We have Winners

The much-anticipated box from Proven Winners Direct arrived today containing six Supertunias and a Coleus. I've done enough plant unboxings recently that I wasn't too horrified by what I saw. It will take a while to get all of the loose stuff out of the leaves on a couple of the plants.

Worst off were the two on the left, Honey and Latte. Cleanest was Royal Velvet at lower right. The other three are Vista Bubblegum, Vista Jazzberry, and Priscilla. The Coleus ColorBlaze Wicked Witch is in good shape except for a spot of dried schmutz on one of the leaves. I'm going to keep an eye on local Supertunia availability and decide if it is worth the hassle of online ordering in future years. Points to consider:

1. If I bought a Supertunia at a local store, I can select one that is not covered with dirt and has a cracked container.
2. But none of the local stores have them in stock yet.

I placed them under the grow light in the garage closet, the warmest spot in the garage, and gave them a good dose of water. The next question is when to put the tunias in the baskets and hang them in the greenhouse. It will be at least a couple days. The Coleus will get potted up as soon as I evict a Cuban Oregano from a ceramic pot.

Also today, I potted up the presumed Crassula 'Gollum' from yesterday's Home Depot bowl purchase. Here it is on the left, with the presumed Crassula 'Ogre Ears' from a Home Depot bowl a couple weeks ago. Similar but different. (Also notice that 'Ogre Ears' is no longer a sickly yellow.)

After I potted the 'Gollum' and put the remainder of the Home Depot bowl in a larger bowl I recently purchased, I realized there wasn't much there. In the new bowl, there is a dark Echeveria (?) in the middle, three examples of what I'm guessing is a large sedum at the bottom, and two pieces of something with fat leaves at the top. In all, there were seven plants, four varieties. In the bowl I got a few weeks ago there were nine plants, six varieties. But I got the 'Gollum.' I'm not going to buy any more variety bowls this year unless 'Doris Taylor' (a fuzzy-leafed Echeveria) is staring up at me.

If the Succulents Depot shipment ever arrives (still no notification), I will put one of the two 'Topsy Turvy' in there, along with a cutting or two of sedum and any targets of opportunity. There's a couple of Haworthia cooperii pups that I haven't dislodged from their cup yet that can go into a variety bowl. None of the sprouts from the propagation trays are big enough to transplant yet. My first Jade cutting from more than two months ago seems well anchored in a 4" plastic pot, but hasn't gotten any taller.

I acquired two 9" flat bowls with saucers yesterday. Actually they are dinnerware originally from Target and not designed for plants. They were only $5.17 at Goodwill, after senior discount. They had plenty of coffee cups, but none of them spoke to me. I have to drill holes in the bowls to turn them into planters. The depth is not quite 1.75 inches, which is a bit shallow, but I'll try mounding the soil. If they don't work for larger plants I can use them to replace my plastic propagation trays.