10 succulent flowering plants

For many, cactus flowers are the most beautiful of all that succulents can have, but the truth is that succulent plants also have them beautiful. Depending on the species, the shape, size and color vary a lot, so it is very easy, for example, to create very colorful compositions.

In addition, many of the succulent flowering plants with high ornamental value are suitable for growing in pots or plantersas they are rather small.

Crassula ovata

La Crassula ovata, known as the Jade tree, is a shrubby plant that reaches a height of 1 or 1,5 meters. The branches are fleshy, as well as the leaves, which are also green. Its flowers are white-pink and appear in terminal inflorescences towards the end of summer.. In addition, it is able to withstand weak frosts down to -2ºC.

echeveria elegans

La echeveria elegans It is a succulent plant with fleshy bluish-green leaves that grow to form a rosette about 10 centimeters in diameter and 3-5 centimeters high. It has a tendency to produce many suckers, called stolons, so it is advisable to grow in pots that are wide and rather low since their roots are short. The flowers arise from a pink stem 10 centimeters long, and are pink and yellow, one centimeter. Supports up to -2ºC.

aurantiaca fenestraria

La aurantiaca fenestraria This is known as a window-plant, since its leaves, although they can be almost completely buried by the desert sand, if the upper part is exposed, it can absorb sunlight and make the most of it. These are tubular, greenish in color, from their center 1,5 cm white or yellow flowers sprout in summer. It is very sensitive to cold, so if it drops below 5ºC you will need protection.

Frithia pulchra

La Frithia pulchra it is another type of window plant. The leaves are tubular, with a height of no more than 6 centimeters and a width of up to 20 centimeters. And the most interesting thing is that lilac flowers 1,5 centimeters in diameter sprout from the center in summer. The downside is that it is sensitive to frost.

Pachyphytum oviferum

El Pachyphytum oviferum It is a crass plant known as moonstone or pachifito. It grows to 10-15 centimeters in height, and has fleshy, very thick, green leaves covered by a whitish wax. During spring it produces bell-shaped flowers, and they are greenish-white.. It can withstand frosts down to -1ºC, but you must bear in mind that hail damages its leaves.

Rhodiola rosea

La Rhodiola rosea, known as rhodiola, It is a succulent plant with orange male flowers and purple or garnet female flowers.. Indeed: it is a dioecious plant, and to obtain seeds it is necessary that there be a male and a female specimen blooming at the same time. The height of the plant is 30 centimeters, and its leaves are green, fleshy, and spirally distributed along the stem. Supports up to -10ºC.

sedum morganianum

El sedum morganianum, or sedum burrito as it is sometimes known, is a hanging succulent that develops stems up to 30 centimeters long, and from which greenish-blue lanceolate leaves sprout. Its flowers are very small, pink or red, and sprout from the ends of the stems during the summer. It supports very mild frosts down to -1ºC, but it is better that it is not outside if it drops below 0 degrees.

Sempervivum tectorum

El Sempervivum tectorum, known as the rooftop evergreen, is a small succulent plant that reaches 5 centimeters in height and forms groups about 30 centimeters wide. Its leaves are more or less triangular, green with red tips, and flowers arise from stems that double the height of the plant in summer. It supports moderate frosts very well, down to -15ºC.

Stapelia grandiflora

La Stapelia grandiflora It is a plant that develops tubular stems with green, jagged margins that can grow to between 10 and 15 centimeters in height. The flowers are, as the surname suggests, large and bloom in summer. In fact, they measure about 20-30 centimeters in diameter and are lilac in color.. On the margin of its petals it has numerous soft white hairs. Because it is very sensitive to low temperatures, it is necessary to keep it at home during the winter.

x Pachyveria glauca

It is a hybrid between Pachyphytum hookeri and Echeveria sp that grows over 7-10 centimeters in height. The leaves are bluish-green, lanceolate and fleshy. Throughout its life it produces many suckers, so it is interesting to grow it in a wide pot. It blooms in summer, and when it does, a flower stalk sprouts from the center of the rosette that is about 20 inches tall. The flowers have the petals pink on the outside and yellow on the inside, and they measure 1 centimeter. It is a plant that supports up to -2ºC as long as they are specific and short-lived frosts.

Do you know other succulent plants with showy flowers?