Is this a plant or a weed?

Last post 01-08-2012 4:39 PM by AdamBorzy. 6 replies.

• 27/07/2012 03:31 PM
  AdamBorzy Location: AdamBorzy Joined on: 21 Apr 2012 Posts: 30	Reply | Contact Hello all, I need help please. I saw this plant at my backyard and want to put it in a pot. Can anyone identify if this is a plant or a weed? Does anyone know the name?

• 27/07/2012 05:41 PM	In reply to
  Julie Location: London Joined on: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 410	Reply | Contact  It's not any weed I've ever seen before. I think it's some kind of sedum or other succulent.

• 27/07/2012 05:57 PM	In reply to
  courierdude Location: cambs/suffolk border Joined on: 14 Feb 2012 Posts: 216	Reply | Contact mexican hat plant. all those little baby plants on the leaf edges will drop,develop and drive you mad! energy follows thought

• 27/07/2012 06:16 PM	In reply to
  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,400	Reply | Contact Kalanchoe daigremontiana. Common names include..Devil's Backbone, Alligator Plant, Mexican Hat Plant or Mother of Thousands  http://www.google.co.uk/search?sugexp=chrome,mod%3D16&q=Kalanchoe+daigremontiana&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=9cwSUIq8I9CX0QXz94GIBA&biw=1536&bih=776&sei=-MwSUKe4I8Ob1AW3hoGwAw

• 31/07/2012 06:04 AM	In reply to
  AdamBorzy Location: AdamBorzy Joined on: 21 Apr 2012 Posts: 30	Reply | Contact Thanks guys for the replies. I also did a little bit of a research. I reckon if it’s a variety of weed, it is still a weed, and I have no choice but to get rid of it. Weeds are pest in the garden and I can't have this type of a plant anywhere in my yard. :-(

• 31/07/2012 08:38 AM

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  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,400

  Reply | Contact Adam, no idea where you live. I have a feeling it may not be wet, damp cold UK. Here this is concidered a houseplant. It is often grown for fun in offices, where everyone gets to take a baby plantlet.Where it also survives long periods og neglect! It would certainly never survive a British winter outside. Quote wiki...."As a succulent plant, K. daigremontiana can survive prolonged periods of drought with little or no water. It is however not frost-hardy and typically dies if subjected to temperatures below freezing."

• 01/08/2012 04:39 PM	In reply to
  AdamBorzy Location: AdamBorzy Joined on: 21 Apr 2012 Posts: 30	Reply | Contact Hi Silver surfer, Yep, you're right. I'm not in UK but Gold Coast, QLD. We have the most sublime winter weather around here and always get warm summers. I looked online and saw the flowers of Kalanchoe daigremontiana are pretty and they have this very unusual method of self propagation. That being said, **sigh** thought I would need to get rid of it.