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  1. colourmegrae

    colourmegrae Seedling

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    I've got a few plants that I'm not quite sure what they are.

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    This is my sword fern that needs repotted. What is the specific type?

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    Some sort of lilly...?

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    No idea what this could be and the friend that gave it to me didn't know either.

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    Palm?

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    Just showing off my pineapple. :p

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    Specific type of this ivy?

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    This one I am really curious about. It's quite ugly in my opinion. I have them in a tea pitcher to root. They have tiny purple flowers on top.

    Thanks for looking. :stew2: Any help is much appreciated.
     
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  3. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I should know the others plants but the one I do know for sure is the last one.
    Setcresea pallida 'Purple Heart' or 'Wandering Jew'

    They grow quite well outside in your area in sun to partial shade. They should be 'evergreen' or in their case 'everpurple' year round but if they do get nipped by a freeze they will come back in the spring.
    They do make a nice looking mass planting with spring and/or summer bulbs planted among them, that way they will pretty much hide the bulb's leaves as they die back.
     
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    playtime8978 In Flower

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    the secod picture looks like a peace lily do the new leaves grow curled up and has it ever had a white flower ?
     
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    I think the first one is a boston fern
     



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    colourmegrae Seedling

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    Playtime8978;

    A friend recently gave me the lily; she is certain that it's not a calla lily, so that's ruled out. I've never seen a flower on it yet, but she said it is a cup shape with the single stem inside it. Is the peace lily the ones that are popular around Easter? I have two of them and right now they are just leaves with no flower.

    Stephinalta; looking at photos on Google, your guess looks pretty accurate. Thanks!

    And thank you to everyone else, very helpful lot of you. :stew2:
     
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    playtime8978 In Flower

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    that sounds awfully like a peace lilly I am not sure about them being around easter we get them on sale all year, I have one that is rather large but only flowers once in a blue moon
     
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    I hope this one flowers, at all. Peace lilies are beautiful, and they are quite popular during Easter around here. :-D

    Will it do okay staying in it's pot?
     
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    yeah it doesnt look too big yet to me I have had to repot mine a few times as it has grown butI am sure someone more knowledgeable on the proper care can tell you when to repot my husband does ours I think ours is ready to be split and repotted its abbout 2 ft wide and 2 ft tall
     
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    colourmegrae Seedling

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    Does anyone know what the third photograph is? It's so odd looking, I'm curious. It's growing like crazy, too. :stew2:
     
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    kuntrygal Texas Rose

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    The third one looks like a Dieffenbachia (Dumbcane) to me. And it is highly poisonous. Maybe someone else can give you a more definitive answer.
     
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    Peace Lilly plants are big around Easter time here in Florida also, I remember my grandma always getting one as a Easter Gift from one of her kids (my aunts/uncles)
     

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