These odd little African succulents start out egg-shaped, then split open to reveal a smaller capsule that in turn splits open at right angles to the first. In spring, being ice plants, they produce neon-bright, multipetalled, daisylike flowers. Pleiospilos are tiny water tanks, accustomed to going months–even a year–without rainfall. They’re also impossible to pronounce, [...]
Living Rocks (Pleiospilos nelii)
February 21, 2013 – Posted in: Garden Plants, Succulents