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Does anyone know what plant this is?

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Ferrousfumerate1 · 09/02/2018 20:51

I think it's a succulent...but I have no idea.

It's got a long, lovely stem.

Does anyone know what plant this is?
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TalcAndTurnips · 09/02/2018 20:56

It looks like a poorly dark purple houseleek tree - Aeonium Arboreum ‘Atropurpureum?

Does anyone know what plant this is?
TroysMammy · 09/02/2018 20:56

It's an aeonium which looks a bit sorry for itself.

Ferrousfumerate1 · 10/02/2018 07:28

Great, thanks so much. Yes, it is poorly. Dead in fact. It came away at root. Looking to replace as I really love it.

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Trethew · 10/02/2018 09:06

If that’s what it looks like now it’s not dead. Replant it in really gritty compost. Water it once well and firm it in around the trunk. Leave it and it will grow new roots from the buried stem. Keep it barely damp

Trethew · 10/02/2018 09:07

Should have said cut stem to about 20cm, and plant with half of that below compost

yamadori · 10/02/2018 09:28

Agree with what others say, it will root. Succulents like free-draining gritty compost that doesn't get soggy though, and not too much water otherwise they rot. Some of mine go months at a time without watering.

Ferrousfumerate1 · 10/02/2018 10:25

Thanks all! x

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