String Of Hearts : A Sweet Succulent-Like Trailing Houseplant
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Joy Us garden
(IC: blogger)
This trailing houseplant is durable & easy as can be to care for.
Oh sweet little String Of Hearts, many people think you’re a succulent but you aren’t. This trailing houseplant is durable, easy as can be and the care is similar to a fleshy succulent but it shares the same family with another plant I love, the Hoya. They are both considered to be a succulent vine. The botanic moniker is Ceropegia woodii but it also goes by Rosary Vine or Chain Of Hearts.
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This unusual beauty with heart-shaped foliage, hence the name, came with me when I moved from Santa Barbara to Tucson. In the 4 months that I’ve lived here, this plant (which hangs in my pink grapefruit tree) has grown like the dickens. The trails were all about about 12″ long and now the longest are 43″. I’ve fast discovered that Rosary Vine loves the heat!
Although a healthy String Of Hearts has a lot of foliage on many stems, it’s not a full and bushy vine. It stays on the wispy side but this, along with the flowers, are a big part of its appeal. Mine got hopelessly tangled on the 9 hour “car crammed full of plants drive” to my new home and that way it’ll stay. Tangles and all, it’s doing just fine.
Hardiness: Mine lived outdoors in Santa Barbara where the winter temps could dip into the high 30’s F, low 40’s. I read somewhere that it’s hardy to 25F so I plan on leaving outside here in Tucson & see what happens.
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Published October 18th, 2016 5:00 PM
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Marcy on Oct 19, 2016I've just been given a very small version of this. Can't wait for mine to look like your beautiful string of hearts.
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