This stinker wants to eat the plant so bad, he’s pretending to ignore it so I won’t shoo him away. He will attack the second I turn my back. He’s too smart.
Cynanchum marnierianum is a drought resistant plant endemic to Madagascar. It has very tiny green flowers that form a whorl from an adapted sepal. It looks like dry dead sticks when not in bloom.
Ooops? I ended up buying 5 out of those 6 citrus trees I wrote about. I was planning on only getting 2 or 3 at most, but they were so cheap, I couldn’t help myself. They are young, but I got all of them for the price I’d have paid for one lemon tree (slightly larger than the biggest tree in the picture) brought from a garden center. I got a Variegated Orange, Ruby Red Clementine, Pink Finger Lime, Kaffir Lime and Buddha’s Hand.
The ones in the brown pots (Pink Finger Lime and Buddha’s Hand) came broken in the mail – they were supposed to be the biggest plants. I called the seller and he was so nice, apologized and said he’ll send me two new ones right away, the only problem being that he doesn’t have any other Pink Finger Lime old enough so he’ll send me a Green one. I’m not complaining at all, I kind of wanted to get that one as well at some point, so getting it for free is awesome. The broken plants are not unsalvageable I think, they’ll take longer to grow and may be a little crooked, but hopefully the’ll survive. That means I’m getting two extra plants!
I’ll wait a year or so and if they start thriving, I want to buy two more plants from him, a Red Finger Lime and a Red Mexican Lemon and I’m done. Those would be more than enough citrus trees to have and I’ll be a happy girl.
Kihaku-Gato's Garden Blog (tumblr import) 