Just a few days before we received a pretty good amount of pea-size hail, I posted this picture of my Ghost Plant for Foliage Follow-up.
After the hail, they appear a little bruised and battered; their smooth leaves showing some divots, pockmarks and off-colored dents
Nature giveth. Nature taketh. And sometimes nature just smacks things around a bit.
We didn't get the hail here...and I live about a quarter mile away from Annie (The Transplantable Rose), and she said she got hail. Nature is so weird sometimes.
ReplyDeletekatina: Yeah - the whole time I was watching it fall, I was thinking "Thank goodness it ain't the golf ball size stuff we got last year!" I'll take bruised plants any day.
ReplyDeleteHi, it was really nice to meet and chat with you today. I have so many ghosts in the patch (and not just the plant variety, trust me!)...but that is another longer story, best told around a camp fire. I Love these little succulents, and I am constantly spreading them all around the Patch, in the ground, in containers... such a survivor!
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ESP: It was good to meet you too. I enjoy the gray coloration most - shady plants tend to lack that color.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame. We were fortunate not to have any hail- but then the winter took car of most of my graptopetalum. It turned to mush.
ReplyDeleteLancashire: Yeah, I was pleased mine actually made it through winter with no protection and only a few battle scars.
ReplyDeleteThat ghost plant is so striking, even with pock marks. Does it grow in shade, or is it hanging out in a sunnier spot in your garden? Looks like it should be a pretty drought tolerant plant as well?
ReplyDeleteLinda: It catches less than an hour of direct light, then gets dappled shade for the rest of the day. Likely would be even happier with more sun.
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