Senecio Serpens, also known as Blue Chalksticks, is a highly decorative succulent plant, prized for its bluish color and graphic shape. A compact, creeping succulent, forming a dense groundcover that can spread 30 to 50 cm across. The silvery blue-grey leaves are fleshy, cylindrical and slightly curved, resembling small chopsticks or fingers (hence the name chalksticks ).
Caution! Risk of toxicity if swallowed.
- Family: Asteraceae.
- Origin: Desert area of South Africa.
- Watering:
- Summer: Allow 2/3 of the potting soil to dry out between waterings.
- Fall - Winter - Spring: Allow the soil to dry completely between waterings.
- Ambient humidity: Low.
- Type of soil: Very draining.
- Brightness: High.
- Orientation: South or west on the window edge.
- Growth: Fast.
- Temperature: Hot.
- Summer: Between 20ᵒC and 25ᵒC.
- Winter: 15ᵒC
Pot diameter: 10 cm.
Grown in Quebec.
Like nature, every plant is unique. Natural items are all different and may contain irregularities.
