Are succulents poisonous? This is a great question and the answer is ‘It depends on the type of the plant’. While generally speaking succulents are a great way to decorate your home or workspace and have amazing hidden benefits, not every plant is safe for your health, your toddler, or your pets. Small children and pets might get sick …
Echeverias are popular rose-shaped soft succulents native to semi-desert areas of Mexico and Central America. The leaves are fleshy and have a waxy cuticle on the exterior forming rosettes in gorgeous pastel colors that can grow in a variety of sizes and shapes. Their unique appearance and low maintenance needs make them perfect for succulent …
You just bought your first succulent, congratulations! And now you are asking yourself: ‘How long can succulents go without water?’ After all the excitement, it’s now time to take care of your ‘chubby’ new addition, and a lot of questions, related to watering, are probably popping into your mind like the below: In this post, …
Description Moonstone succulent (Pachyphytum Oviferum), is a beautiful small to medium size succulent belonging to the Crassulaceae family and is native to the mountains of Mexico. It features super chubby leaves tightly packed, almost shaped like little eggs (or almonds, hence its other common name ‘Sugar Almond Plant’), rounded in loose rosettes up to 4 inches (10 cm) tall and to …
Pachyveria ‘Powder Puff’ (a.k.a Pachyveria ‘Exotica’, Pachyveria ‘Kobayashi’) is a hybrid of two other species, Echeveria Cante and Pachyphytum Oviferum that can reach 15 cm (6 inches) tall. It has beautiful powdery silver-blue leaves with pink tips when growing in full-light or cold temperatures. Pachyveria ‘Powder Puff’ sprouts during spring and summer, and in that …
Sedum adolphii is a lovely flowering succulent belonging to the Crassulaceae family and native to Mexico. It features pointy dark-green moon slice-shaped leaves that develop orange or reddish tips when exposed to bright sunlight. In this article, we will cover how to grow, care and propagate Sedum Adolphii. This succulent forms miniature golden rosettes: as the …
Description Graptoveria ‘Opalina’ is a beautiful hybrid of Echeveria colorata crossed with Graptopetalum Amethystium with pale blue-green leaves that have a hint of pink tones on the leaf tips and margins and can grow up to 8 inches (20 cm) tall and up to 6 inches (15 cm) diameter. This hybrid was created in 1988 by succulent breeder Robert Grim …
Description Notocactus magnificus, also known as ‘Balloon Cactus’ or ‘Parodia Magnifica’ is a stunning bluish-green spherical cactus native to the highlands of South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina). If you look at it from above, you’ll notice pale yellow or golden spines lined up on 11 to 15 vertical ribs. As it grows, usually …
Description Few succulent plants can match the rare beauty and exotic look of Trachyandra tortilis. This perennial succulent is native to South Africa and Madagascar and belongs to the Trachyandra genus in the Asphodelaceae family. This exotic succulent is hardly found in cultivation, which makes it even more sought after by collectors. It is known for its longevity and can …
Description Fairy Castle Cactus, a miniature cultivar of Acanthocereus tetragonus (a popular species of cacti native to North and Central America), features many cylindrical stems which, as the plant grows, join together vertically, recalling the towers of a fairy castle. Each stem has five sides covered in little white spines growing along the ribs. So, you might …