C. rupestris “Springtime”
Thick-leaved cultivar to 12″ with pink flower sprays in late winter/early spring.
C. rupestris “Springtime”
Thick-leaved cultivar to 12″ with pink flower sprays in late winter/early spring.
C. rupestris “Tom Thumb”
C. rupestris ssp. marnieriana x C. rupestris ssp. rupestris
Mini-shrub to 4″ with tiny thick leaves, white flower sprays.
Large triangular purple-spotted leaves. Red flowers in spring in large upright clusters.
Round leaves, thick succulent branches, broad 5ft shrub.
Slow growing, easy to care for. Shrubby plant with waxy green leaf with pink edges in sun and sprays of white/pink blooms in spring throught summer.
Dense, clumping rosettes, to 4″ across; white flowers w/yellow stamens
Small, shrubby, will get 12″ tall and will spread a few feet wide if given well-drained soils and a little room to grow. Will also grow in rock gardens and can be contained in fairly small areas. Tiny green leaves get silvery in full sun. Covered in small bright white flowers in mid to late summer. From Cape Province, South Africa.
Readily branching, very low growing sub-shrub. Small succulent paired leaves, will get a red edge in full sun.
Mat-forming, branching from base. Bright red in sun
C. thyrsiflora
Mat-forming, branching from base, small and scrabbling along the ground. Bright red in sun.
Small propeller-like grey leaves with red tips in full sun. Shrubby to 18″.
Miniature square-shaped vertical stems to 6″. Grows in quartz outcroppings along hillsides.
Mini-shrub to 4″ w/tiny thick leaves, white flower sprays
6″ towers of tightly stacked triangular leaves. Red tips in full sun.
6″ towers of tightly stacked triangular leaves. Large, thick and outcurving with red edges.
Dense branches of tightly packed triangular leaves forming short pagoda-like groups. Turns red in full sun.
Spreading groundcover to 10″, Large leaves red in sun; yellow flowers
Stacked leaves, very small. Leaves will get compact tightly stacked and whitish in full sun.
Small succulent with woody base, short branches and round to ovate leaves. Bright orange in full sun.
Grey leaves, criss-cross growth pattern, to 2ft.
Grows low, trailing. Small white flowers in winter.
Slender stems to 10″t packed with tiny leaves. Fast-spreading mounds.
Small squarish stems to 6″
C. pellucida v. marginalis
Cascading groundcover, more water in spring/summer
C. pellucida ssp. marginalis “Variegata”
Low growing colorful succulent with lots of white-pink flowers in summer. Great for rock gardens and hanging baskets.
Red-tipped green leaves are small and thick, lining up along a trailing stem.
Red-tipped greyish-green tightly stacked leaves are small and thick, lining up along a short vertical stem.
Fuzzy green leaves and yellow flowers. Stem tips drop and root.
Small, mesemb-like clumps with taproot; lacy white flowers
C. rupestris var. monticola
Short vertical stems with button-like rounded red and green leaves.