Post Your Hostas
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Monkey Man
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Sort-of-similar (not really of course) in that the leaves made me think of them Brother B, but I've been growing Aglaonema "Silver Queen" for 30 years.
Somehow I ended up with a plant back in the '90s, not knowing what it was, and propagated from there. I've got a dozen or so indoors but even then, they slow down to a crawl in winter 'cause I can't afford to heat the house. These puppies are rare in that you never seem them, at least in my neck of the woods. I've not seen a plant other than mine and everyone who sees them says they've not seen 'em before.
I shifted your thread to Hobbies from "I Saw the Strangest Thing" BTW:
Somehow I ended up with a plant back in the '90s, not knowing what it was, and propagated from there. I've got a dozen or so indoors but even then, they slow down to a crawl in winter 'cause I can't afford to heat the house. These puppies are rare in that you never seem them, at least in my neck of the woods. I've not seen a plant other than mine and everyone who sees them says they've not seen 'em before.
I shifted your thread to Hobbies from "I Saw the Strangest Thing" BTW:
japetus
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Beautiful plant!
Monkey Man
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Yup. That's why I've persisted all these years Brother B.
It's a really-slow grower 'though so you have to be patient, at least where I live. A warm, humid climate might be different, but in cool or maybe even temperate environments it's slow. In winter indoors (I doubt they'd survive outdoors where I live) I'm lucky if a plant grows a single new leaf.
It's a really-slow grower 'though so you have to be patient, at least where I live. A warm, humid climate might be different, but in cool or maybe even temperate environments it's slow. In winter indoors (I doubt they'd survive outdoors where I live) I'm lucky if a plant grows a single new leaf.
japetus
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Have you grown aloe plants?
Monkey Man
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Only Aloe Vera; I've got 3 pots of it. Very-handy to have around.
We had various Aloes in the yard where I grew up in South Africa but I can't remember them. If I saw them I'd probably recognise them 'though.
We had various Aloes in the yard where I grew up in South Africa but I can't remember them. If I saw them I'd probably recognise them 'though.
311splawndude
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We have 6 or 7 around our house
Monkey Man
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They're in superb condition brother.
Well done!
Well done!
japetus
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No need to get Hosta-ile about it!
Aynirar27
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Lol I I do get their appeal. They are very effective and efficient. And I do like the look of some of the variegated varieties.
I was just a landscaper for like a decade and I’m sorta tired of looking at them
japetus
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I ran a gradient plastic and rock under my deck. I placed this boy there to soak up some water.
Aynirar27
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I bet it will do the trick
We had a couple at our last home. Funky plants.
If there was a jello in the plant world it would be the aloe. They're 'wiggly'.
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japetus
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Don't ever say wiggly and smile at me again.We had a couple at our last home. Funky plants.
If there was a jello in the plant world it would be the aloe. They're 'wiggly'.
You've been up close to them though?
Can't think of a better word.
I don't know if we had some sort of hybrid for the home though - grew more full (out) than it did tall.
We had a semi-enclosed patio with two beds about 18" wide running down the sides.
Crack a leave and rub the stuff on a burn, bee sting, etc. and it worked like a charm though!
japetus
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midnightlaundry
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Hostas will be here after the Nukes..