Gasteria is a succulent member of the lily family grown for its flowers and foliage. Gasteria has firm, dark green leaves sometimes suffused with red and white tubercles. Gasteria leaves grow opposite in ranks. Gasteria flowers are tubular and usually pendulous. The flowers appear in clusters or in panicles. The flowers are pink or red…
Huernia is a genus of dwarf succulents whose freely branches angled stems that are toothed or notched. Plants grow slowly to about 4 inches high in clusters. Huernia bears tubular or cup-shaped to shallowly saucer-shaped , warty, fleshy flowers that are diversely colored–reddish, greenish-yellow, brownish, or purple; flowers are often colored, dotted, or striped. Flowers…
Ceropegia is a genus of quick-growing, shrubby plants or vining ones with tuberous roots. Leaves are opposite or in whorls of three. Flowers are widely flared at the tips resembling parachutes or lanterns. Ceropegia grow outdoors in warm, dry climates. Vining species can be trained on a trellis, pergola, or other support. Ceropegia are also…
Stapelia is a succulent that bears diurnal, star-shaped solitary or clustered flowers. Stapelia has a unique shape, but also a unique foul smell. They emit an odor that smells like rotting flesh. The odor attracts flies which, in turn, pollinate the flowers. Stapelia has erect, angular, coarsely toothed fleshy leaves. Stems branch from the bases…
Dudleya are perennial succulents that form dense rosettes of ovate to linear, fleshy succulent leaves that are covered with a heavy coat of chalky powder. Tubular, bell- or star-shaped, yellow, white, or red panicles grow from the leaf axils in spring or early summer. Dudleya can be grown outdoors in borders in warmer climates. It…
Cotyledon are perennial succulents grown for their foliage and flowers. The stalked, fleshy leaves are usually puffy and rounded and sometimes wavy-edged. The flowers are tubular to bell-shaped, usually pendant, red, yellow, or orange. Cotyledon species grow from 12 to 36 inches (30 to 91 cm) tall. A mature plant can produce a cluster of…
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