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Anonymous
Hey /an/imals
I have a question.
What is this plant and how do i care for it?
I found it out in my garden a few days ago and was curious as to what it was.
>> Anonymous
hmmm nobody can help me out?
>> Anonymous
its a suculant, not sure what kind tho,you dont need to do much to take care of them, just sun and water!
>> Anonymous
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if I had to guess I would say a variety of hen and chicks
>> Anonymous
>>324970
can they be grown in just water? instead of having it in soil?
>> Crazy Cat Lady
>>324970
>>324975
yes. my mom has tons of these. although the pic is blurry it looks like a fuzzy hen&chicks

>>324976
i wouldn't think so. they're kinda like cactus, you havta water them, but not as often as some other plants, but a lil bit more than cacti. so get a fairly good sized pot and some planting soil. keep in morning/mid-day sunlight. they can get big kinda fast and will "have babies" if taken care of right, little spurts of mini hens&chicks coming out of this main stem/stalk. good luck OP
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ok then what about this kind of plant? I know its some sort of shrub and its an evergreen. But just dont know what it is or how to care for it.

Trying to get it started. Rooting that is. Had them sitting in about 3 inches of water for almost over 2 weeks.
>> Anonymous
hens and chicks are invincible. they would grow out of every available piece of dirt between the stones in a wall where i used to live. they can live through NY winters.
someone gave us a pot full of them as a present for something and i don't think i've watered them yet. it's been about 5 months.
>> Anonymous
We have hen and chicks and don't water them at all... Live in Oregon so it rains a fair amount but never water them or anything.... Been in shitty dirt for ever too.
>> Crazy Cat Lady
>>324988
>>324992
i live in the central valley, it's gets up to 114 for 10 days straight here..... can't go w/out watering for longer than like a day, sometimes gotta water like twice a day.... ffffffffffff

>>324986
no clue. looks like tree branches to me.
>> Crazy Cat Lady
>>324997
oh, and we also had a really bad freeze a year or so ago.... water pipes in houses were freezing and shit....... but most of my mom's hens&chicks made it though.... very touch little plants
>> Anonymous
>>324986
bump for identification
>> Anonymous
daily bump.
>>324986
for IDing this. thanks =)
>> Anonymous
>>325358

You sure that's the whole plant? Looks like a cypress branch to me.
>> Anonymous
>>325367
they are just cuttings but the plant i cut them from are pretty much the same. no flowering or anything. I think its a leyland cypress but im not to sure.
>> Crazy Cat Lady
>>325383
>>324986
i don't think trees can root this way. They aren't like succulents that you just leave in water and they'll root, i'm pretty sure u need a seed for them.
i got my mom this really cool book from borders, it's got all kinds of plants, how to take care of them and stuff. only like $10, i think it's called the plant and flower encyclopedia.
look into it, border's has a lot of really good books in their discount section
>> Anonymous
>>324975
aka Sempervivum tectorum

They are succulents, which are actaully related to Cacti, if I remember correctly. My mother grew them, and she lives in NE Ohio. She keeps them outside in the summer, and in the house and/or green house over the winter. Sometimes she'll toss a few in her garden and let them grow, then transplant them in the fall.

The main plant (hen) will die after flowing, but will leave tons of baby plants (chicks) to continue on. The "hens" will die after flowering, but by that time they will have produced numerous "chicks" or "chickens" to take their place. To propagate, simply split off the chickens from the parent plant and transplant them. Providing contact with the soil should be sufficient for transplanting, since hens and chicks root readily.

Sempervivum does not root very well, so transplanting them is as simple as placing on top of some loose soil.

full sun to partial shade
well-drained soil is a must no matter where you grow them.

Some will turn red if they get a lot a sun
>> Anonymous
>>325402
Wow, forgot how'd I manage to repeat myself? I need coffee ^_^;