Hello everyone! I'm new the the forums, and am slowly discovering my "green thumb." My father, who lives in southern Tennessee, has a lovely plant living in partial sunlight on his porch. He waters it heavily on a daily basis. The small, plump leaves grew in a vine-line way, knitting a web around the pot and stand. I have included a photo of the plant (poor quality, sorry!) It's a beautiful plant, so of course I requested a piece to take home with me to Northern VA. He scooped a bit out of the base with a spoon, and potted it for me. It started as just two or three little leaves and some roots, and now it's growing like wild! I've got it in a window that gets a couple hours of sun per day. I water it daily, the soil is always moist. As you can see in the photos, there's some kind of grass sprouting out of the pot as well. Should I remove this? What kind of plant is this? Thanks in advance!!
Is this one called A String of Beans? I had one, along with the String of Pearls, but it succumbed to the cold on the unheated front porch over the winter, after surviving two winters in same porch. I don't think I ever kept it constantly moist. Isn't that unusual for a sedum?
Which unusual---the constantly moist (or not), or the surviving winter's cold? I have sedum outside in my garden that has lived through numerous Ohio deep-freezes.
The similar sedum I know is S. sarmentosum. This appears to be producing broader leaves, wider relative to their length than that one. Don't know the Peperomia.
There are many different kinds of Sedum in cultivation, with varying characteristics. Some are more hardy than others, some are evergreen, some are tall, some are short...based on the leaf shape I'd be inclined to suspect the identification of this one as instead a Peperomia is probably correct.
Thanks for the responses, everyone! I plucked the grass out of there this morning. I'm curious... would it be unwise to re-pot this plant? I've got it in that tiny pot, but someday I want it to be as big and beautiful as the original (only I'm keeping mine indoors... my dad says his dies off in the winter months if kept outside). His got a full day's worth of indirect sunlight, so it grew pretty evenly all around the pot/stand. Mine is in a window with a couple hours of sunlight, and it only grows toward the sun. So I'm rotating it hoping to get a more even plant. I appreciate the guesses on sedum/peperomia, and I'm doing lots of internet research on both :)
I would hold off on the repotting. Does your dad's plant bloom---and, if so, what do the flowers look like?
Okay. I'm not sure about the flowering... that photo was taken late in the summer. I'll have to ask and get back to you!
I googled Peperomia hoffmanii and it looks just like your plant. Very luxurious. My String of Beans probably some kind of sedum or succulent, it didn't mind being on the dry side. The beans/leaves were farther apart on the stem. We had a prolonged cold period of minus 25C (2 weeks or so). Most of my succulents came through but the beans and a nice fuzzy green one with rosy tips succumbed. Will try to post a photo of the String of Beans. I'd be interested to know what its name is.
"String of Bananas" pictured above is a Senecio, "String of Beads" generally refers to Senecio rowleyanus.
Ah, String of Bananas, senecio radicans. Thanks Saltcedar. Nothing came up when I googled, String of Beans. My String of Pearls went the way of the bananas in the same cold snap.
Talked to dad, this plant does not bloom. I looked at the Peperomia hoffmanii and although it looks similar, I'm not sure it's my plant. Close, though!
Pourquoi pas? Ask johnny---he started it! Probably because there are moments when only a French phrase will do. Dunno...I still suspect that this plant is a sedum.
