Dunce Cap Succulent Plant

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Dunce cap succulent plant.

Orostachys is a hardy succulent native to the frigid mountainous regions of north china mongolia and japan. Corpuscularia lehmannii ice. 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. This plant gets its nickname for the bloom that emerges from the center of the mother plant.

Plant in an area of your garden that gets 6 hours of sunlight a day. This variety is native to japan. The name of this plant references the tall conical shape of. The dunce caps are a low growing clumping succulent which can be easily identified by its unique way of producing pups.

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. It prefers full sun if it receives low light the petals will start to stretch and it will look more like a daisy than a rose. This plant can tolerate poor soil but it needs to drain well. 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 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. 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. It creates a tall cone shape similar to a dunce hat. Chinese dunce cap orostachys malacophylla var.

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