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emch

Gardening in mostly deep shade in Zone 6. My passion is adding more native plants to my landscape & clearing out the foreign invasives.

Aptenia cordifolia Variegata

  • Season Icon Mid AutumnMid Autumn 2023
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emch

Help me identify this trailing plant found in a barrel planter on the sidewalk. Zone 6. Thick, waxy leaves with a few of these hot-pink flowers sprinkled here and there. #plantid

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jacaranda

Google Lens says it’s Aptenia cordifolia ‘Baby Sun Rose’, Eileen. 🤔

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treefrog44

#sunrose

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Sussanah

Grows like a weed here

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emch

That's it, TY @jacaranda @treefrog44 @Sussanah

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cheriej

I have these! I buy them every year and they do great in hanging baskets. I didn’t know they were zone 6, I may have to plant them out in a bed and see if they survive the winter!

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emch

Well, I am in Zone 6 @cheriej but I have no idea how frost-hardy these are. They were planted with wax begonias which are definitely not expected to survive the winter...

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treefrog44

@cheriej @emch they will not survive a freeze, bring them in as a hanging basket/ houseplant over the winter 😉

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cheriej

Thanks for the info @treefrog44 !!

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