During the winter stress period this succulent explodes with color.
Green chalk stick succulent.
A small low growing succulent branching from the base and rooting along the stems to provide an easy care attractive groundcover for warm sunny hillsides and yards.
Powdery blue green fleshy leaves provide year round interest taking on purple tints in extreme heat and sun exposure.
Plants are green due to their chlorophyll.
Once the coating of the leaf is removed or rubbed off the succulent s blue green color will be revealed.
Mine has gotten 2 3 tall by 5 6 wide.
This video shows how to cut your overgrown blue chalk sticks so that you can use them in beds or in planters.
It glows almost fluorescent in shades of pink coral green red and orange.
It needs part to full sun.
As you can see it s prone to a rather leggy form.
How to care for a blue chalk stick succulent.
There are more than 1 000 varieties of senecio plants and about 100 are succulents.
My narrow leaf chalksticks gets lots of sun in the morning early afternoon.
These tough interesting plants may be trailing spreading groundcovers or large shrubby plants.
During stress periods the amount of chlorophyll will vary.
I also discuss my plans to plant a succulent tapestry in my northside garden.
Mandraliscae also called blue chalk sticks is possibly a hybrid and was found in italy the south african native is called blue chalk succulent or blue fingers for its attractive bluish finger like leaves.
Why are fire sticks succulents tips red.
Blue chalk fingers has greyish green leaves that are 2 75 inches to 5 95 inches long 7cm to 15cm.
Blue chalk stick senecio vitalis serpents also known as blue chalk fingers is an attractive easy care succulent with fleshy chalky blue green.
Jan 20 2019 blue chalk stick plants senecio plants suitable for containers rock gardens and low growing succulent plant which is a borderline ideal plant.
Learn more about growing senecio plants along with some important caveats in this article.
Senecio vitalis has a waxy coating which protects it from hot and dry conditions.