Plants Are The New Black

Same Same But Different It is amazing how plants adapt to their environment. The same plant in two different environments can behave so differently you might even think it is a different plant. I've experienced this a few times when I've taken a cutting from outside and grown it inside for example. Some plants adapt to their different environments happily. However, other more sensitive plants just freak out and die. Succulents and sedum seem able to adapt without dying. Here are some of my observations: Aeonium haworthii This Aeonium is iving outside in direct sun and growing in a terracotta pot. Rarely watered other than rain and infrequently in Summer. This plant is growing on the same property but in a large garden bed under a covered deck. It receives the same amount of water just rain water and some watering in summer. What I think happens is in the shade the leaves grow more surface area to have more opportunity for photosynthesis. In the terrac

Propagating Chain of Heart Plant What we know and what we are trying. So you want to propagate your plant?  We have had different levels of success with three different ways of propagating this plant. Using the balls/tubers!   Some tubers growing on the vine. This tuber was growing under the soil. Each vine is connected to at least one of these and the roots grow out of them. Potatoes, balls, spuds, tubers or  tubercles. Different people call them different things but these balls that grow on the chain of hearts are the quickest and easiest way to propagate the plant. These balls grow in the soil and hold onto the water to help the plant grow. Sometimes you will find them growing above the soil and down on the strings . If you spot these balls growing on the strings grab them quick because they will be the easiest bits to propagate with.  These balls can be directly planted into soil to create a new plant. Yep! It is that simple. So you have a plant

Chain of Hearts - C eropegia Woodii Isn't this plant beautiful? We love this girl. She has grown a lot in less than a year. She started a little sad but perked up quite quickly. A friend who was moving overseas sold this plant and J was the lucky girl who bought her. To give the plant a helping hand she pulled off anything that looked dead then stuck all the round balls (potatoes) into the soil. Roots grow from these balls and the plants store their water there. She popped her on a plant stand near a window and she just GREW. In March 2017 it looked like this. Now in January 2018. We took on the challenge of repotting this plant recently. It was growing onto the ground and had lots of potatoes on the top. We also gave this beautiful plant a hair cut as there are small children around this plant and we didn't want it getting pulled over. Yes we chopped her! We were a little terrified as it was a big plant and had been so happy all year. This was