Prefer a very sandy and rocky soil, preferably in shallow pots that won’t retain moisture or allow moisture to become stagnant. Water once fortnightly in summer, and once every 2 months in winter 1.
Seeds are difficult to germinate, the best chance of propagation is by dividing the offshoots that the main plant will grow.
These estimates for how long Living stones takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
Average 7 days | Min 6 days | Max 16 days (5)
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From the Ancient Greek: “Lithos” means stone, stone-like or stone appearance and “opsis” means face, so the translation is “stone-face”.
Pebble plant, Lithops, stone plant, living stone, beeskloutjies, perdeklou
1 http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantklm/lithops.htm