If a purple succulent leaves is desired, buy a succulent with purple leaves. There are loads of succulents in a variety of purple colors.
I don’t have purple succulents. When I brought the Echeveria Black Knight home, it was more of a reddish purple, natural, and beautiful. It has been living in the garden since July 2017. The color changes with the amount of light that it receives.
Much better than peeling paint.
2019 March 9
The plant was purchased from Farm Supply for fifty cents.
Dioscorea elephantipes
Wikipedia–Dioscorea elephantipes
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Lapidaria margaretae
Wikipedia–Lapidaria margaretae
World of Succulents–Lapidaria margaretae
Lecanopteris luzonensis
Wikipedia–Lecanopteris luzonensis
Wistuba–Lecanopteris luzonensis
Sansevieria fischeri
Garden.org–Sansevieria fischeri
Sansevieria grandis
Planting Man–Sansevieria grandis
San Marcus Growers–Sansevieria grandis
Sansevieria pinguicula
Plantophiles–Sansevieria pinguicula/
Sansevieria rorida
Wikipedia–Dracaena hanningtonii
World of Succulents–Sansevieria ehrenbergii
July 21, 2020
Last night I cleared the spent Evening Primrose from a patch of garden. I found this–
The succulent is about to bloom for the first time.
6/20/21 Folded Small Paper Pots for Planting Seed
Planted a single seed in each paper pot.
50 Borage
10 Black Barlow
5 Nigella
Placed the lot in a plastic pizza container. Covered with Cling Wrap
6/25/21 Removed the cling wrap, there were over 25 sprouts.
Potted them up because the roots from one seedling were growing into the neighbor paper pots.
6/29/21 Transplanted Some of the Seedlings in the Garden.
Potted up the rest. Finished at nearly noon.
This is What I found at 3:30
6/30/21 What I Found on the Deck Today
The 3 Potted Borage Seedlings I Placed on the Deck
Even a succulent start was ripped from its pot.
Who is responsible for the damage? Pretty sure it was a California Towhee family.
This has been a frustrating year for gardening. My flats have been ripped up, several plants in the greenhouse were shredded. Wildflower and Datura seedlings vanished from the garden.
I snagged a start of the ice plant from a friend’s garden. Today I noticed the ice plant bud appeared to be opening. Was unclear how that might happen. The stem of connected to the bud is brown dried and the leaves are yellowing.
9:00 am
To my surprise the bud opened!
1:00 pm
August 5, 2021
2021 May 11
2021 May 23 9:30 am
Spent flower and bud to open soon.
2021 May 23 12:30 pm
