#urban succulent garden

Here’s a look at the foliage of my other Ledebouria sp. It has a similar pattern to the Silver Squill, but in different colors and the leaves are much wider.  I like these plants because they look like tiny tropical trees.

An up close look at my Aloe haworthioides.  The spines on the edges of the leaves are deceptive.  They aren’t rigid or prickly on the ends like you often find on succulents (I’m looking at you stabbing agave plant!).  Actually, they are soft to the touch and bend.

Up next in the up close look at my succulent collection is a group of Kalanchoe ‘Mother of Thousands’ plantlets.  It is so beautiful how this plant makes its babies on the edges of its leaves, but I will admit that it produces so many of those babies that I don’t know what to do with them!  Perhaps a giveaway?

For Christmas I received a macro lens for my phone and I recently had the revelation that I should use it to take pictures of my succulents!  I think that the different textures on the surface of these plants is part of what makes them so interesting.  The next few posts will be a series showcasing my succulent collection up close, super close!

This is a hybrid Aloe that I received at my second meeting of the New York Cactus and Succulent Society over a year ago.  It has some pink coloration and teeth on the edges of the leaves.

Back in November my Aloe haworthioides made a flower.  It wasn’t much to look at, but I am aways happy when my plants do new things!

The other day, the partner in crime and I wandered around Park Slope and stopped into Zuzu’s Petals.  It is a very cute flower and plant shop and I was pleasantly surprised to see so many Bowieavolubilisfor sale!

I saw these plants for the first time at the Philadelphia Flower Show back in March and loved them.  I purchased one for myself at the Connecticut Cactus & Succulent Show.  Since I like watching the plants develop over time, I bought a very small one, but if you have the room, the plants at Zuzu’s Petals are much larger and have a lot of character.

If you live in New York City and are as charmed as I am by these strange plants, stop by Zuzu’s Petals and pick one up!