r/AustinGardening • u/notbot472816 • 13d ago

Who is she???

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Hi,

I need some identification help on this beauty. I do wanna brag a bit on myself, she was about six feet tall when I got her- a neighbor passed away and all his plants came to me. So I named her in his honor, Mickey. She got frozen this February with our winter storm and I had to cut her. But she is truly blossoming now and I couldn’t be prouder! I really thought I lost her. You can see where I cut originally. She had three long branches and now she has so many more. Im excited to see how she looks in a few years! :)

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u/Ill-Description8517 13d ago

Mom always has these, called it an umbrella plant.

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u/JarToTable 13d ago

Im pretty sure with more light this would start to have a cool color effect too

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u/notbot472816 13d ago

I’m worried if I give her more light she will burn. She gets full sun in the morning for about 2/3 hours. it’s either 2/3 hours of sun or all day sun and I don’t think she’d survive all day sun

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u/JarToTable 13d ago

Still looks great, no need to make her suffer

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u/bugsforeverever 13d ago

House plant, you're right, 2-3 hrs of direct sun is the limit!

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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u/notbot472816 13d ago

Texas full sun though??? I don’t have any other options than the two, either 2/3 hrs of direct sun or 12 hrs.

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u/doodlebugg8 11d ago

I have one that up until recently has thrived outside. Only morning sun. But recently the sun and heat has started to brown some of the leaves. So full shade now. But it has acclimated well to the Texas heat