| Description | An interesting easy to grow succulent plant. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Succulents |
| Hardiness Zone | 11-12 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | water when growing, keep on the dry side in winter |
| Soil & Site | well drained |
| Temperature | Can tolerate into the 40 degrees but prefers a minimum in the 50 degree F. |
| Flowers | pale pink, deep red petal margins, always fading to near white toward the throat, floral tube is white |
| Leaves | green, simple |
| Stems | stems (caudex) become bonsai-like with age |
| Dimensions | a shrub that can reach up to 5 feet, much smaller in containers |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Native to Eastern Africa to southern Arabia. |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered in 1762 by P. Forsskai, a German scientist. |
| Misc Facts | Sap is poisonous. |
| Author's Notes | I have been growing this plant for about 5 years. It grows on a west window and out doors during the summer. One year it was out during a light frost and the top turned to mush. I cut off the dead part and to my surprise it sprouted 1/2 dozen branches from nodes on the caudex stem. |
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