Sherry: Thank you for the wise advice. You are so knowledgeable (and it's interesting that so many of the same plants thrive in southeastern Va and Mississippi). I'll take your advice. Southern wax myrtle grows fast here. I prune the wax myrtle trees that grow on the beach - they have interesting forms and pruning allows you to see this. In general, magnolias grow fast here too. I planted a couple of sweetbay magnolias last year during the drought. They had a tough time but are doing great now, have grown taller and filled out. I have no experience with live oaks but hear they are slow. Thanks for the advice about ways to work around them. Two years ago, I planted a weeping yaupon holly near the house. That holly got off to a bad start when a tropical storm rolled through four months later, uprooted it, and left it 100 feet away. I watered it with fresh water and replanted it, and continued to water it until winter. Now, two years later, it has doubled in size. I'm a big fan of yaupon hollies! I have a lot of work to do. Most could and should be done in the fall. Although fall planting is best for most plants (I think mag grands are an exception), it's hard to find good stock in the fall. So we run around like crazy people in the spring, trying to get everything planted before the summer heat hits. Then we have to water like crazy to keep things alive. It's crazy! Fall is so much better. I just wish I could find good stock in the fall. BTW: All the trees I planted this spring (except the baby seedlings) had a good helping of Black Hen chicken manure. Thank you!

When I firstl saw it, my immediate thought was that some kind of sap-sucking insect had gotten it because of the way the leaves curl inward, and the pattern of the necrotic tissue. I am NOT experienced with succulent diseases; I have only minimal experience with insect infeststions of any kind, and I don't know your species at all, but since the other posters aren't entirely confident in their diagnosis, maybe it would be a good idea to get a very close look at it for tiny insects. If it were mine, I'd use a magnifying glass because some pests are essentially invisible to the naked eye. You can also hold a white piece of paper under it and give it a sharp tap to knock pests into the paper where they're more visible. I flick plants with my index finger. Thrips come to mind, but part of the reason I thought of them was the blotching, but I didn't know that was normal for your plant. As I said, I lack sufficient experience. Still, it wouldn't hurt to check. A mixture of dish soap, water, and alcohol in a spray bottle is often enough to get rid of pests. It isn't harmful the plant (just wash it down, don't get it in the soil), so you have nothing to lose.

Kalanchoe, but not a 'Paddle Plant'. Looks too moist

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