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Types of Succulent plants

Aloe arborescens

The Krantz Aloe, a large, multi-headed, sprawling succulent shrub or small tree known for its striking blue-green rosettes and a spectacular show of tall, bright red-orange to yellow flower spikes that bloom profusely in the cold winter months.

  • Plant name: Aloe aroborescens
  • Indigenous/Exotic: Indigenous
  • Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
  • Height: 2-3 m
  • Time of flower: Winter
  • Colour of flower: Deep orange, Red, Yellow
  • Light preference: Full sun
  • Wter needs: Low
  • Soil requirements: Sandy, Loam
  • Available sizes: 23cm

Aloidendron barberae

 Africa’s largest aloe, this striking, sculptural tree forms a massive, often buttressed trunk with thick, gray stems and a rounded crown of long, recurved, dark green leaves. It produces salmon-pink to rose-pink tubular flowers in winter.

  • Plant name: Aloidendron barberae, Tree Aloe
  • Indigenous/Exotic: Indigenous
  • Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
  • Height: 15-20 m
  • Time of flower: Winter
  • Colour of flower: Rose-pink, Pinky-orange
  • Light preference: Full sun-light shade
  • Wter needs: Low
  • Soil requirements: Sandy, Loam
  • Available sizes:

Aloe ferox

A tall, single-stemmed, striking succulent tree, commonly known as Bitter Aloe, noted for its thick rosette of fleshy, often reddish-tinged leaves with sharp spines and spectacular unbranched candelabra of dense, dark orange to red flower spikes in winter.

  • Plant name: Aloe ferox
  • Indigenous/Exotic: Indigenous
  • Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
  • Height: 2-5 m
  • Time of flower: Winter
  • Colour of flower: Deep orange, Red
  • Light preference: Full sun
  • Wter needs: Low
  • Soil requirements: Well drained soil ( sandy or rocky soil)
  • Available sizes: 23cm

Aloe cooperi

Aloe cooperi is a very hardy, stemless Aloe with long, narrow, yellow-green leaves arranged in a fan shape and distinctively keeled with white spots beneath. It has spikes of apricot or yellow coloured, tubular flowers from December to March.

  • Plant name: Aloe cooperi
  • Indigenous/Exotic: Indigenous
  • Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
  • Height: 40-50cm
  • Time of flower: Late Summer
  • Colour of flower: Pink, Cream, Yellow
  • Light preference: Full sun
  • Wter needs: Low
  • Soil requirements: Sandy
  • Available sizes: 15cm, 23cm

Euphorbia tirucalli 'Firesticks'

Euphorbia tirucalli ‘Firesticks’ is a  hardy, evergreen, tough, drought-resistant, succulent shrub or small tree with rarely-seen, tiny leaves. In this form the tips of the branches turn yellow, red and orange giving the impression that the tips of the plant are on fire.

  • Plant name: Euphorbia turicalli 'Firesticks'
  • Common names: Pencil plants/ Kraalmelkbos
  • Indigenous/Exotic: Indigenous
  • Light preference: Full sun
  • Water needs: Low
  • Soil requirements: Sandy
  • Available sizes: 20 kg

Cotyledon falanganii

Cotyledon flanaganii, is a sparsely branched succulent shrub with spreading branches and green to gray leaves arranged in whorls of 3.

  • Plant name: Cotyledon falanganii
  • Indigenous/Exotic: Indiginous
  • Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
  • Height: 0.4-1m
  • Light preference: Full sun
  • Water needs: Low
  • Soil requirements: Sandy
  • Avalable sizes: 15cm

Cotyledon orbiculata

A fast growing succulent that forms a low shrub. The leaves are thick, round and light green to grey in colour. The flowers form clumps of bell-like tubes growing from a central node.

  • Plant name: Cotyledon orbiculata
  • Common english name: Round-leafed navel-wort, Pig's ears
  • Indigenous/Exotic: Indiginous
  • Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
  • Height: 1-1.5m
  • Time of flower: Late Summer, Autumn, Winter
  • Colour of flower: Red, Yellow, Orange
  • Light prefrence: Full sun → semi-shade
  • Water needs: Low
  • Soil requirements: Sandy, Clay, Loam
  • Available sizes: 15cm, 23cm

Crassula ovata

A large well-branched, compact, rounded, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark grey-green, oval, succulent leaves and rounded heads of pink flowers in winter-spring. The stem is stout and gnarled and gives the impression of great age, and its branches are also short and stubby but well-proportioned.

  • Plant name: Crassula ovata
  • Common english name: Kerky bush, Jade plant
  • Common afrikaans name: Plakkies
  • Indigenous/Exotic: Indiginous
  • Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
  • Height: 1-3m
  • Time of flower: Winter
  • Colour of flower: Pink
  • Light preference: Full sun → semi-shade
  • Water needs: Low
  • Soil requirements: Sandy, Clay, Loam
  • Available sizes: 15cm, 20kg

Lampranthus

This vygie is a neatly rounded, erect, small shrub. The leaves are paired, free or slightly fused at the base, and dark green. The most attractive aspect of the plant is its unbelievably bright flowers.

  • Plant name: Lampranthus
  • Common english name: Dewplant
  • Common afrikaans name: Vygie
  • Indigenous/Exotic: Indiginous
  • Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen
  • Height & Width: 30-40cm x 50cm
  • Time of flower: Summer
  • Colour of flower: Yellow, Orange, Red, Purple, Pink
  • Light preference: Full sun
  • Water needs: Low
  • Soil requirements: Sandy, Clay, Loam
  • Available sizes: 15cm