ignova

ignova, 7 months ago to plants

succulents are tropical plants, but some of them can take some surprisingly cold temperatures. i started this Echeveria 'Perle von Nurnberg' from a cutting and i'm just growing it as an annual, allowing nature to take its course when winter comes. but so far it has endured temperatures as low as -5C without any ill effects. my jades have been similarly hardy.

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ignova, 7 months ago to plants

it's November, which means that my Frankencactus is getting ready to bloom!

i started this xmas cactus (really Thanksgiving cactus but we always call it a Christmas cactus) a few years ago, from cuttings from my mom's ~25-year-old 'mother' plant. as a hobby project i then grafted several different colour varieties onto the new plant, to see if it would give me multicoloured blooms. and it did! there are even a few pieces of Easter cactus grafted on, though those have not yet flowered.

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