It can still grow in the garden, but if you give it enough space and a lot of sunlight, it can almost reach the same size as the wild. A. ferdinandi -regis, however, is so well-known that it's hard to ignore. Page 177 – According to Mexican botanists, A. nickelsiae is more important than A. ferdinandi­regis since it was published earlier. I would refer to the plant as Agave nickelsiae (syn. Agave ferdinandi -regis. Senecio Radicans, also known as "Banana Chain", is a plant native to Namibia and South Africa. Its origins are from Western Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe. Please visit the Contact Debra page. Debra here. I screen-captured about a dozen photos from Brody’s Instagram page to show the reader, but then realized that this article was already way too long. Page 148 - To the list of succulents that can be propagated from leaves, you could add gasterias. Suggested solution: O. microdasys are on my avoid list due to the abundance of glochids.

All smaller animals can easily pass through the space between the spines of the ants. Page 133 – The photo shows C. strausii. However, the one on right is not (spines too bright). Page 203 - While jadelike crassulas (like C. ovata or C. arborescens) certainly look quite different from stacking ones (like perforata or deceptor or 'Tom Thumb'), there are plenty of species that don't fit into either camp (like C. pubescens ssp. Page 194 – The text says that while jadelike crassulas (C. ovata or C. arborescens) are certainly different from stacking ones (like Perforata or Tom Thumb), there are plenty of species that don't fit within either of those categories.

Page 189 - For the Aloe speciosa photo caption, saying "flowers banded with cream, pink, and rose-red buds" leaves out the rust-orange of the stamens, which seems to me too prominent to ignore. Aloe maculata, which has been used for A. saponaria quite a while, would be the caption. Aloe saponaria follows, or is it "also called Aloe siponaria"? As you have done for Aloe vera/barbadensis. Benson called this O. violacea. Page 188 - Having just called Aloe dorotheae "arguably the loveliest aloe", it seems funny a couple of pages later to be crowning Aloe polyphylla as "arguably the most beautiful of all succulents." Wouldn't it be better not to repeat the word "arguably" and simply say something like, "Aloe polyphylla, spiral aloe, is one of the most striking of all succulents"? Page 184. Aloe nubilis is a mixture of two species. Therefore, it should be called Aloexnobilis. When you get stuck, your mind will need the freshness and beauty of aloe vera, as well as the oxygenating snake plant and the thorned beauty that cactus offers.

This plant does not require much care and can withstand harsher conditions. They prefer bright, indirect sunlight so provide shade to protect them from the sun's scorching heat. Requiring a little more care, the 'Rainbow Hedgehog' needs to be watered carefully during the winter and also during more humid weather, as it is sensitive to being overwatered. As we mentioned, there are several options of succulents or cacti to choose from. The following suggestion: "These ribbed and sturdy-spined cacti, from Mexico and Southwest, are spherical as young. However, many of them become cylindrical with age. Aloe Vera desert plants can't tolerate being in water for prolonged periods and are often killed by rootrot. Haworthia, Aloe, and My First Succulent Plant was Given to Me by a Coworker. She gave me an aloe vera offshoot from her mature plants.

He was also one my proofreaders and he went through my plant descriptions. Timber Press is the largest US publisher for gardening books. Their excellent staff focuses on style consistency as well as logical flow, readability and photo selection. Pauma Valley, CA, garden by Deeter-Buckner design. Oh, my, yes. He is active in San Francisco Cactus & Succulent Society. He travels all over the world with fellow enthusiasts to view plants in their natural habitats. He also lectures extensively to C&SS groups. He interacts with visitors at Walnut Creek's Ruth Bancroft Garden. In this garden, he has served for decades as the curator. Brian begins the celebrations at 8 AM at the Succulent Gardens nursery, 200 miles south from San Francisco. Brian is reserved, however. Brian enjoys this type of stuff and is extremely engaging when instructing others about gardening. With a sharp, clean knife or gardening scissors, you can cut off the pups downwards, but as close to the mother as possible. You can view the final results by looking at a few pages of the published book. Anderson and Hunt provisionally accepted it (Opuntia sainta-rita), while Ferguson's book Prickly Pears classified it under O.chlotica as O.chlotica var.

Not only do Brian's comments merit a wider audience, they illustrate the effort that went into the book. If, as you read through Brian's suggestions, you find one that's a snooze, skim past it to a nugget or howler. Page 37 - Furcraea macdougalii should be macdougallii (note that Fouquieria macdougalii has one L, but the furcraea has two). Page 201 - "Epiphyllum, with long segmented leaves" should be "with long leaf-like segmented stems." And for "Rhipsalis, which have jointed strands of leaves... Succulents planted in the ground outside will need this same step if their leaves have gone bad. If the leaves are accidentally wet, you can dry them using a soft cloth. After drying, place the plant on a flat cactus surface and allow it to dry. We hope you found this article helpful in your search for a new plant, Euphorbia Neriifolia.