Colours

Happy Cactus Monday.

I am noticing some lovely colours on my succulent leaves recently.

I have never seen the leaves of my Jade Plant turn yellow and red before. I could never get excited about Jade Plants before, but now I am liking it a little more.

Lovely red around this leaf

And more…

 

Sedeveria Pats Pink will turn more pinkish when I take it outside the house….

Kalanchoe Flapjack in green and red

Can anyone id this?

A friend gave me this succulent a while ago, and I have no idea what it is. It started flowering recently. The flowers are quite sweet.

Here is a photo of the leaves… The plant is small (about 6 inches tall) and when the branches grow long, they fall over the side of the pot.

Is anyone able to id this succulent (See update below)? Would appreciate your response. Thanks.

Update: Thanks to Marianne, I am quite sure the above succulent is Kalanchoe Uniflora. I am really excited, having seen some amazing photos on the web. This plant has a prostate habit, thus is suitable for hanging baskets. It flowers in winter (which is right – it was winter in Australia a few weeks ago), and needs to be cut back in Spring. Fantastic to have flowers to brighten up winter.

Hope you have a nice week.

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Succulent and flowers

Happy Cactus Monday.

I am sharing a few photos I took at a restaurant. Hope you enjoy these.

And a few more, these are taken on my balcony (below). 

  

 

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After the holidays

Sorry that I seem to have been MIA for a while. I have been on holidays. I am glad to say that the garden had survived well without me. So I am learning that perhaps I should not meddle with the plants as much as I did before.

It’s winter down under and there isn’t much sun on my balcony, but my kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos) above welcomed me home with lovely red/orange blooms.

Also on the positive side, my sedum gold mound was loving the rain and have grown a lot in my absence

I couldn’t believe that my chilli plant is still bearing fruits. Oh, those poor leaves. In the same pot, the sedum is having a ball, and loving the wet.

A few days after I came home, it hailed while I was in the gym. When I got home, I realised my succulents have been affected. This is a photo I took this morning…

And another.

And another. It is too depressing. Most of my succulents look sad, so I’ll stop at this last sad photo.

 

On the brighter side, this little baby which was exposed to the hail looks ok.

Looks like the geranium is happy too.

And my coriander is greeting the world.

 

I was wondering if I should have titled this post “The good, the bad and the ugly”…

Have a happy weekend.

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Succulent photos

Happy Cactus Monday.

Only the last 2 i.e. the agave and yucca shown below are mine.

Beautiful orange blooms of Cotyledon Orbiculata (I’m quite sure, but please feel free to correct me)

 

I love the soft blue-green of the plump leaves

Lovely rosettes

 

Peeking out

Agave – a small one

Yucca – a short one (see my sketch below). I am determined to keep this small, and will chop it when it grows tall…

And finally, a glimpse of my balcony via a page in my sketchbook. My yucca and agave in the above photos are shown below.

 
Pen on paper, February 2010

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Succulents

Happy Cactus Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend.

I hope you enjoy these photos:

 

My pink jelly bean which has been with me for almost a year.

These are not mine, unfortunately.  They are growing at my tennis club. They sure look a lot like jelly beans. I love them a lot; they look so juicy!

 

Graptoveria – love the drop of water in the middle.

This jade plant is growing at the tennis club. I am not sure if I like it. Jade plants don’t appeal to me, but I think the yellow leaves do stand out.

Sedeveria Pats Pink given to me at Christmas last year.

That’s it from me.

Wishing you a nice week.

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Succulent and subtle variations of green, plus lots of textures

Happy Cactus Monday, and I hope you had a nice weekend.

I have been thinking a lot about adding colours to my garden, but I do love my green succulent leaves; with their interesting colour variations and textures.

I love them – sweet little leaves spilling over the side of the pot.

This bluish jelly bean plant is one of my favourite. They seem to propagate rather easily.

A present from my husband a few years ago :)

The leaves look like flowers

Little fluffy looking leaves

Another favourite of mine – dots look like stitching around the leaves!

I must admit that the jade plant doesn’t get me excited, but it grows easily and now I even have cuttings for my friends.

Colourful images

… not of plants, but drawings inspired by succulent plants.

Have a lovely week.

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Cactus Monday – this and that

Happy Cactus Monday. I have some mixed content in today’s “Cactus Monday” post… Hope you have a wonderful week ahead.

Succulent painting fun

I have decided to join in the painting fun this week, and here’s my piece inspired by my little pink Sedum jelly bean plant (Sedum rubrotinctum pink pictured below) with the clouds echoing the shapes of the plants…

Sedum rubrotinctum pink

More flowers…

I know I have posted some pictures of flowers such as the one below in my previous post, but today, there seem to be more flowers… I am quite thrilled.

Re-using tin cans

I like the look of this food can with cuttings of my jade plant. I think the shiny and dented surface (in some parts) add character to the pot. I made a number of holes at the bottom of the can to allow water to flow out.

I made a few of these for a vertical garden that I’m building (click here), but I think they look pretty good on their own as pots.

Thanks for reading.