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String Of Hearts in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Ceropegia linearis subsp. Woodii

 

String Of Hearts

This is a popular Ceropegia, its common names of Rosary Plant and Hearts Entangled will go someway to describing its appearance. It is a sparsely leaved, delicate plant, with long gaps between the leaves which set in pairs and grow from wiry stems. If planted in baskets, make sue it has plenty of room for the long, trailing stems.

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plant Features
  • String Of Hearts likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • String Of Hearts likes very little water

    Very little water

  • String Of Hearts is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • String Of Hearts likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

String Of Hearts

Latin name

Ceropegia linearis subsp. Woodii

type

Flowering plant

family

Apocynaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    String Of Hearts likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    String Of Hearts is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    String Of Hearts likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    String Of Hearts likes very little water

    Very little water

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown String Of Hearts is 1.50meters x 0.20meters 1.50 M 0.20 M

Ceropegia linearis subsp. Woodii

This is a popular Ceropegia, its common names of Rosary Plant and Hearts Entangled will go someway to describing its appearance. It is a sparsely leaved, delicate plant, with long gaps between the leaves which set in pairs and grow from wiry stems. If planted in baskets, make sue it has plenty of room for the long, trailing stems.


Propagation by cuttings

From Early Spring TO Late Summer

Eventually, even the healthiest of these plants will succumb to old age, and if you have more young plants to take its place, you will never have to be without. Cut the long stems into pieces with at least one leaf node on it, and taking a clump of about four or five stems, insert them into the center of a prepared pot of soil. The soil should be sterilized potting soil, preferably peat based, with the addition of about 50% perlite or pumice. You can use a rooting hormone such as Stimroot #2, or similar, and then cover the whole pot with a cloche or jam jar.

 

planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

It requires excellent drainage, should be watered only when dry, and should never stand in water. Excess water should be removed from plant saucer after watering. It can be grown outdoors only in subtropical and tropical areas, with a minimum temperature of 15 °C. Partial shading is useful when the plant is grown outdoors.

 
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