went to a local bonsai show last weekend
saw this groundcover but owner didn't know the name
does anybody recognize it ?
thanks
Dick
ground cover
Hmmmm,
I don't recognise it off-hand, I am assuming the rosettes are very tiny. The leaf shape and structure of the plant suggests the Crassulaceae family to me, possibly a Crassula or an Aichryson. Try posting this picture in the Cacti and Succulent forum, and include some measurements if you can - size is notoriously misleading from a photograph!
Ciao, KK.
PS, If you do get an ID, come back here and tell us - I for one am seriously intrigued and would love a small ground cover that packs that tightly
Thanks KK
the small rosettes are small some even as smaller then your pinkie nail :-)
i need to remember to add something in the pict when small for comparisons
Dick
i'm pretty sure the plant in question is Saxifraga paniculata 'Minutifolia'
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/85366/
Dick
Yes I think you have it nailed. I doubt very much I could grow it here, it gets far too hot. It is pretty though!
Best of luck, KK.
Kaelkitty-it's just a succulent isn't it? It would take heat wouldn't it?
OK breeindy,
Here's the thing - not all succulents are "heat" lovers. The development of succulence in plants is a response to a seasonal shortage of moisture. Sometimes the "seasonal shortage of water" is caused by being buried in snow for three or four months of the year! Alpine succulent plants like saxifrage, sempervivum, etc generally require very different treatment to the desert adapted species. I grow a few Sempervivum species but I find them quite difficult because they are adapted to prefer high altitude dry cold and Adelaide is at near sea level with hot dry summers and cold wet winters - about the only thing I can give them that they actually LIKE is high UV levels - now if I could grow them in a transparent refrigerator with half the air sucked out they would probably do really well!
The alpine Saxifrages are even more heavily adapted than the Sempervivums - I looked up the particular species we have been discussing in the Plant Files http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/85366/ and discovered that the plant is considered hardy (i.e. will grow outdoors without protection ) between USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) and USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F). Looking at that information I went AHA, it's an alpine! and that is why I said that I doubted it would grow here.
Ciao, KK.