Family: Liliaceae
Common Name: Haworthia
Description | A nice small, relatively easy to grow succulent plant. Perfect size for the window sill garden. |
Plant Type | All Plants, Succulents |
Sunlight | depending on the variety full to bright |
Moisture | approach dryness, do not like to be kept bone dry for an extended period of time, probably won't die but they physically decline (look bad !) |
Soil & Site | well drained |
Growing Media | well drained, cactus and succulent mix |
Flowers | born on long wiry scapes |
Leaves | Most are stemless forming rosettes or clumps. Many have soft spines, rough surfaces and some are transparent. Color varies from dark to light green. |
Stems | most are stemless, clump forming |
Roots | fiborous |
Dimensions | A small plant most no larger than 8" tall. Many clump and will easily fill out a 6-8" pot or kept smaller by division |
Propagation | easy by division |
Native Site | many from southern Africa |
Author's Notes | At one time I had close to 40 different species and cultivars of Haworthis. Easy to grow and being small allowed me to grow a large number of plants. |
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