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Grendelion in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Dorstenia foetida

 

Grendelion

Dorstenia are native to north east Africa. They form a caudex (a stem at the base from which the leaves grow) just above the soil. Some have upward-facing branches. The leaves are attractive, and non-succulent,of various shapes depending on the species. Some have sunflower- like flowers that can spray seeds all over your greenhouse.

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plant Features
  • Grendelion likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Grendelion likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Grendelion is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Grendelion likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Grendelion

Latin name

Dorstenia foetida

type

Succulent

family

Moraceae

ph

6.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Grendelion likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Grendelion is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Grendelion likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Grendelion likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Grendelion is 0.35meters x 0.35meters 0.35 M 0.35 M

Dorstenia foetida

Dorstenia are native to north east Africa. They form a caudex (a stem at the base from which the leaves grow) just above the soil. Some have upward-facing branches. The leaves are attractive, and non-succulent,of various shapes depending on the species. Some have sunflower- like flowers that can spray seeds all over your greenhouse.


Flowering

From Late Spring TO Mid Autumn

Dorstenia have pseudanthium - or false flowers - in colours varying from green to yellow, red, brown or purple, and in various forms, according to the variety. The flowers are followed by drupes, some varieties have drupes that "explode" scattering the seeds quite a distance

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant in free-draining soil or compost, and if container grown, place on a bright window-sill

 

Propagating by seed

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Most varieties of dorstenia are self-fertile, and many scatter their seeds explosively when they are ripe, and so new plants may appear without having been sown deliberately. Seed can also be sown in pots in Spring in damp, (not wet) free-draining compost

 
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