Our November box featuring Senecio Blue Chalk Sticks, Graptoveria Echeveria Olivia, Cotyledon Orbiculata - Pig's Ear, Haworthia cooperi, and Tillandsia tricolor v. melanocreter.
1. Senecio Blue Chalk Sticks
Senecio Blue Chalksticks, also known as Senecio serpens or Senecio mandraliscae, is an attractive succulent with powdery blue-green fleshy leaves. The tips of these leaves turn purple in extreme heat and sun exposure.
Blue Chalksticks is a slow-growing ground cover that branches from the base.
It has very small white flowers in the summer. The plant grows up quickly with regular watering but it can also be drought tolerant.
Suitable for container planting and hanging basket.
Sand with Well-Drained
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Water deeply when soil is dry but let drain completely. Never let the plant sit in soggy soil for more than a day or two.
Feed annually but lightly.
2. Graptoveria Echeveria Olivia
Olivia is an intergeneric hybrid of Echeveria and Graptopetalum. Shiny olive green rosettes with pink flushes and tips and pale yellow starry flowers. They grow outdoors in frost free areas. Cold climates must bring them indoors. Very attractive plant. Tender soft succulent - will not tolerate frost.
Full sun.
Gritty, Porous and Well-Drained.
Water thoroughly when soil is completely dry to the touch.
Feed once with a weak fertilizer at the beginning of the growing season (Spring or Summer).
You can propagate Graptoveria Olivia by seeds, leaf cuttings or offsets.
3. Cotyledon Orbiculata Pig's Ear
Cotyledon Orbiculata (Pigs Ear) is able to reach around 60 cm (24″) tall. The plant is a hardy succulent with fleshy, oval, red-rimmed leaves that resemble a pig’s ear.
The plant flowers it is known to produce red to orange flower that grow from the top of a long stem.
It prefers a sunny location, but tolerates partial shade
Water the plant when the soil is dry, then let the soil dry before watering again. In its natural environment, the plant needs very little water.
4. Haworthia Cooperi Var. Obtusa'
Haworthia cooperi var. obtusa is a type of translucent Haworthia. There are 20 to 25 per rosette, succulent soft and glassy (almost transparent) round-tipped somewhat spherical with lovely blue-green translucent-patterns. When receiving too much sun or not get enough water, the leaves will become reddish.
Bright, indirect light, partial shade.
Porous, well-drained potting mix with sand, pumice or decomposed granite.
Water only when soil is dry to the touch. Let drain completely after each watering.
Offsets (New plants are freely produced basally between the leaves)
5. Tillandsia tricolor v. melanocreter
Tillandsia Melanocrater Tricolor is a delicate air plant with a brown base. The plant changes color depending on how much sun exposure it receives: it turns red or purple with a lot of bright sunlight, and bright to dark green with less sunlight.
Bright indirect sunlight.
No soil is needed. Sand, sea glass, rocks, pebbles & bark chip can be used instead of soil.
Mist the plant once a week. T. melanocrater tricolor will also benefit from a soaking bath every now and then. Give it a little shake off afterwards to eliminate excess water and allow to dry within 6-8 hours.
