After major T-storms, and cooler temps, '90's,' Callisia sent out runners.

Cutting when first planted in ground

Perhaps, a brighter position would have sped the plants growth..on the other hand, during our heatwave, most plants, including native and perrenials halted growth and flowers. Toni

Curiosity killed the cat... and landscaped the yard!

This year, we didn't get annuals, so guess I'm going to fill the yard w/cuttings..Especially Mother of Thousands/Millions...Should have done it sooner, but thought we'd get a few flats..oh well.

Post soon.

As of today, it doesn't look like much. It's so dry here but I've watered it a couple times. I just pulled oak sprouts 2 days ago. There's another thousand out there again, covering the whole area. Aaaaahhhh! But that's another story...

Here's pics of the mama today. Now that I put it in a hanging basket, I think I can stop picking at it and "sharing" the pieces with other pots (and people.)

As you can see above, that is naked ground, which is against "my rules" but I just dug up the grass over there and decided to stick oddball plants there instead of trying to cover it with any kind of leaves or mulch yet. At least until the acorns stop sprouting. Wish the squirrels would eat more!

Yes, your soil looks as dry as ours did, but we've had rain 3 days in a row..now everything's muddy..after yesterdays temp of 104F.

Any flowers?

But anyway, it's kind of under an oak tree and gets sun in the afternoon/evening - the cutting I mean. Will take another pic when it's "done something." No more flowers yet but hoping for more later this winter, from the mama in the house, like it did before. That was cool!

Started noticing the flower stalks around Christmas. I think it would still be flowering if the 2 stalks of flowers hadn't gotten broken. Put the first in water and it kept flowering for a while, grew roots, and was still flowering when the tip got broken. Now it's in another pot. (Pics of that with flowers and roots on the "weird-o" thread.) The second broke not long after, just the flowering tip, and kept opening flowers once every few days in a little cup of water until about a week or 2 ago when it was too rotted to go on, there hadn't been enough stem on that one to make roots I guess.

Remember my larger Cal? While hauling plants outside this year, I was about to move my larger Callisia to another location when I noticed hundreds of ants!!!
I freaked out!

Don't ask how, but I dragged it out of the house w/a long stick, lol, and placed on the side of the house in a container w/o drainage and filled w/water.

I'm not afraid of ants, 'one or two,' but cannot tolerate lifting a plant only to have a 'herd' lol of ants crawling over my hand/s.
It's been outside in the pot since, doubt it'll come back inside.
I was going to take cuttings, but I still have the smaller Callisia started from cuttings, and since Cal is an invasive house plant, the smaller Cal is fine.

I also have the variegated Callisia, can't wait until that gets bigger. If it grows larger.
I've heard variegated Callisia grows much slower than green. Don't know if it's fact or myth, but so far it hasn't done much..could be the heat.

What weird-o thread? lol.

Purple, do you have Tradescantia Navicularis or Chain Plant? If so, will you please post a pic and suggest light?

I was given cuttings as a bonus. The nursery suggested indirect light. Although it looks healthy, leaves are far apart.
Also, should I pin stems into the soil? Thanks

I wish I had T. navicularis! What a cool-looking plant - on google, anyway. Never heard of a Tradescantia that didn't do well with at least morning sun though, if not more. Can you show a pic?

weird-o discussion.

My Callisia grew more runners than height. But, you know what? Wherever Callsia's are hardy, they are very invasive. Somehow, Callisa's ended up in the back yard, three different locations..Nowhere near the plant I rooted in the ground. My potted Callsia stayed inside this summer..

Pics taken last night.

See how runners spread out? They've started producing babies..Oh yeah, very invasive.

Really just want to get the knack of the flowering. Hoping it just liked the window it (the main potted mama) sat in last year and I'll get blooms again. Will have indoor plants in different windows and this one in the ground and others in pots outside to see what/how they do. I want more of those flowers!! The actual plant doesn't do much for me except that I'm constantly amazed by how fast and gangly it grows.

If Callisia is hardy to your zone, I don't envy you next year. LOL.

I might try again next spring, but place in a brighter location..west-facing. The little strip is pretty shady, except for an hour, if that, of western light.

Wonder if there's a specific time of year they bloom?

This is the plant that was in the ground last summer. I did end up pulling it up, it just looked to good to let it get frosted. Most of the stolons were removed for other purposes, and other plants are added as a hodge-pot. Think this will hang in a tree, but I have to fashion some kind of hanging things for the last dozen or so hanging pots for the year. My Mom buys them for the plants and just cuts the hangers off to get the plants out although I've begged her many times to ask me, I'll come over and remove them for re-use.