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Echeveria Painted Lady (Echeveria Nodulosa)

A new addition to our succulent family - Echeveria Painted Lady (Echeveria Nodulosa). She is not looking so healthy at the moment. Lets hope she thrives in her new surroundings. Perhaps the lady does not like this freezing weather.

Description

Echeveria Painted Lady grows taller than most Echeverias and has a shrub-like growing habit.

New florette heads grow from the base and other parts of the plant.

The green leaves have unique, bright red, vein-like markings running along their edges and down their middle.

Position and Care

Echeveria Nodulosa requires full sun to part shade.

It can burn in the hottest days of summer so will benefit from protection from the afternoon sun.

Pot plants should have afternoon shade during the height of summer.

Plants established in the ground are very hardy and only need to be watered in extended spells of dry weather.

Pot plants need to be watered more often.

Always plant in free-draining potting mix for best results

Suggestions

Beautiful landscaping plant and a fantastic addition to succulent gardens.

It will grow in the shallow soil of rockeries.

Great as a stand alone plant in a pot or as part of a succulent arrangement.

Senecio articulatus – The Candle Plant

I was fascinated by this unusual succulent -  Senecio articulatus. With a few common names including the ‘Hot Dog’ or ' Candle ' plant it is most commonly grown as an indoor potted specimen.

It is unusual, hard to find and a bit of a collectors plant, Senecio articulatus is another south African species.  With bluish green stems and silvery green foliage the plant is actually dormant for a large part of the year.

It bursts into life in the winter when water is available, small white to pink flowers in winter are an added attraction to the interesting foliage.

Also known as the Candle plant it is rarely offered for sale in Australia, one that is popular amongst collectors.

I now have lots of these strange and fascinating plants -  thanks to the kindness of a friend who is very experienced in growing succulents. 

Celebrating a newly hatching fascination with all things succulent.
Starting with some photographs of some of my breeding stock. Learning as I go.
Lets see where this leads!
The hope is to learn enough to produce some offspring that I can sell to supplement my aged pension and to convert my garden into an easy to manage , water-wise haven.