Portulacaria, Variegated Elephant Bush

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Description

The Variegated Elephant Brush is a succulent with dense branching and maroon-colored stems, decorated with small, variegated green and white leaves. In its natural habitat, it blooms with small, rosy pink to mauve flowers in tight clusters along the branches in late spring or early summer, although it seldom flowers when cultivated. At maturity this succulent can grow to measure up to 10 feet long. It prefers well-draining soil, with full sunlight and low watering. The Variegated Elephant Brush has hardiness zones from 10 to 11.