Rainbow Elephant Bush
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Rainbow elephant bush. Also being known as Miniature Jade or Dwarf Jade it has nothing to do with Crassula ovataThe leaves are rounded fleshy and small growing on a red stem. Portulacaria Afra Elephant Bush Rainbow Manny The RainbowManny Portulacaria Afra is very good looking variation of Elephant Bush. Rainbow Elephant Bush may have difficulty thriving and will drop leaves without ample sunlight.
It also has some white strip this is a recent addition to our collection. Malleable rounded or gently heart-shaped leaves. Elephant Bush or Elephant Food also known as Portulacaria afra is one of the worlds most popular succulent garden shrub or bonsai subjectThis cutie is a perfect addition to both your indoor and outdoor succulent garden.
And forms low shrubby mounds that spread several feet tall and wide. Both the genus and species were named and described as such by Nicolaus Nicolaas Joseph von Jacquin in Collectanea in 1787. Rainbow Elephant Bush has green leaves and a reddish stem.
They are only hardy in zones 10 and 11. Variegata HJacobsen was described by Hermann Johannes Heinrich. The plant is usually cultivated to.
Because of its ability to relatively tolerate underwatering and overwatering. The elephant bush loves sunlight and can be in full sun for several hours at a time. Elephant Bush Basics.
When grown in the ground it can slowly attain a height of several feet and its evergreen nature makes it useful as a screen or hedge. Elephant bush plants Portulacaria thrive in USDA zones 10 and 11. Elephant bush is a drought-tolerant plant ideally suited to growing in arid desert-like environments.