How To Care For & Propagate Burro's Tail
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Joy Us garden
(IC: blogger)
In this post I'm going to tell you how I care for and propagate my Sedum morganianum or Burro's Tail, Donkey's Tail or Horse's Tail.
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You Might Know This Fascinating Succulent As Donkey's Tail
This plant eventually grows to 4 long which will take around 6 years or so. As it grows it gets very thick with those trailing stems heavily laden with overlapping plump, juicy leaves which form a groovy braided pattern. As you can imagine, a mature plant gets very heavy. This plant is not for a flimsy pot with a flimsy hanger. It's best grown in a hanging basket, in a large pot like mine, in a pot that hangs against a wall or trailing out of a rock garden.
To have your Burro's Tail flower is rare. Mine bloomed for the first time ever this year although there were only 3 clusters on that big ole plant.
You can also propagate it with the individual leaves. Baby plants are emerging where the leaf meets the stem. Simply lay the leaves on top of your cactus & succulent mix & they'll root in. Keep it on the dry side.
Here's the foliage up close so you can see that braided pattern formed by how the leaves grow.
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Published April 15th, 2016 1:28 PM
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Anna on Apr 19, 2016Thank you very much for this wonderful information. My friend gave me a piece of her Donkey's Tail about 3 years ago. I also planted it in pot attached to the wall. It has grown beautiful, and have bloomed this year for the first time. Sadly my friend passed away in October last year. It would've been nice if she could see it. She always commented on how healthy my plants were. I'm from South Africa.
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Joy Us garden on Apr 19, 2016@Anna It's wonderful how plants remind us of certain people & I'm sure you'll take good care of that Burro's Tail in memory of your friend. I live in Southern California where some plants native to South Africa grow. I've always wanted to visit there! Nell
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Karen on Apr 20, 2016In CT mine summer's outdoors. But the sparrows have started to eat the leaves! The whole top of the plant is bare and looks very unattractive.
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Joy Us garden on Aug 13, 2020
Oh dear!
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really enjoyed your video! Would this be an ideal outside plant in Ohio’s cold winter?