Succulent Plants

The sun star plant, also known as the orange star plant or the Ornithogalum Dubium, is an orange flowering bulb originating from South Africa. They are fairly small, usually not growing over a foot tall, but they will produce beautiful-looking orange flowers that sprout between one and three months. The Ornithogalum Dubium plants will reduce back to bulbs after every … [Read more...] about How to Grow and Care Sun Star Plant

Ok, maybe the jade plant will not show you the money, although people in the past and some cultures today believe they do. I will leave that up to the individual's beliefs. Despite the possibility of not providing a person with extra cash, the Crassula ovata (or Crassula argentea) is a great house plant that I still have fond memories of while growing up in my family home. … [Read more...] about Jade Plant

The Aloe Vera plant (succulent type) is well known for offering possible health and beauty benefits that I will discuss further on. This succulent is a tough species that is very easy to care for and rarely presents problems for most growers. Description Medicinal and health benefits: Aloe is available in juice for drinking (tastes good), skin care, coolant for … [Read more...] about Aloe Vera Care

The Jelly Beans Sedum Pachphyllum is a popular succulent plant displaying finger shaped leaves red in color at the tips. Like many outer succulent plants this species is easy enough for even the beginner gardener to grow well and survives well when not given little attention to watering etc. Description The Sedum Pachphyllum, which is a native plant of Mexico, is a … [Read more...] about Jelly Beans – Many Fingers

The Zebra haworthia is also named Zebra cactus, although it's a succulent and not Cacti. It's common named is derived from the horizontal Zebra looking stripes. These differ slightly between two very similar species (H. Fasciata - H. Attenuata). Description Native to South Africa, these clump forming succulent plants have similarities with the Aloe plant and they're … [Read more...] about Zebra Howorthia