INDOOR SUCCULENTS

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Written By Peter Morris

Non Hardy Succulents

 We call them tender succulents or "Indoor Succulents". They are not winter hardy - evolving in warm places on the planet and thus never adapting to freezing cold. You can put then in a garden as a summer accent - but they won’t survive the winter. That said - Most are perfect as indoor plants!They tend to be small in nature - which is great ! Place them in a sunny windowsill and watch them grow! As long as you let the soil dry out between watering it’s as easy as pie ! They need fertilizer once or twice a year. Most get no bugs or disease. WHAT IS NOT TO LOVE !There is huge amount to choose from – so many that I am not including any cactus, Euphorbea, or air plants in my list. I have placed them alphabetically by Genus and put in pictures when available. 

Albuca

 

  1. Albuca humilis (Onion plant)
  2. Albuca spiralis (Frizzle Sizzle)

Albuca spiralis

 

Aloe

 

  1. Aloe juvenna (Tiger Tooth Aloe)
  2. Aloe juvenna ('Purple Haze')

 

Aloe tiger tooth

Aloinopsis

 

  1. Aloinopsis luckhoffii (Stone)

  

Cotyledon

 

  1. Cotyledon tomentosa (Bear’s Paw)

  

Crassula

 

  1. Crassula mesembryanthemoides (Fuzzy jade)
  2. Crassula orbicularis (Var. rosularis)
  3. Crassula ovata (Classic Jade)
  4. Crassula ovata (Baby Jade)
  5. Crassula ovata ('ET's Fingers' Jade)
  6. Crassula ovata (Golum jade)
  7. Crassula ovata ('Hobbit' Jade)
  8. Crassula ovata ('Variegated Money Maker')
  9. Crassula ovata tricolor (Tricolor jade)
  10. Crassula perforate (Ivory Towers)
  11. Crassula pubescens radicans (Small Red Carpet Stonecrop)
  12. Crassula rogersii (Fuzzy toes)
  13. Crassula rupestris (Lemon toes)
  14. Crassula undulatifolia (Ripple Jade)

 

Crassula mesembryanthemoides

 

Crassula ovata Golum

Dinteranthus

 

  1. Dinteranthus inexpectatus (Pillow leaf)

 

Dinteranthus

Faucaria

 

  1. Faucaria feline (Tiger Jaws)
  2. Faucaria tuberculosa (Warts)

 

Gasteria

 

  1. Gasteria glomerata (Ox Tongue)
  2. Gasteria glomerata ('Little Warty')
  3. Gasteria glomerata ('Fuji Yuki')

 

Gasteraloe

 

  1. Gasteraloe ('Green Gold')

 

Haworthia

 

  1. Haworthia ('Chocolate')
  2. Haworthia coarctata (Tenuis)
  3. Haworthia 'Concolor' (Concolor)
  4. Haworthia cooperi (Lemon star)
  5. Haworthia cooperi (F. variegate)
  6. Haworthia cooperi (Var. dielsiana)
  7. Haworthia cooperi ('Mantellii')
  8. Haworthia cuspidata (Star Window Plant)
  9. Haworthis cymbiformis (Lemon zebra)
  10. Haworthia cymbiformis (Planifolia)
  11. Haworthia cymbiformis (Ramosa)
  12. Haworthia cymbiformis (Setulifera)
  13. Haworthia cymbiformis (Windowed Boats)
  14. Haworthia fasciata (Zebra plant)
  15. Haworthia limifolia (Fairy Washboard)
  16. Haworthia magnifica (Var. acuminata)
  17. Haworthia maughanii (Truncata)
  18. Haworthia marumiana (Batesiana)
  19. Haworthia mutica (Stripped)
  20. Haworthia mutica ('Ed Storms')
  21. Haworthia pygmaea (Pygmy plant)
  22. Haworthia reinwardtii (Pimples)
  23. Haworthia reinwardtii (F. zebrine)
  24. Haworthia reinwardtii (F. triebneri)
  25. Haworthia retusa (F. multilineata)
  26. Haworthia turgida (Longibracteata)
  27. Haworthia venosa (Tessellata)

 

Haworthis limifolia

Kalanchoe

 

  1. Kalanchoe daigremontiana (Thin plant)
  2. Kalanchoe delagoensis (Chandelier Plant)
  3. Kalanchoe eriophylla (Snow White Panda Plant)
  4. Kalanchoe humilis (Zebra plant)
  5. Kalanchoe luciae (Paddle Plant)
  6. Kalanchoe tomentosa ('Chocolate Soldier')
  7. Kalanchoe tomentosa ('Hairy Harry')
  8. Kalanchoe tomentosa ('Cinnamon')

 

Kalanchoe tomentosa

Ledebouria

 

  1. Ledebouria socialis (Silver Squill)

 

Nemantanthus

 

  1. Nematanthus gregarious (Goldfish Plant)

 

Oscularia

 

  1. Oscularia deltoids (Pink vygie)

  

Peperomia

 

  1. Peperomia axilaris ('Surfside')

  

Plectranthus

 

  1. Plectranthus neochilus (Lobster Flower)

  

Portulacaria

 

  1. Portulacaria afra (Decumbent)
  2. Portulacaria afra 'Medio-picta' (Midstripe Rainbow Bush)
  3. Portulacaria macrophylla (Large Leaf Elephant Food)

 

Portulacaria afra "medio picta"

Sedeveria

 

  1. Sedeveria 'Letizia'

 

Sedum

 

  1. Sedum adolphii ('Lime Gold')
  2. Sedum burrito (Baby’s toes)

 

Sedum burrito

Senecio

 

  1. Senecio rowleyannus (String of pearls)
  2. Senecio herreanus (String of Watermelons)

 

string of pearls 

 string of watermelons

  

Our Indoor Team can get you the right succulent for your sunny windowsill !

Call us - let's talk choices !

  

PLANT SPECIALISTSGREENING NEW YORK FOR OVER 53 YEARS !

   Article written by our Staff Horticulturist, Peter B Morris, BSc, MSc, MBAAll photographs used with permission @SHUTTERSTOCK

Peter Morris

Peter was born and raised on a beautiful green island in the midst of a tropical rainforest. He was introduced into the world of plants at the age of six when his grandmother, an avid Spanish gardener herself, asked him to help her grow seeds for her pepper garden. He was hooked! By the time he was a teen, he had his own rose and orchid collection numbering in the hundreds. Botany was in his blood, and that is what he set out to study.

His passion brought him to NY in the late seventies to further his education. His tenacity allowed him to work full time at Plant Specialists while he completed a MS in Plant Biology. As a manager at the time he felt unsatisfied with his knowledge of business and business processes. Peter felt compelled to learn, so he then pursued and completed an MBA in Quality Management within a few short years.

Peter’s other passion is teaching. His natural ability is quickly consumed by our staff in all subjects in Botany, Horticulture, and Landscaping. He created an immense reference library of more than 3,500 plants providing an invaluable resource for our staff.

Peter’s breadth of knowledge and wisdom allows him to effectively diagnose the needs of plants. Sometimes just by walking into a garden he can create a prescription that fixes even the hardest issue. He is our Staff Botanist, Diagnostician, and all around Mentor. Recently, he has put his immense knowledge and skills into developing a new department that focuses on Plant Healthcare. As he puts it, “Magic through Science”. The PHC staff that surround him have avidly consumed his teachings. Substantially developing their own plant wisdom, many have taken on difficult plant health issues with spectacular results.

Plant Healthcare has been an instant success with customers! The proper treatment of insects and diseases including Organic methods has made pest control a necessity for every plant. Correcting hormonal imbalances caused by planting in containers or refurbishing soils leached of nutrients by irrigation systems are big challenges PHC has become quite comfortable addressing. The scientific approach to the complex demands of keeping plants healthy in our harsh city environment has made many a customer say WOW!

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