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Growth Habits

An intergeneric hybrid of Graptopetalum and Echeveria. The growing season is in summer; it likes a warm, dry environment with plenty of sunlight. It is not cold-tolerant, and tolerates drought and partial shade.

Favorite temperature: 18-24°C

Watering: once a week during the growing season

Light: full sun

Propagation: cuttings

Pests and diseases: rust, black vine weevil

Combination suggestion: Graptopetalum filiferum, Echeveria 'Perle von Nurnberg'

Planting and Care Tips for Silver Star

Care Tips for Silver Star

Potting soil: repot every spring, using a mixed soil of peat soil, potting soil and coarse sand, plus a small amount of bone meal. During the growing season in spring and summer, keep the potting soil moist.

Fertilizing: fertilize once a month, or use a special succulent fertilizer. When it goes dormant in summer, stop fertilizing and keep the potting soil slightly dry.

Leaf rosette: it blooms in spring and summer, sending up a flower stalk from the center of the rosette-shaped leaf disk, and after flowering the leaf disk gradually withers and dies. To protect the leaf disk, promptly cut off the bolting stalk.

Propagation Methods for Silver Star

Cuttings: can be done all year round, with spring and autumn being preferable. For the heading method, use the rosette-shaped top shoot, insert it into a sand bed, and keep the room temperature at 20-24°C; roots will form 15-20 days after insertion. You can also use mature leaves, laid flat or inserted obliquely in the sand bed; roots will form about 10 days after insertion.