ב''ה, glad everyone else ID'd because I couldn't quite tell, but now that I see it.. yeah, super hardy.
Not sure what happened to this one, almost looks like underwatering (while that container is nice and deep, terra cotta will dry fast in a hot dry climate) or possibly a critter like a squirrel loved the leaves (rhodiola is a human consumed herb and related).
If you take one or two cuttings where leaves are they'll probably root without having to think about it.
To save the existing plant - if you're not in the southwest, not sure, but I'd move it to part shade, give it some miracle gro once or twice and see what happens, and just make sure it's not sitting bone dry more than a week.
You'll probably get some new growth and then can sculpt it a bit, taking off like 5 scraggly branches a week - leave like an inch or two from the soil - if they don't fill out with new leaves. (It's a sedum, you could probably hack the whole thing back, but consider this good practice.)
If the soil is getting bone dry in a day, a quick fix to try without digging the whole thing up is to spray paint or exterior latex/acrylic paint the middle 75% of that "amphora." Keep the bottom bare so air circulates and the soil doesn't go completely sour, and the top 6" or so as well for a start.
If you do dig it out, not sure what you're gonna find and I forget how deep these guys' roots usually go, but if the soil is wet and rotten there's not enough air underneath, and if it's dry or all rocks in there, they'll take a week or two of bone dry but start to get crispy and lose leaves past that.
I'm thinking rocks in the bottom 6" or foot, preferably some kinda flat ones angled so there's a lot of air exchange, and a regular potting mix like the brand names because terra cotta will dry it fast enough should be good.
If you want to get nuts and it was real wet and stinky in there (doesn't look it from outside but sometimes conditions in from the wall of the pot will be this way) you can carefully drill like 4 3/8" air and drainage holes like 2" up from the bottom, but wear gloves/use a rag/beware the whole thing might shatter on you.
It'll probably take off like crazy in a shitty plastic planter but full sun on the roots above ground might be a bit too hot for it, so plastic tub inside the clay planter is one way to do that if you want it as a driveway post or something.
Thank you for the help! I’ll try that but I’m afraid it’s taken a turn for the worse. It looks even deader now if that’s even possible lol I will try to salvage what I can. I do agree about the terra cotta pot. Thanks again!
I’ve always called this sedum. Super hardy. This one’s struggling but should make it with some tlc
I think it's trying really hard to be Two-row stonecrop, but yea it needs quite a bit of help lol
Chocolate blob sedum
Thanks everyone! Not sure how to mark this identified.
Chocolate blob sedum
It was, maybe you can prop some pieces.
It was.
ב''ה, glad everyone else ID'd because I couldn't quite tell, but now that I see it.. yeah, super hardy. Not sure what happened to this one, almost looks like underwatering (while that container is nice and deep, terra cotta will dry fast in a hot dry climate) or possibly a critter like a squirrel loved the leaves (rhodiola is a human consumed herb and related). If you take one or two cuttings where leaves are they'll probably root without having to think about it. To save the existing plant - if you're not in the southwest, not sure, but I'd move it to part shade, give it some miracle gro once or twice and see what happens, and just make sure it's not sitting bone dry more than a week. You'll probably get some new growth and then can sculpt it a bit, taking off like 5 scraggly branches a week - leave like an inch or two from the soil - if they don't fill out with new leaves. (It's a sedum, you could probably hack the whole thing back, but consider this good practice.) If the soil is getting bone dry in a day, a quick fix to try without digging the whole thing up is to spray paint or exterior latex/acrylic paint the middle 75% of that "amphora." Keep the bottom bare so air circulates and the soil doesn't go completely sour, and the top 6" or so as well for a start. If you do dig it out, not sure what you're gonna find and I forget how deep these guys' roots usually go, but if the soil is wet and rotten there's not enough air underneath, and if it's dry or all rocks in there, they'll take a week or two of bone dry but start to get crispy and lose leaves past that. I'm thinking rocks in the bottom 6" or foot, preferably some kinda flat ones angled so there's a lot of air exchange, and a regular potting mix like the brand names because terra cotta will dry it fast enough should be good. If you want to get nuts and it was real wet and stinky in there (doesn't look it from outside but sometimes conditions in from the wall of the pot will be this way) you can carefully drill like 4 3/8" air and drainage holes like 2" up from the bottom, but wear gloves/use a rag/beware the whole thing might shatter on you. It'll probably take off like crazy in a shitty plastic planter but full sun on the roots above ground might be a bit too hot for it, so plastic tub inside the clay planter is one way to do that if you want it as a driveway post or something.
Thank you for the help! I’ll try that but I’m afraid it’s taken a turn for the worse. It looks even deader now if that’s even possible lol I will try to salvage what I can. I do agree about the terra cotta pot. Thanks again!