. hybrid 'sunset' with the amount of blue and upright growth.so many hybrids these days so little window space I had it repotted the minute I got home. I think I will add a small topsy turvy echeveria in front of it for winter living fun. Or something blue. I wish I had an extra Lola eche but I dont.

Love those cute lithops Audrey! That is one succulent that I truly miss.. my lithops bloomed in 2012 around Nov so your plant is doing it right on time. But I can never get it right after overwintering it, have killed two sets already oh well, so I gave up on it..will look forward to your photo updates when it blooms!

Tarev I have my fingers crossed I will do alright with them Here it is in bloom. It has been opening up about an hour before sunset today and yesterday and then closes again I was not expecting that.

My friend gave me the tall euphorbia in the blue pot this weekend and I was afraid it would tip over in the wind so I put it in the green pot along with some other goodies and put a smaller one that I already had in the blue pot. Great idea........... two more heavy pots to carry in for winter.....genius at work






This one got all dressed up for winter and can stay outside all winter thank goodness. Weather finally has cooled down enough for me to do something with the semperviums. Summer was pretty rough on the little guys.

Esperanza said: Tarev I have my fingers crossed I will do alright with them Here it is in bloom. It has been opening up about an hour before sunset today and yesterday and then closes again I was not expecting that.

So pretty! Yes it does a close open session similar to what other flowering succulents often do.

They are Simply Marvelous Audrey,

Audrey. You make combining succulents seem so easy. I haven't got the hang of it yet.

Thankyou everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deborah, just go with what pleases you. You can't go wrong. Some of the things I do I am sure are not every ones taste. I love all the colors that succulents come in and enjoy getting crazy with them. Some people like other styles. I know any time I have tried to make one like I saw someone else do it never turns out. So, I just do what pleases me and I also rearrange things a lot. I have some that I think are duds and they will be the first to sell sometimes. I have done some that I am very proud of in the perfect pot and then it looks ridiculous anywhere I put it Just have some fun and play and if you don't like it after a couple of days take it apart and try something else. Most succulents are very forgiving.

I dug this one out of a neglected pot in full sun today and needed to rinse the junk out that had collected in its folds and went ahead and rinsed the roots off to show you guys the roots on this smaller one.