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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Cacti and succulents => Topic started by: Hilary on March 10, 2016, 05:46:28 PM

Title: Graptopetalum paraguayense
Post by: Hilary on March 10, 2016, 05:46:28 PM

Graptopetalum paraguayense
Another succulent flowering on our two balconies, now in March.
A very useful plant.
The photo is from some other year

Title: Re: Graptopetalum paraguayense
Post by: aristoflora on March 26, 2016, 09:54:48 AM

Very beautiful plant, thanks for sharing the photo! Here in Germany this species is almost hardy ... :D

Title: Re: Graptopetalum paraguayense
Post by: Hilary on March 29, 2016, 08:03:55 AM

Does it grow outside?
I would have thought the leaves would freeze.
Various succulents which I have here in Corinth do not survive the winter in Sparta as it is colder there.

Title: Re: Graptopetalum paraguayense
Post by: aristoflora on April 03, 2016, 09:32:59 PM

Yes, it grows outside here, indeed - some of the fleshy leaves always rot away or freeze in winter but it always recovers from the succulent stems.
Some Mediterranean succulents seem quite hardy to me, even here in southern Germany.