| Description | Variegated Elephant Bush (Portulacaria afra variegata) An easy plant to grow in the full sun to bright areas of the indoors. Can be brought outdoors during the warmer seasons and grown in full sun. This is the variegated form of the green Elephant Bush. |
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| Pronunciation | (por-tew-luh-KAR-ee-uh) |
| Plant Type | Succulents, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | (9)10 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, indoors should bright to direct |
| Moisture | tolerates some dryness. allowed to get to dry it will have a plant-tantrum and drop most of its leaves but will usually recover, somewhere between evenly moist to approach dryness. |
| Growing Media | average house-well drained |
| Temperature | average house-warm |
| Flowers | small pink flowers, having grown thisplant fro many years as a house plant and in greenhouse I have never seen it flower in zone #5 |
| Leaves | green and milky white with a pink edge, succulent |
| Dimensions | It can be kept to almost any size pot by pruning. Can reach 2-4 meters in a natural site where it grows as a shrub. |
| Maintenance | pruning to maintain shape. |
| Propagation | stem cuttings. allow the cuttings to callus for a day before sticking |
| Native Site | South Africa |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Variegated Elephant Bush, Variegated Elephant Food, Rainbow Bush |
| Author's Notes | I have grown this plant for many years and was easy to grow plus being an attractive plant. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf) |
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