T-rex Plants Blog
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Why Plants Are Shipped The Way They Are
Bless the internet. Thanks to people all over the world connecting online, the spread of information and online sales has skyrocketed. Pile on a great big heaping serving of global pandemic, and this past year has been absolutely bonkers for online sales, including...
The Most Common Mistakes New Plant Parents Make (and how to avoid them)
We all start somewhere. There's no shame in being a beginner, and even less in making mistakes. The only thing to shame people about is how judgey and rude many experienced growers can be towards newbies. It's also worth noting that often, the folks that are the most...
Care Diary: Echeveria “Bambino”
Echeveria Bambino! A cute little hybrid I picked up from a Hawaiian importer that has some absolutely beautiful plants. This one was a hybrid I picked up because I thought, originally, it'd be a fairly pale and powdery hybrid (I was going through a distinct farina...
Care Diary: Pleiospilos nelii, the Split Rock Plant
Mesembs! My favorite plant group. I'll be talking about the humble Pleiospilos nelii in this post, a cute little plant that is the gateway drug into succulents for many people. Pleiospilos nelii, the split rock plant The common name for this particular plant is the...
Care Diary: Echeveria Tippy Korean Import vs Domestically Grown
Echeveria "Tippy" is in my top ten favorite hybrids, despite how common it tends to be. You can find Echeveria "Tippy" either as an imported hybrid or at your nearest big box store, with a corresponding price point. I've seen them available in clearance bins, as large...
The Difference Between US Grown vs. Imported Succulents
Succulent species and hybrids are wildly popular, and there are nearly infinite hybrids and crosses as well as cultivars available on the market for any collector to find. For those new to the hobby, or even those who have been around a while but are just exploring...
How to Grow Senecio rowleyanus, or String of Pearls succulent
String of Pearls, or Senecio rowleyanus, are one of the absolute most popular succulents out there. They're extremely distinct, and even people who aren't super familiar with succulents, houseplants, or greenand growing things in general would probably recognize...
Care Diary: Alocasia “Okinawa Silver” vs Variegated Alocasia odora
Alocasia "Okinawa Silver" is a beautiful form of variegated Alocasia odora. There are two distinct types of variegated Alocasia odora (at least, as far as I understand); a typical variegated plant with cream to white variegation, and the silver, which has white to...
Care Diary: Echeveria hortencia
Echeveria hortencia was a succulent I was very happy to stumble upon last year - I love the dark colored, almost purple hues of the leaves. It looks exceptional when contrasted against anything with a slate blue or powdery white color, such as my Agave "Black and...
Winter Succulent Care and Selection: Choosing Beautiful Winter Growers
Ah, winter. The cacti all go to sleep, and the succulents start to put on a show. While cactus care in winter is pretty cut and dry - literally - succulents are a much more mixed bag. Some species go dormant and stop growing, while others happily continue to drink...