7/5/2023 0 Comments Blue chalk sticks![]() ![]() We also note those observations we have made of this plant as it grows in the nursery's garden and in other gardens, as well how crops have performed in our nursery field. Information displayed on this page about Senecio serpens is based on the research conducted about it in our library and from reliable online resources. Recent treatment of this plant in the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew databases has the current name of this plant as Curio repens but we continue to list it under its older more commonly used name for convenience and to avoid confusing our customers and staff. This plant is much smaller and slower growing than the similarly colored and more vigorous Senecio mandraliscae. ![]() ![]() The name Senecio comes from the Latin word 'senex' meaning "old" or "old man" in reference to its downy head of seeds and the specific epithet means "creeping". This plant comes from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and was first introduced into cultivation in 1710. This plant is a great small scale groundcover and while similar to the more common Senecio mandraliscae, it grows a bit tidier and lower, has smaller leaves and is far less vigorous. Small white flowers in few flowered corymbs rise just above the foliage summer through fall. The prostrate stems hold short powdery 1 to 2 inch long blue-green finger-like fleshy leaves. Senecio serpens (Blue Chalksticks) - A small succulent that hugs the ground, branching from the base, suckering from roots and rooting along the stems. ![]()
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