Graptopetalum Rose Queen

Graptopetalum 'Rose Queen'

Graptopetalum 'Rose Queen' is a hybrid that stems from Graptopetalum Paraguayense as one of its parents. It produces clump-forming rosettes with thick gray-green leaves, which turns to a dark purple/grey in winter. It sports pink flowers on long arching stems. Needs good drainage. Tender soft succulent - will not tolerate frost.

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plant Features

Full sun to partial shade
Occasional watering
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
Free draining and fertile

plant information

Common name

Graptopetalum 'Rose Queen'

Latin name

Graptopetalum Rose Queen

type

Succulent

family

Crassulaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun to partial shade
Frost

A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

Soil

Free draining and fertile
Water

Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

0.40 M 0.40 M

Graptopetalum Rose Queen

Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

They can be propagated easily by separating offsets, but also by leaf cuttings, and by seed if they are not hybrids. Succulents need a warm, sunny well-drained position to develop their foliage colour. Most succulents will be grown in containers and pots and they will need good drainage. Add coarse grit to soil-less compost and repot every year in late-spring. Don't worry about damaging the roots when re-potting: these plants tolerate disturbance well.

Flowering

From Early Spring TO Late Summer

Flowers on short stalks (cymes) arise from compact rosettes of succulent fleshy, often brightly coloured leaves. Species are polycarpic, meaning that they may flower and set seed many times over the course of their lifetimes

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