Succulent Bush Senecio, Senecio barbertonicus – Succulent Plant – SBS-967037

Description

This evergreen succulent bush adds a lot of texture to your outdoor succulent garden. The leaves are light green, pointing up on the branching stem.

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Succulent Bush Senecio, Senecio barbertonicus – Succulent Plant

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4 inch (10 cm) Grower Round Plastic Pot (Black)

It is an evergreen, succulent bush up to 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and wide, with a fleshy, cylindrical, finger-like, light green leaves that point upwards along the branches and are crowded toward stem tips, up to 4 inches (10 cm) long and 0.4 inch (1 cm) in diameter. The flowers are yellow, up to 3 inches (7.6 cm) long and 0.4 inch (1 cm) in diameter.Plant Specifications

Plant Height
8 inch (20 cm)

Plant Spread
6 inch (15 cm)

*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%

Common Name
Succulent bush senecio

Maximum Reachable Height
5 inches

Flower Colour
Yellow

Bloom Time
Summer

Difficulty Level
Easy to grow

Planting and careKeep in a bright sunny location.Try not to water the leaves, give water to soil only.Avoid overwatering as the roots may get rot.Water the plant in a morning, between 8 to 10 am.Re-pot when the plant performs clump and goes beyond the pot size. It should be done before or after the rainy season and in the spring season.Avoid keeping in suffocated areas or in dark room.While, re-potting or propagating try not to disturb the roots.Required care in the winter season. If growing in a pot, then kept in indoors and growing in outside do mulching.Succulent Bush Senecio care
This plant can be grown from leaf cuttings. Pull a leaf from the main stem, leave it to dry for a day, then place it on the surface of the growing medium. The growing medium should be light and well drained, you can use a mixture of soil, sand and compost. The leaf will form roots and eventually, a small rosette will appear at the base. It requires minimum 10 degrees C temperature and partial sun to form roots and new growth. Remove and pot up the new plant when well rooted. Water the new plant regularly.

Sunlight
Full sun to partial shade, at least 4 to 6 hours of sunlight per day.

Watering
Moderately

Soil
Well drained soil.

Temperature
22 to 35 degrees C

Fertilizer
Apply any organic fertilizer in spring.

Succulent Bush Senecio uses

Ornamental Use:

This plant with its pale blue-green leaves can be used as contrasting foliage in succulent plantings, cactus gardens or xeriscape plantings
It is also pretty used as edging for dry borders and in rock gardens
It can be kept in pots too, provided the soil drains well

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