As some of you who have probably read in some of my posts, I am slowly getting rid of the turf in my backyard and replacing with borders and plant beds. Well, I have not watered the lawn this year at all and the rains are all that the grass has to survive on. yesterday while strolling through my veggies, I happened to be looking at the grass and right in the center of the yard where no water reaches except for rain, I found these two most interesting fellows. I hurried my wife over to show her and then tried to dig them up and pot them. They look like one of the carniverous type plants but I thought those needed moist and nutrient soil to live. The area they were at has received only rain water that, well, so far is probably only about 4 " inches this year and very hard compacted clay soil. I had a tough time digging them out and cut almost all of the roots off to remove them.
They perked back up after putting them in potting soil and watering. Here is they are, and can someone id them?
This message was edited Jun 23, 2006 3:37 AM
Plant Id please?
opps........
forgot the pic.
I don't see howthey could survive drought type conditions rock hard soil and still grow to this. I found only two of them each the same size the other one is in the same pot just off the picture to the right. leaves are narrow and thin and only one flower as seen in the pic.
It looks like a succulent of some kind, but I don't know what it is, maybe an Aloe?
Josephine.