Starts easily from cuttings. Will grow in full sun or dappled shade. Great to grow in hanging baskets. Keep the soil on the dry side. Too much moisture can cause the roots to rot.
Bring your containers indoors when temperature drops below 50 degrees F (10 degrees C).
This plant may only last 2 to 3 years, therefore, it is advisable to take cuttings from older plants and renew your containers.
Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Baby sunrose is a tender plant.These estimates for how long Baby sunrose takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
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The genus name means “middle embryo flower” because of the position of the ovary in the flower.2
Dew plant, Heartleaf ice plant, Heart leaf iceplant, Creeping Charlie, Heartleaf Iceplant
Aptenia cordifolia (L. f.) Schwant., Mesembryanthemum cordifolium, litocarpus cordifolius
1 Baby sun rose on PlantzAfrica
2 missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=f211