Pickle Plant: A Little Green Plant with Plenty of Texture
Pickle Plant (Delosperma echinatum) earns its name from its plump, pickle-like leaves. Fine white bristles cover the bright green foliage, giving this small succulent a wonderfully textured look.
- 🥒 Pickle-shaped leaves make this plant easy to recognize
- ✨ Fine white bristles decorate the fleshy foliage
- 🌿 Slender branching stems can grow upright and trail as they lengthen
- 🌼 Small yellow flowers may add daisy-like accents in summer
Choose Pickle Plant for a bright spot where you can enjoy the details of its unusual leaves. It is a playful addition to a mixed succulent collection or a little pot of its own.
Care Tips
Light: Provide a bright, sunny position; introduce stronger sunlight gradually.
Water: Water moderately during active growth, allowing the mix to dry between waterings. Keep much drier in winter and never leave roots waterlogged.
Soil: Use a fast-draining cactus and succulent mix.
Potting: Choose a pot with drainage holes and space for its branching stems.
Temperature: Keep above 50°F (10°C) and protect from frost and cold drafts.
Humidity: Ordinary household humidity is suitable. Good airflow helps avoid damp conditions.
Shipping & Handling
- The 2 Inch Delosperma echinatum - Pickle Plant plants are shipped with the pot and soil
- The 4 Inch and larger plants are shipped bare roots without the pot and soil:
- You will receive a very similar plant to the one shown in the photos; shape and color may vary
- Ship within USA & its outlying territories only
- Please visit Order Processing & Shipping info page for additional details
Care Instructions
Please visit our Succulent Care info page for more details.
To ensure the health of succulents, it is important to plant them in porous, well-draining soil. Succulents require little watering, but don't like to sit in wet soil. To create an adequate cactus mix, simply add pumice, perlite, or grit to cactus soil to provide the proper drainage.
Make sure to leave drought periods between waterings to prevent the plant from water-logging.
Weather Conditions
- When ordering, be mindful that living succulents can be damaged by the cold weather.
- If you live in an area that is below 40°F, please add a shipping warmer to your order or consider purchasing plant until the weather is more suitable.
- Shipping Warmer: 72+ Hours Heat Packs available for $2.00 each
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