Dunce Cap Succulent Plant

This plant gets its nickname for the bloom that emerges from the center of the mother plant.

Dunce cap succulent plant.

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. Orostachys is a hardy succulent native to the frigid mountainous regions of north china mongolia and japan. Plant in an area of your garden that gets 6 hours of sunlight a day. Chinese dunce cap orostachys malacophylla var.

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. Corpuscularia lehmannii ice. Browse succulents by common name.

Chinese dunce cap plant information facts and uses photos growing tips where to buy and more. Chinese dunce cap succulents are suitable for growing in. 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. It creates a tall cone shape similar to a dunce hat.

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 variety is native to japan. The dunce caps are a low growing clumping succulent which can be easily identified by its unique way of producing pups. 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.

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.