Mid-Autumn in N.E. Downunder - unknown succulent
By Bernieh
- 9 Apr, 2013
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I love the foliage of this lovely thing.
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Thanks Balcony, I'll look that up. I really love the fleshy foliage of this plant, as well as the colouring.
9 Apr, 2013
When I visited Cambridge Botanical Gardens some years ago there were some really lovely Ice Plants called 'Autumn Joy'. They were a real deep pink & attracted bees by the 100s! I was really drawn to them. I took several photos of different plants while I was there!
I seem to remember having seen the variegated form in a garden or two around town here but I can't remember how long ago. If I had the opportunity of getting a few rosettes from the base I'd like to grow a pot of them on my balcony!
11 Apr, 2013
Balcony, I've done some research and it seems my plant might possibly be a Kalanchoe rather than a Sedum. I'm still trying to clarify this.
13 Apr, 2013
I've done a little investigation on the web but can find no Kalanchoe plants that might look like your plant.
I'm investigating in my RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants but can't find your plant. It still looks to me very much like a variegated form of Sedum spectabile.
14 Apr, 2013
I have those too, and no idea about the name as well, but I'd found it as Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi 'Variegata' Plant.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalanchoe_fedtschenkoi_'Variegata'_Plant_2000px.jpg
15 Apr, 2013
I believe you are right, Aleyna! I missed a page in my book! It was on the next page! When I was looking it up I must have turned over two pages instead of one!
17 Apr, 2013
Ah, I thank you both. I had a feeling it was a Kalanchoe. I think you've got the right I.D. for me now.
19 Apr, 2013
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Looks like a variegated variety of 'Ice Plant', Sedum spectabile. I used to grow this plant when I lived at home with my parents but it wasn't a variegated form.
Here is an entrance in the RHS Plant Selector that you might find interesting:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4129
9 Apr, 2013