Dunce Cap Succulent Plant

Orostachys boehmeri chinese dunce cap succulent plant display in a 9cm pot will send bare root same or similar plant as shown on the picture happy to combine postage please do not pay until a revised invoice is issued up to 500g for 12 50 items will post via australia express post sorry no pick up available br br important please check for any restrictions in your state before ordering.

Dunce cap succulent plant.

Chinese dunce cap plant information facts and uses photos growing tips where to buy and more. It is a monocarpic lavender succulent only blooms once in its life that produces small flowers and plenty of offsets. The name of this plant references the tall conical shape of. Instead of growing offset pups from the base of the plant like many other succulents the orostachys will develop pups on long stems from the top of the plant which are often mistaken for flowers.

The dunce caps are a low growing clumping succulent which can be easily identified by its unique way of producing pups. This plant gets its nickname for the bloom that emerges from the center of the mother plant. The structure and growing habit of the plant is similar to the more familiar hens and chicks although considerably smaller with a more delicate appearance. Has the delicate pastel look of a soft succulent but can grow outdoors year round in zones 6 it grows as clustering lavender grey rosettes and tolerates hard frosts by senescing completely aboveground and re sprouting in spring.

Orostachys iwarenge also known as dunce s cap or chinese dunce cap is a small perennial that belongs to the flowering plant family crassulaceae genus orostachys. Corpuscularia lehmannii ice. This plant can tolerate poor soil but it needs to drain well. This variety is native to japan.

Browse succulents by common name. Where to plant dunce cap is not cold hardy so if you live in a zone that gets colder than 10 f 23 3 c it s best to plant this succulent in a container that can be brought indoors and placed under a grow light. Orostachys is a hardy succulent native to the frigid mountainous regions of north china mongolia and japan. Orostachys iwarenge chinese dunce cap 1 x single stem rosette unrooted cutting rostachys iwarenge is a cute little succulent plant which forms an attractive evergreen groundcover when cultivated in the rock garden the glaucous grey brown up to 2 inches 5 cm wide fleshy rosettes spread by short stolons to form an up to 1 inch 2 5 cm tall and 18 inches 45 cm wide patch.

Chinese dunce cap orostachys malacophylla var. Chinese dunce cap succulents are suitable for growing in.