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Portulacaria prostrata variegata hanging pot
Portulacaria prostrata variegata hanging pot
Trailing variegated spekboom in a hanging pot, ready to cascade.
- Very easy
- Full sun or semi-shade
- When fully dry
- 15cm hanging grow pot
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Portulacaria prostrata variegata hanging pot
R 150.00
About this plant
About this plant
Portulacaria Prostrata Variegata
Also known as Portulacaria afra Minima, Portulacaria afra Prostrata, Groundcover Jade
Help fight air pollution. The Spekboom Absorbs carbon from the atmosphere and turns it into plant matter.
Full sun or semi-shade. Only water when the soil has dried out completely.
Lets save our planet SPEK by SPEK!
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
Variegated spekboom, trailing from a basket
Portulacaria afra 'Variegata' (prostrate form) · also known as Variegated spekboom, groundcover jade, rainbow bush
Native to Eastern Cape, South Africa (species)
A low, trailing form of South Africa's own spekboom, with small round leaves in green and cream on reddish stems. In a hanging pot it cascades over the rim.
- A 15cm hanging pot of trailing, cream and green spekboom.
- A hardy South African native that copes with sun and dry spells.
- Cascades from a basket on a stoep or patio.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Hang it on a sunny or semi-shaded stoep or patio. A north or east-facing spot is ideal.
Care card
- Light
- Full sun or semi-shade
- Water
- When fully dry
- Humidity
- Low
- Temperature
- Hardy, light frost
- Soil
- Free-draining
- Feeding
- Rarely needed
- Growth
- Moderate, trailing
- Outdoors
- Yes, sun or semi-shade
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Hang it in full sun or semi-shade.
- Water only once the soil has dried out completely.
- Take it down to water so it drains fully.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Leaves droppingUsually overwatering or a sudden move. Let it dry out and settle.
- Leaves losing cream colourToo little light. Move it into more sun.
- Soft, shrivelled stemsRoot rot from wet soil. Water less and check drainage.
Questions
Good to know
What size will I receive?
What size will I receive?
A plant in a 15cm hanging grow pot. Stem length is a guide, not exact. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Is it the same as spekboom?
Is it the same as spekboom?
Yes, it's a low, trailing, variegated form of South Africa's spekboom.
Can it hang indoors?
Can it hang indoors?
Only in a very bright spot; it does best outdoors with plenty of light.
Packed to arrive alive
4.94 out of 5 from 1114 reviews
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