"LizR" wrote in message
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"gary livingstone" wrote in message
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Hi hope this is the right place to post or can anybody point me in the
right
direction as to which NG to go to
the problem is i've got a money plant but it is not doing very well can
anybody give me any advice as to care of the plant or do they realy
reflect
your wallet
thanks in ad vance

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 22:03:26 +0100, "Pete" junk wrote:

Gary

Money plants are succulents and I think normal habitat is desert type
conditions which can be hot during the day cold during the night with
infrequent rain etc.

In my experience they are very hardy and will tolerate under / over
watering
but they seem to do best in a conservatory or glass porch which get lots
of
light / sun. Feed with liquid feed during summer.

You can tell when they are running out of water as the leaves start to go
wrinkly - just water and they swell up again in a few hours.

Once our plant 'settled' down in our glass porch it has flowered
profusely
every winter without fail - flowers come approx end October and last
through
to Feb.

It does seem to go through a bad patch every year where it looks a little
sorry (maybe my fault overwatering when the weather starts cooling down)
but
recovers no problem



Pete

Well, you live and learn! I got to the bit about flowers and my eyes
popped out!
(almost). So I looked it up on Google. The beasts that I call money plants
aren't a
bit like Lunaria Biennis! Flabberghasted, I am!

So what **do** you call those juicy succulents that grow neglected on
kitchen
windowsills, have fat round juicy leaves and propagate almost every time a
leaf falls
off into the compost?

Liz (astonished!)

I call mine a money tree, I thought that was what it was!