The garage sale came and went, and afterward I was without 'Perle von Nurnberg,' the largest Haworthia 'Fairy Washboard,' six Plectranthus 'Velveteen Aromatic' ™, and an old bike. The replacements for 'Fairy Washboard' are in their own cups, and I still have plenty of 'Velveteen' cuttings, but I don't have any active propagations of 'Perle.' Disregarding the plants that are easily replaced, getting rid of one large succulent does not justify a buying spree on my part. But I will be on the lookout for a 'Perle' at the usual locations, such as Home Depot where I got this one. I don't want to start completely over with a 2-inch; I want a bigger one like the 3.5-inch I had before.
One visitor to the sale said the plants looked so perfect that she wondered if they were fake. I assured her that they were real. I did post a notice with a Billings rare plant group, but a small-town garage sale may not be the best venue to move $20-$40 succulents. I'm hoping the group has a plant swap event this fall.
On one hand I wanted more of the plants to sell so I could start some new things. I would not have bought direct replacements for 'Blue Curls' or 'Lovely Rose,' for example, but would have tried something else. On the other hand I was happy that most of the plants are not going anywhere.
And I did move a lot of 'Velveteens,' which are ridiculously easy to propagate. I'm 18-for-18 on cuttings this year. I could easily do 100 cuttings from plants on hand if I had the room to grow them and a market to sell them. It is so amusing to see Proven Winners Direct selling what they call Plectranthus hybrid 'Cerveza 'n Lime'® for $11.99 online. I'm tempted to do local farmer's markets with nothing but 100 three-month 'Velveteen' cuttings in 4-inch pots for $7 each. (At three months, they start branching.) Maybe next summer.
Here is a look at 'Perle' since I acquired it Feb. 17, starting with a phone photo of it with 'Red Sky,' which I confused it with a week earlier, 'Perle' on the right in a small ceramic which was quickly replaced:
March 13:
May 25:
