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Welcome to the wonderful and weird world of succulents! These ornamental plants come in some very surprising shapes that make them look like something from a fantasy illustrator’s dreams. Bored Panda’s green thumb employees have delicately grown and cultivated this list about some of the most awesome succulents you’ll ever see. So scroll down, upvote your faves, and share this post with your plant-loving pals.
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Crassula Marnieriana, more commonly known as Jade Necklace or Crassula Stacked (much less of a mouthful and a lot easier to type!), is a succulent native to the southern regions of Africa. Although naturally found growing upwards from the ground, it’s fleshy leaves stacked on an arching stem will eventually trail down when potted indoors. Although their reputation for being tricky may proceed them, this Crassula is very easy to grow providing you can satisfy a few key requirements. When happy, they will produce a small white or pink flower during the growing seasons. In their natural habitat they enjoy direct light throughout the day, but as a house plant they prefer bright but indirect light, only to be sitting in direct sunlight during the morning or afternoon hours and never the full midday sun. In terms of environment they prefer a dry atmosphere, suffering in spots with humidity. If you find condensation on your windows, it’s best to move them a bit further back from the windowsill to reduce the chances of rot. Marnieriana require very little watering making them the ideal low maintenance plant for the summer season – no need to worry about them whilst you’re on holiday! Overwatering, however, can cause root rot and a lot of damage. We have found the best time to water is the morning, allowing the plant sufficient time to dry out during the daylight hours. You can give it a good soaking, letting water run over the soil freely, once every 3 weeks during the spring and summer. If in doubt, watering little and often can be done too – a small glass of water every week will work, making sure the soil has dried out completely before watering again. In winter, reduce watering to about once every month to 6 weeks. The Jade Necklace is best placed into a high draining compost – cactus soil is ideal. You can even mix some sand or add more gravel through the compost for extra drainage to be on the safe side. Feeding the Crassula with house plant food will also benefit it greatly during the growing seasons. To Propagate: Crassula Marnieriana is one of the easiest succulents to propagate – from a well established plant you can have lots of mini ones before you know it! It’s well worth the effort to create more of these eye catching plants. Take a cutting from your main plant and leave to dry/callous for approx. 3 days in a shady spot - this ensures the cutting doesn’t rot when placed into it’s new pot. Once dried, fill a pot with a mix of cactus soil and sand, and simply stick the end of the cutting directly into the compost and leave it to root. Place the pot into bright but indirect sunlight. Spray your soil and sand mix moderately to keep it moist and encourage root growth. Roots should form in just 3 weeks. Once the plant is sufficiently established (when you can feel some resistance from the roots if you tug at the plant gently) you can move it into a well-drained pot with good cactus soil and look after it as you would the parent plant.
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The eye-catching leaves of this Citrus species are very aromatic and have a fresh-sweet smell and taste. In Southeast Asian cuisine the fresh leaves are abundantly added as seasoning to a range of dishes, such as curries and soups. In Asian stores the leaves are often sold frozen or dried, but they have the best flavouring when they are picked fresh from a plant. Besides the leaves, the green wobbly-shaped fruits can also be a delicious addition to many dishes. They are comparable to limes, but taste slightly more bitter. The plant will grow best in tropical circumstances, but if it gets enough heat and sunlight it will also do well as a houseplant. So it could also flower and give fruits in more temperate climates, but it still depends on how many leaves you harvest from it. The more leaves you harvest, the less resources there are for the plant to produce flowers and fruits. In a pot the plant could grow to 1,5m height, but in Southeast Asia it can grow up to 10 metres. Make sure to provide a well-draining soil and frequently water it in warm summer months. In the winter the plant can be watered less and should be kept above 5 degrees Celsius. Sowing description: The seeds have a short shelf life so sow them as soon as possible in sowing mix. Keep the soil lightly moist and cover it all with plastic or glass to keep in the water and heat. Germination usually occurs within a few weeks at 22-30 degrees Celsius.
