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Spekboom Cutting
Spekboom Cutting
10 to 15cm cutting
- Very easy
- Full sun or semi-shade
- When fully dry
- 10-15cm cutting
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Spekboom Cutting
R 10.00
About this plant
About this plant
Spekboom Cutting
Also known Portulacaria afra
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.
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
Grow your own spekboom for R10
A spekboom cutting ready to root: the easiest way to grow this tough South African succulent. · also known as Portulacaria afra
Native to Spekboom, elephant bush, porkbush
Eastern and southern South Africa
- A 10 to 15cm cutting of the iconic South African spekboom.
- Spekboom is one of the easiest succulents to root, so it's ideal for beginners and kids.
- Grows into a tough, water-wise hedge, shrub or bonsai.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
A fresh stem cutting of spekboom, South Africa's much-loved succulent with small, round leaves on red-brown stems. It roots easily and grows into a hardy shrub or hedge.
Care card
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Leave the cutting somewhere dry and shaded for 1 to 3 days so the cut end can dry and seal.
- Push the bottom 3 to 4cm into a small pot of barely moist succulent mix and firm it in.
- Keep it in bright, indirect light and water lightly only once the mix is dry. Roots usually form in 2 to 4 weeks.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Cut end turning black and softIt's rotting from too much water. Trim above the soft part, let it dry for a few days and replant in dry mix.
- Leaves wrinkling while rootingNormal for a few weeks: the cutting lives off its stored water until roots form.
- No new growth after a monthBe patient. Gently tug it: if it resists, roots have formed and growth will follow.
Questions
Good to know
What exactly will I receive?
What exactly will I receive?
A fresh 10 to 15cm stem cutting with leaves, ready for you to root. The length is a guide and it won't look like a full shrub yet. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
How do I know it has rooted?
How do I know it has rooted?
After 2 to 4 weeks, tug it gently. If it resists, it has roots and you can start watering normally.
Can I grow it as a hedge?
Can I grow it as a hedge?
Yes. Plant several rooted cuttings 30 to 50cm apart and trim them to shape as they grow.
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