This one is marketed under the 'Chick Charms' brand and is available at some garden centres. Quite a few sold under this brand have been renamed with more 'commercial' names which adds the problem of the same plant being sold under more than name. Gold Nugget Nov20.JPGGold Nugget Ap21.JPGGold Nugge...

Got this Semp for my outdoor bed and wanted to share some photos. Highly recommend it - really gives that exotic succulent look while being hardy.

I have an outdoor ground-planted A x nobilis, I thought this would be hardy but last week did massive damage to it – two rounds of snow and several whole days of below-zero temperatures in-between, with a minimum of -8 C, meaning that the snow never melted off and just compacted as ice in the folds ...

Looks quite a bit like this, might be related:
http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCC ... aducifolia

Here is the photo used in the online sale image of the plant I bought. When I received it, it looked pretty much identical.



That said, it's now deceased.

Unfortunately, it looks like the Othonna plant is done for. The leaves all died within a few days of it being brought into the house. That said, yesterday I brought a pickle plant (Delosperma echinatum) into the house (due to concerns about forecasted frost compounding existing slug wounds) and pret...

I find all 3 fine with a few degrees of frost if dry. Not so hardy if wet. Small rosettes (self-sown leaf cuttings from the previous summer) of x rubrotinctum can survive some frost when wet outdoors, but rarley last the whole winter. Rubrotinctum doesn't seem to be attractive to slugs or snails, t...

Give it a good soak now just in case its still alive and place in a sunny position. Will do, I did water immediately after noticing it was dying, but after doing so, it seemingly got worse, lost a lot more leaves on a stem where previously there wasn't leaf loss. So I bought an Othonna carnosa over...

I have never grow any succulent from seed before. Othonna is a winter active species. It is not hard to grow, but you need to know the basics of winter active succulents. I don't know if you have mastered this. It can take a long time for Othonna seeds to germinate. You can sow them in spring or in...

So I bought an Othonna carnosa over the summer and recently all the leaves suddenly shrivelled up and died. Not entirely sure why – is this a biennial? It was after the plant had flowered, so I have a few dried seed heads (kind of dandelion-esque fluffy balls). How difficult is it to grow Othonna ca...