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how can I find out the name of my cactus/succulent?

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ipanemagirl · 25/10/2007 10:42

I can't find out the name of a spiky green house plant I have. It looks very like an aloe but I don't think it is. It grows in clumps and has white flour at the end of a very long stalk (flowering at the moment).
They need almost no attention and even recover from my occasionally nearly drowning them. I need to search pictures really to find out what they're called. I want to find out when to bring them indoors and whether they can go in a conservatory or not over the winter.

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ipanemagirl · 25/10/2007 10:42

white flower! sorry ds is talking to me all the time about power rangers so I can't type...

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ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween · 25/10/2007 10:43

If you post a picture, someone will know. From your description, I think I've had one in the past though!

ipanemagirl · 25/10/2007 10:44

Thanks but I don't have the technology! It does look very like an aloe though but slimmer leaves and this white flower at the end of a preposterously long shoot.

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ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween · 25/10/2007 10:46

Is it a pathetically tiny white flower?

ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween · 25/10/2007 10:47

I've got one of these but it wasn't what I was thinking abuot originally.

ipanemagirl · 25/10/2007 10:50

this is it! From the same website
Thanks so much! Should I bring it inside soon do you think?

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ipanemagirl · 25/10/2007 10:53

Zebra Plant, Zebra Haworthia (Haworthia fasciata)
very exciting to know thanks

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ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween · 25/10/2007 11:02

Mine lives indoors all the time. My mum's lives in an unheated conservatory

ipanemagirl · 25/10/2007 11:21

what about rosemary in a pot? Do you know if that can stay out for the winter?
Thanks!

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jura · 25/10/2007 11:26

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ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween · 25/10/2007 11:58

My rosemary is in the garden and it survives.

ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween · 25/10/2007 11:59

I assume you're not living somewhere particularly cold?

ipanemagirl · 25/10/2007 15:39

No, inside the M25.

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