What are the common varieties of winter-growing succulent plants?

Winter-growing succulents are the opposite of summer-growing types; winter-growing succulents generally refer to succulents that go dormant in summer and grow in winter, spring and autumn. Many flower lovers are probably a bit torn about whether to choose winter-growing or summer-growing succulents, so this article mainly covers the genera and gives a few examples for reference.

What winter-growing succulent plants are there

Winter-growing succulents refer to succulents that grow vigorously in winter and enter dormancy in summer, and their dormant period is longer than that of other succulents.When the winter temperature is below 5°C, most succulents will be in a dormant state, even winter-growing types.

Common "winter-type" and "spring-autumn type" succulents (flower lovers can refer to them according to the family and genus of the succulents they grow):

1. Haworthia genus: common ones include Haworthia fasciata, Haworthia cymbiformis, Haworthia cooperi, Haworthia retusa, Haworthia 'Jincheng', Haworthia viscosa, Haworthia truncata, Haworthia maughanii, etc. (Haworthia cooperi only looks beautiful when grown enclosed; I've started giving it sun and it doesn't look great, but luckily I'm a good owner who loves to ask questions, so now it looks lovely).

2. Bowiea genus: common ones include Bowiea volubilis (mine is a small Bowiea volubilis), etc.

3. Gasteria genus: common ones include Gasteria 'Tiger's Scroll', Gasteria 'Zibao', Gasteria armstrongii, Gasteria 'Zhaoji', Gasteria 'Dinosaur', Gasteria 'Liuli Dian', etc.

4. Crassula genus: common ones include Crassula 'Ba', Crassula 'Yuchun', Crassula rupestris (green tower), Crassula 'Duxing', Crassula 'Lü Qianhui', Crassula 'Xing Yinü', Crassula 'Dragon Palace City', Crassula 'Li Que', etc.

5. Sedum genus (spring-autumn type): common ones include Sedum adolphi, Sempervivum 'Guanyin Lian', Sedum morganianum, Sedum pachyphyllum, Sedum 'Baqiandai', Sedum rubrotinctum, Sedum makinoi, etc.

6. Aeonium genus (spring-autumn type): Aeonium 'Cancan', Aeonium 'Huaye Hanyueye', Aeonium 'Airan Jin', Aeonium 'Mingjing', Aeonium 'Yanri Hui', Aeonium 'Xiying', Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop', etc. (Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' really droops its leaves as soon as the weather gets hot and it gets sun; but it has strong vitality and immediately becomes lively once moved to a cool, bright, indirect spot).

7. Conophytum genus: Conophytum 'Shaojiang', Conophytum 'Jiguang', Conophytum 'Guangyuan Shi', Conophytum 'Tianshi'.

8. Pleiospilos genus (spring-autumn type): common ones include Pleiospilos nelii, Pleiospilos 'Qingluan', Pleiospilos 'Fengluan', etc.