![Graptopetalum paraguayense](https://www.nurseriesonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/graptopetalum-paraguayense.jpg)
Crassulaceae
Graptopetalum paraguayense is known as the ‘Mother of Pearl Plant’ or ‘Ghost Plant’.
A native of Mexico, is a small (to 0.2m) perennial succulent with dense rosettes of grey leaves on fleshy stems with a pinkish/reddish tinge and a silvery bloom.
Foliage on stems appears erect and then bends or droops with time.
Spring flowering, with near white long lasting star shaped flowers.
Graptopetalum paraguayense Care
![Graptopetalum paraguayense 'Superbum'](https://www.nurseriesonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/graptopetalum-paraguayense-superbum.jpg)
Requires full sun and a well drained soil, can be grown in the rock garden or in pots. This is a fairly cold hardy succulent that naturally spreads to form a clump.
- Well drained sandy soil.
- Full sun to light shade in warmer climates.
- Excellent in hanging baskets.
Propagation
This is a species that produces offsets regularly so propagation is easy in this manner. Also easy from stem or leaf cuttings, also possible from seeds
Varieties
- Graptopetalum paraguayense ‘Superbum’ (pictured right)
- Graptopetalum paraguayense ssp. bernalense