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Old 24-06-2003, 10:44 PM
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In article ink.net,
"KathyA2" wrote:

Hi, I have been lurking for a while. Lots of good info here. My question
is, "What is the common name of a plant that is "older than dirt". I always
knew it as LiveForever. It is a very easy to grow plant that is light green
and has pale pink flowers in the fall I think. It is almost like a
succulent. You can break off a piece and stick it in the dirt and it will
grow. I have been unable to find anything about it on gardening web sites.
It must be know as something else. Can anyone help me?

TIA
KathyA2


"Live Forever" or Liveforever is one of those folk-names that shift from
species to species depending on where you're from or where your folks were
from & what kind of succulents were either native plants or commonly
gardened plants. Hen & Chicks, short evergreen Stonecrops, tall deciduous
stonecrops (Hylotelephiums), & especially Dudleyas all get called
Liveforever by some people. If I had to pick one, chances are you are
remembering Lanceleaf Dudleya which throughout the west coast is the
primary plant to be called Liveforever. They have tall beautiful
pink-succulent stems with pink & yellow flowers up top, but the leafy part
is kind of humble, about halfway between a common groundcover stonecrop &
a houseleek.All of these things that get called Liveforevers are "easy"
plants perfect for child-cared-for rockeries, & nearly all can be started
from a single chubby leaf (perhaps not the deciduous stonecrops so
easily).

-paghat the ratgirl

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"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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