could you tell me

...what have I got here, please?

 

No 2 is a money plant I think.

I also think I know number 1. Another house plant but I can't remember which one. Still it's common and someone will remember with no probs.

 

Hi, mira, the first is a Tradescantia, the Wandering Jew, or it could be a Zebrina, the Inch Plant. I have it outside here in the shade.

The second is a Crassula portulacea, the Jade Plant or Money Plant. I have one 26 years old, the "baby" of my sister's and it lives outside here also.

 

Of course. It's a tradescantia. Thanks for jogging my memory LoL. It's ubiquitous and dead easy to root from a cutting. Then, boy, does it wander. But don't leave them outside in winter here MF. :D

 

Thank you very much Lady of Leisure and Sarraceniac for your identification.

This cutting of Tradescantia I have got it from from a lady in Italy which has got like a cascade of it.
It looks like it is surviving...I will let it wonder as much as it likes, because I just think its purple leaves are amazing.

This crassula, I must say, the more I look at it, the more I like it.

 

My Tradescantia is the varigated with purple, pink, white and green stripes on the leaves. I must get it out of hiding for the winter.

Here is a picture of my Crassula the first year it bloomed two years ago aged 25 years, so guess it's 27 now. It is 80cm tall with a trunk circumference of 30cm which is quite small for this age, I think because it was potbound for until a couple of years ago.



It lived the first 20 years of it's life indoors in Bucks and only went out in the IoW on the verandah and now here outside the front door.

PS Sorry about the blurry photo, it was before my digi photography days. :rolleyes:

 

Looking as close as I can at your pic of the trad it is probably Zebrina Pendula unless there is cream as well as green, purple and silver then it would be Zebrina Quadricolor.
They have been grown as houseplants for decades but now they are being used outdoors in planters and baskets but they are not frost hardy.

 

I can imagine that you can create amazing effects using this plant in a planter or hanging basket

 

this one is also a pretty crassula...

 

This was my favourite, C coccinea, which I somehow managed to kill off after blooming last year ...

 

LoL - You are an education to so many of us. I have grown a Crasula for several years, but have never seen it or any other one in flower. And that Crassula coccinaea looks absolutely superb.

 

Me too Peter. I had one in my consulting rooms for years. It got bigger and bigger...it was a bit like Topsy...it just growed. But it never flowered. Maybe they don't like flowering in Yorkshire? :D

 

Hi Peter and John ... and mira ...

Here's a picture of the Jade Plant flowers close up ...

 

Those are beautiful flowers. The only reason I had one was because nobody ever remembered to water the plants. And it wasn't bothered at all. A bit like an aspidistra (I had one of those too).

 

John, according to my Sis (Kedi-Gato from Germany) the Jade / Money Plant only blooms when it's 25 years old. Sis's blooms in North Germany so what's wrong with Yorkshire?

However, I think it's Marley Farley who has one 18 years old that blooms in Gloucestershire ... she's on holiday at the moment so can't confirm this.

You are completely correct in that they are immune to neglect it seems.

Now, the Aspidistra ... never could keep one of those alive in England. Even tried one here but no go. Must have been because my M-in-L was very sweet and I adored her so there was never any neglect ... perhaps a bit too much TLC.

I have another Crassula (I think) which blooms well here. I'll put it up over the weekend for ID and if you guys want one, I have about eight spare.

PS Hi, again, just thought, I may be able to get another of the C coccinaea, so I'll keep you posted. It really bloomed so easily, no special treatment I remember.

[ 02. November 2007, 07:58 PM: Message edited by: Lady of Leisure ]