How to grow and care for the String of Buttons succulent
String of Buttons is a perennial succulent herbaceous plant, with upright and clumping growth, many small branches, and fleshy stems; the perennial stem base gradually becomes semi-woody. The flesh is green to pale green, about 0.5 cm long and about 0.4 cm wide; the leaf edges are slightly red, in late autumn and early spring, especially at T time. The temperature difference is relatively large. Leaves are alternate, opposite, elliptical, triangular, with petioles, linked at the base; new leaves stack at the top and bottom, with the leaves slightly up and down. The flowering period lasts 4-5 months, white, star-shaped, with 5-6 petals, clustered, usually filling the branches, quite showy; it does not die after flowering. A small variety, the flowering plant is only about 12 cm tall.
String of Buttons
String of Buttons needs sunlight, a cool, dry environment, and semi-shade; it fears waterlogging and should avoid hot and humid conditions. It has the habit of growing in the cold season and resting under high summer heat. This is a "winter-type" perennial plant. From September to June of the following year is the plant's growing period (the flowering environment differs, and the growing period is also long). If light is insufficient, the plant grows leggy, the distance between the leaves above and below stretches out, which makes the plant shape loose, and the red on the leaf edges becomes less. The arrangement between them is very compact. The kite-shaped star is placed in a sunroom. During the growing period, the soil should be kept moist, avoiding water accumulation.
String of Buttons
String of Buttons can withstand low temperatures of around minus 2 degrees; this is indoor temperature, not open-air air. The growing points at the tips of the lower leaves will show frostbite, dry up, and die, and new growth will restart at the withered spot. Basically cut off water for the entire winter; below 5 degrees it will begin to slowly take up water. Under high summer temperatures, the whole plant grows slowly or completely stops. At this time there should be good ventilation, shade, and avoidance of exposure, backwatering, and prolonged rain, to prevent the plant from rotting.
String of Buttons
String of Buttons is a very good breeding variety. The head-cutting method is generally used. Take well-grown branches, cut them into sections 3-5 cm long, then stick them directly into dry granular soil or vermiculite, and water within a few days. The leaves of String of Buttons often grow small aerial roots. If they touch suitable soil, they will firmly root into the soil. Another advantage of decapitation breeding is that it can restore the mother plant at the same time. After cutting the head, it will regenerate new growth points, and sometimes sprout many new shoots.