All Things Green And Good

A dragon's blog of nature photography, garden tips, and the love of greenery.

[pragmaculture]

cavolo nero / asparagus / leeks

[sonlight972]

Dracaena, in color

[boredpanda]

The Hypnotizing Beauty Of Harvesting Lavender

[studioplants]

Propagating Succulent by Leaf Cuttings and Beheading

If you caught my previous post, you know of my unsightly succulent. Well, today was the day to give it a fresh start by creating little babies from it! This is my first time attempting to propagate by beheading the top of the plant so I followed Needs + Leaves guide (it’s an amazing post!).

Completely taking apart a succulent is so daunting, but I thought, what do I have to lose? Here’s what I did:

The Cutting:

Took away all of the middle and bottom leaves by gently wiggling them side to side - they come off very easily!

Sliced the remaining rosette off with a clean, sharp knife/shears

Sliced a bit more of the stem because it’s so lengthy

The Initial Wait:

After removing all the leaves and the remaining rosette, I laid them on top of a bed of soil 

Waited a few days for the ends of the leaves and stem to callous over - usually if the leaves are removed cleanly, they don’t take longer to dry out, the stem may take a bit longer as the “wound” is larger

The Maintenance

Once everything is dry I leave my cuttings by the window with indirect sun

I mist lightly the cuttings twice a day (morning and night) though I know you can do it less if you water more thoroughly. My studio is very dry so I mist more but that’s just what I do

I’ll be posting progress photos at major milestones of this growth journey as they happen. Thank you to everyone who left tips previously!

[scienceyoucanlove-deactivated20]

Did you know a flower placed in highlighter fluid can absorb the fluorescent ink into its leaves and petals? Shining a black light onto it then reveals a delicate network of glowing veins. The colours in this amazing image by Boaz Ng are natural. See more of Boaz Ng’s work:http://bit.ly/18xEFpn

source 

[catsbeaversandducks]

Cats Who Think They’re Houseplants

“Oh, there’s no need to water me. But thank you.” (photos via diply)

[asapscience]

A seed pod exploding. Evolution is cool. 

[realcleverscience]

I always loved these things!

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Jewelweed, genus Impatiens. If you’re in eastern North America, check for it around streams or ditches. The leaves are hydrophobic, so water droplets bead up on them. It’s a beautiful plant.

[brilliantbotany]

Impatiens capensis is one of my favorites!

[boredpanda]

15+ Of The World’s Most Magical Streets Shaded By Flowers And Trees

[yulinkuang]

FLOWER CEILINGS.

[corporation-cats]

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Did you just unearth a cat from a pot of soil

[squeakykins]

the harvest is bountiful this year

[kilouekas-photos]

[garden-dragon-blog]

“We love the things we love for what they are.”    ―    Robert Frost

[sundxwn]

mountain lake at sunrise by Peter Zelei

[garden-dragon-blog]

“A garden did not need people in order to be alive and natural. The flowers might have died, and the last leaves might be falling, but the space was still redolent with the odors of life. It contained a thousand reassurances that no matter what one person’s strife, the seasons continued their cycle.”    ―    Madeline Hunter

[quiet-nymph]

[garden-dragon-blog]

“The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.”    ―    Barbara Hall

[love-and-hangry]

The beast that is our Rosemary bush…

#rosemary #california #thebeast

[garden-dragon-blog]

“Nature unfolds her treasure at the first ray of sunrise.”    ―    Kishore Bansal