#berkshire botanical garden
A very interesting little succulent at the Berkshire Botanical Garden. I think it is an Agave desmettiana. I haven’t seen a lime green Agave before. Its black points are so contrasty!
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A very leafy jade! This one looks similar to the jade plant (Crassula ovata) that I have except mine is smaller, and only has about three rows of leaves on each branch. I wonder if this is a different species, or if mine could be like this someday under the right growing conditions. Seen at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Mass.
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An Aloe with red spines, seen at the Berkshire Botanical Garden. I was drawn to succulents because of their variety of textures and this one is no exception! I only have two Aloe in my collection, but when I have more space I want to expand and get more. For now, they just tend to be too big for my little apartment windowsill!
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A beautiful crested Echeveria at the Berkshire Botanical Garden. I learned about crested succulents at one of my first meetings of the New York Cactus & Succulent Society and have enjoyed identifying them ever since. In a nutshell, cristate growth occurs when the apical meristem (upper growth tissue) of the plant undergoes a mutation which makes it grow irregularly. Instead of new tissue growing as a point, it grows in a line and causes the plant to fan out (and look pretty cool!).
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