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Can you help me identify these two succulent plants please?

  • 10-04-2015 11:26PM
    #1
    leck
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    This plant has a low trailing habit. It's more or less taken over a raised bed where I'd really prefer to grow herbs so considering moving this. As far as I remember it has yellow five-petalled flowers for most of the Summer.

    I bought the other plant last year but it's still sitting in the pot, looking sadly neglected. But time to plant it out now. No plant tag on this one, but I figure it's something like hens and chickens, but leaves are not as fleshy.
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  • #2
    lk67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭lk67


    leck wrote: »
    This plant has a low trailing habit. It's more or less taken over a raised bed where I'd really prefer to grow herbs so considering moving this. As far as I remember it has yellow five-petalled flowers for most of the Summer.

    I bought the other plant last year but it's still sitting in the pot, looking sadly neglected. But time to plant it out now. No plant tag on this one, but I figure it's something like hens and chickens, but leaves are not as fleshy.

    The first is a Sedum, possibly the variety reflexum, and is easily moved into a pot or somewhere else with good drainage. Just take some soil with it.

    The second is a little sick looking (!) but it's a Saxifrage, possibly London Pride or a close relative.


  • #3
    leck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭leck


    lk67 wrote: »
    The first is a Sedum, possibly the variety reflexum, and is easily moved into a pot or somewhere else with good drainage. Just take some soil with it.

    The second is a little sick looking (!) but it's a Saxifrage, possibly London Pride or a close relative.
    Thanks. Yes, the second one does look like London Pride. I figured the older parts of the plant were dying off because of the cold, rather than neglect. At least there are some new shoots pushing through.


  • #4
    lk67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭lk67


    leck wrote: »
    Thanks. Yes, the second one does look like London Pride. I figured the older parts of the plant were dying off because of the cold, rather than neglect. At least there are some new shoots pushing through.

    It should recover but cold shouldn't be an issue. Vine weevil can be a problem so check the soil for them.


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