What are these plants?

September 21, 2009 7:02 AM

What are the names of the plants in this picture?

I have a couple of the silver/grey succulent on the left and several of the flowerish green things with red tips. I got them as cuttings from a friend and don't know what they are called.

posted by srboisvert to home & garden (9 comments total)

Maybe Sempervivum, similarly echevaria; less likely but possible, some varieties of sedum.
posted by nax at 7:09 AM on September 21

They look like varieties of Hens and chicks.
posted by boaz at 7:10 AM on September 21

They are definitely not Semps (also known as hens and chicks or houseleeks). I have a collection of those already and these are not those. The silver/grey succulent could be something like an echevaria or an echevaria cultivar (but which one?). I have a couple of the more common pink/purplish echevaria and this seems quite different. They grow quite a bit taller while the identified echeveria I have tend to be more flower shaped and not tall. I've put a few pictures of one mystery plant potted right next a more typical echeveria on flickr here 1, 2
posted by srboisvert at 7:32 AM on September 21

they got it from here, maybe the photo keywords can help?
posted by soma lkzx at 7:43 AM on September 21

They look like different varieties of Graptopetalum to me.
posted by purplemonkie at 7:45 AM on September 21

This?
posted by RollingGreens at 7:47 AM on September 21

I'd go with Sedum (Stonecrop). There are 400 or so species, and they come in all sorts of shapes.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 8:06 AM on September 21

I think you are probably right purplemonkie for the silver/grey succulent.

This looks pretty much right though I haven't seen the flowers yet.

Now what about the smaller green pink tipped plants?
posted by srboisvert at 8:16 AM on September 21

I think that is close RollingGreens. However the 'petals' are less succulent on the ones that I have than the ones that are in the picture. The green is light and pale and almost translucent while those ones seem more thick and bright. If it helps for most of the summer there was very little pink around the edges. I also have yet to see any offsets coming from the 'flower' heads (though that could be a maturity thing).
posted by srboisvert at 8:21 AM on September 21