High Quality Aptenia cordifolia - baby sun rose - heart leaf iceplant one 6-8 inch cutting

Fresh cutting,. very hardy and easy to grow

Growing guide included and this is an easy succulent to grow from cuttingsThe first picture shows the flowers when in sunlight or bright light, the second phot shows how they close in the evening Aptenia cordifolia is a species of succulent plant in the iceplant family known by the common names heartleaf iceplant and baby sun rose.

Perhaps the most common plant seen under this name is actually Aptenia 'Red Apple', a hybrid with red flowers and bright green leaves, whose parents are A. cordifolia and A. (Platythyra) haeckeliana.

The true species of A. cordifolia has magenta purple flowers and more heart-shaped, mid-green, textured leaves. Native to southern Africa, this species has become widely known as an ornamental plant.�This is a mat-forming perennial herb growing in flat clumps on the ground from a woody base. Stems reach up to about 60 centimeters long.

The bright green leaves are generally heart-shaped and up to 3 centimeters long. They are covered in very fine bumps. Bright pink to purplish flowers appear in the leaf axils and are open during the day.�The fruit is a capsule just over a centimeter long. -