Elephant Bush: Small Leaves, Beautiful Branching
Bring a little tree-like charm to your collection with Portulacaria afra. Small, rounded leaves line branching reddish stems, creating a fresh, leafy display that looks lovely in a bright container.
- 🌳 Branching stems create a graceful miniature-tree outline
- 🍃 Small rounded leaves add delicate texture
- ❤️ Reddish young stems provide a lovely contrast
- 🪴 Shapely container growth can be gently pruned to suit your space
- 🎨 Regular, Variegated, and Rainbow options offer different looks according to the selected variety
Choose the variety you love from the available options. Give Elephant Bush a bright spot and a simple planter to show off its branching form.
Care Tips
Light: Provide strong light with some sun, introduced gradually. Protect variegated foliage from scorching afternoon heat.
Water: Let the upper inch of potting mix dry during active growth, then water and drain well. Allow more drying when growth slows or light is low.
Soil: Use a gritty, fast-draining succulent mix.
Potting: Choose a pot with drainage holes and repot when the roots need more room.
Humidity: Provide good airflow and avoid persistently damp foliage.
Temperature: Protect from frost and cold, wet conditions.
Shipping & Handling
- Most plants are shipped bare roots without the pot and soil, with the following exceptions:
- We commit to shipping bare roots, which requires more time and labor, and provide excellent quality and service to our customers - see Benefits of Shipping Bare Roots
- 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.
Allow the soil to dry to the level recommended in the Care Tips above before watering again. Always drain excess water.
Weather Conditions
- When ordering, be mindful that living succulents can freeze. If you live in an area that is below 40°F, please consider purchasing plant until the weather is more suitable.
- Shipping Warmer: 72+ Hours Heat Packs available at my store for $2.00 each
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