Comments on: Help Identify This Plant! http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:03:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Eli http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9481 Eli Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:49:31 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9481 My wife thinks it might be an agave. See pictures at end of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave My wife thinks it might be an agave. See pictures at end of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave

]]> By: Allan Moult http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9480 Allan Moult Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:06:46 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9480 The Emperor Charlemagne made his subjects grow houseleeks on their roofs to ward off lightning and protect the inhabitants from withcraft. The custom gave houseleeks another, more evocative name - 'welcome-home-husband-however-drunk-you-be'- but, as one gardener noted: "it is not necessary to be an inebriated cottage, to find this an agreeable little plant". ps: They produce beautiful flowers too. The Emperor Charlemagne made his subjects grow houseleeks on their roofs to ward off lightning and protect the inhabitants from withcraft.

The custom gave houseleeks another, more evocative name - ‘welcome-home-husband-however-drunk-you-be’- but, as one gardener noted: “it is not necessary to be an inebriated cottage, to find this an agreeable little plant”.

ps: They produce beautiful flowers too.

]]> By: Joey deVilla http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9472 Joey deVilla Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:22:18 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9472 <strong>@Barry Koslow:</strong> The plant wasn't saying "Feed me!" but the dog certainly was. @Barry Koslow: The plant wasn’t saying “Feed me!” but the dog certainly was.

]]> By: Joey deVilla http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9471 Joey deVilla Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:03:05 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9471 Thanks, everybody, from me and the Ginger Ninja! Thanks, everybody, from me and the Ginger Ninja!

]]> By: Heather Madrone http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9470 Heather Madrone Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:54:59 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9470 It's an Echeveria elegans, commonly called "Hens and Chicks" or "Hens and Chickens." My grandmother calls them "Hens and Roosters," but she's very fond of roosters. It’s an Echeveria elegans, commonly called “Hens and Chicks” or “Hens and Chickens.” My grandmother calls them “Hens and Roosters,” but she’s very fond of roosters.

]]> By: Ian http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9479 Ian Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:06:31 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9479 Hey Joey, those are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hens_and_chicks" rel="nofollow">Hens and chicks</a>. We have a bunch of them too! I always associate them with rock gardens. Hey Joey, those are Hens and chicks. We have a bunch of them too! I always associate them with rock gardens.

]]> By: ginny http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9478 ginny Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:55:36 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9478 My mom had them in her yard in Utah... I think the common name for them is "Hen and Chicks." My mom had them in her yard in Utah… I think the common name for them is “Hen and Chicks.”

]]> By: Jennifer Seely http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9477 Jennifer Seely Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:41:50 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9477 They are called "<a href="http://www.arhomeandgarden.org/plantoftheweek/articles/hens_chickens.htm" rel="nofollow">Hens and Chickens</a>". A great rock garden plant, the smaller sections can be broken off and transplanted quite easily. They also spread like mad! :) They are called “Hens and Chickens“. A great rock garden plant, the smaller sections can be broken off and transplanted quite easily. They also spread like mad! :)

]]> By: Lee http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9476 Lee Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:40:32 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9476 Not sure of the botanical name, but it's commonly referred to as Hens and Chicks. Not sure of the botanical name, but it’s commonly referred to as Hens and Chicks.

]]> By: Anita Rowland http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9475 Anita Rowland Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:21:08 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9475 Some variety of Sempervivum. Common name is usually Hens and Chicks (from the little rosettes branching off the main one). Also called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houseleek" rel="nofollow">Houseleek</a> because it used to be grown on roofs. Some variety of Sempervivum. Common name is usually Hens and Chicks (from the little rosettes branching off the main one). Also called Houseleek because it used to be grown on roofs.

]]> By: Paul http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9474 Paul Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:18:25 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9474 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hens_and_chicks" rel="nofollow">Hens and Chicks?</a> Hens and Chicks?

]]> By: david http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9473 david Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:13:40 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9473 They're Hens and Chicks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hens_and_chicks They’re Hens and Chicks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hens_and_chicks

]]> By: JLF http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9469 JLF Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:05:42 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9469 I'm probably wrong, but it looks like some kind of artichoke... I’m probably wrong, but it looks like some kind of artichoke…

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9468 Rebecca Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:57:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9468 It looks like a Hens and Chicks. http://www.canadiangardening.com/plants/hens_chicks.shtml They're a nice decorative plant, and don't require a lot of fussing. It looks like a Hens and Chicks.

http://www.canadiangardening.com/plants/hens_chicks.shtml

They’re a nice decorative plant, and don’t require a lot of fussing.

]]> By: barry koslow http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9467 barry koslow Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:55:21 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9467 Was it whispering, "Feed me" ? Was it whispering, “Feed me” ?

]]> By: jacquilynne http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9466 jacquilynne Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:51:22 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9466 We saw plants very much like that at this botanical garden for cacti and succulents that we went to in Mexico a few years ago. Here's a web page with a number of similar varieties: http://growpro-inc.netfirms.com/mountaincrest/nfoscomm/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=425 We saw plants very much like that at this botanical garden for cacti and succulents that we went to in Mexico a few years ago. Here’s a web page with a number of similar varieties: http://growpro-inc.netfirms.com/mountaincrest/nfoscomm/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=425

]]> By: Jennifer Emick http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9465 Jennifer Emick Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:27:28 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/07/14/help-identify-this-plant/#comment-9465 When I was a kid , they were called "hen and chicks." I think there's one in my yard, too. When I was a kid , they were called “hen and chicks.” I think there’s one in my yard, too.

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