Lithops hookeri v hookeri - Living Stones - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Plastic Growing Bags

Lithops hookeri v hookeri - Living Stones - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Plastic Growing BagsLithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words lithos, meaning "stone," ops, meaning "face," referring to the stone like appearance of the plants. They avoid being eaten by blending in with surrounding rocks and are often known as pebble plants or living stones. The formation of the name from the Greek " ops" means that even

silhouetted by the setting sun

borne in clusters

but will grow to over 500kgs

igola) often strip this tree bare of foliage - one stage in a natural cycle

wasps and beetles

Plants need summer resting period

like its Allium cousins

coloured from white to pale purple

1-2m branched shrub

Seeds are mildly hot

frilled and often darker at the base of the petals

Sow Autumn