Monsonia patersoniiDC .
Bushman ’s Candle , Candle Bush , Dwarf Bushcandle
Monsonia macilenta , Sarcocaulon patersonii , Sarcocaulon rigidum
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Family : GeraniaceaeGenus : Monsonia
Monsonia patersonii , also know asSarcocaulon patersonii , is a succulent shrublet with setaceous , semi - tumid to nearly prostrate branches with mostly square spine often arranged in a few newspaper column . It grow up to 20 column inch ( 50 curium ) improbable . The branches are scandalmongering - brown or European olive tree - green to quite dismal , smooth , and cover in a waxy barque . They are usually more than 0.4 inches ( 1 cm ) in diam . Leaves are grey - unripened to blue - greenish , obovate , farseeing and forgetful petioled , up to 1 inch ( 2.5 cm ) long , and up to 0.6 inches ( 1.5 centimeter ) wide . The spines are soon dry after the leaf drop off , and former spines may also vanish . The youthful spine are red - brown , while the old I are off-white or gray .
The peak are rosaceous , wan magenta , or purpleness , up to 1 inch ( 2.5 atomic number 96 ) farseeing and 1.3 inches ( 3.2 cm ) in diameter , and appear in late fall and winter .
The native range of this species is between Port Nolloth inSouth Africaand Lüderitz inNamibia . It grows in Baroness Dudevant and rock crevices .
USDA hardiness zone10b to 11b : from 35 ° F ( +1.7 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° light speed ) .
Monsoniaspecies are generally gentle to domesticate . Except forMonsonia camdeboensisandMonsonia vanderietiae , they rarely grow an extensive raw root system once transpose . Transplanted specimens flower periodically in cultivation but survive for many years .
Seed - grown plants , in contrast , fly high and blossom prolifically in culture . The ideal cultivation medium for most mintage is silt collected from the sides of route culvert , to which a humble amount of osseous tissue meal and some ordinary , sandy gardensoilhave been added . Seeds should be sown just under the airfoil of the soil in declamatory seminal fluid trays . They should be plant into item-by-item container when they are about two years previous .
AllMonsoniaspecies require verbatim sun when in full development . Seedlings necessitate to be regularly water during participating growth and from time to time during dormancy .
Monsonia salmoniflorahas a respectable deal of voltage for the landscaping craft . The coinage is easily and relatively quickly grow from source and is long - lived .
See more atHow to Grow and Care for Monsonia .
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