Plant database entry for Elephant Bush (Portulacaria afra 'Prostrate Form') with 4 images, one comment, and 16 data details. After rain it is covered in clear pink to rosy mauve flowers.

Portulacaria afra 'Minima' ('Prostrata', 'Decumbent', "low form" or "elephant mat"). Water wise. Thank you, Kate ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS: The red berries will attract birds such as the robins, white-eyes, thrushes barbets and bulbuls.

Consider hanging several to give your patio a sense of abundant, pendant greenery portulacaria afra prostrata is known by the common name of dwarf elephant food, but as long as you don't have a pet pachyderm, you shouldn't have to worry about anything treating your hanging plant as a meal Rainbow bush (Portulacaria afra ‘Variegata’) Photo: uhlig-kakteen.de. Portulacaria Afra-’Elephant Bush’ is native to South Africa. They have a beautiful green leaf with a red stem and they look great combined with other succulents. First appeared as a sport of 'Variegata' and is smaller overall, with dainty green leaves.

In … Plant Description: Portulacaria afra “prostrata”, a fairly hardy, pretty, succulent groundcover is a variety of Portulacaria afra that can become a small tree.It has attractive round, glossy leaves on long arching succulent branches. Groundcover succulent with a creeping habit – stays low. Indigenous to South Africa. Notice: Ask-a-Vet is an affiliated service for those who wish to speak with a veterinary professional about their pet's specific condition. Portulacaria afra (known as elephant bush, dwarf jade plant, porkbush and spekboom in Afrikaans) is a small-leaved succulent plant found in South Africa.These succulents commonly have a reddish stem and leaves that are green, but also a variegated cultivar is often seen in cultivation. They serve as food for elephants and other wildlife in their native habitat and can grow up to 20 feet tall. A group of elephants can quickly strip all the leaves and smaller branches in a single feeding, but the regenerative property of the Portulacaria is so great that within two weeks the branches will have regrown lush new greenery. Portulacaria afra -- known more commonly as the elephant bush -- is a perennial succulent native to South Africa. Dwarf Jade Plant, Portulacaria Afra is a great succulent for terrariums. For more information about succulents and pets, just click on this image anywhere on this site.

Other names of Portulacaria Afra … Succulents known to be toxic to cats include Euphorbias, Kalanchoes, Jade Plants, Aloe, and Senecio species.

They have a beautiful green leaf with a red stem and they look great combined with other succulents.

Portulacaria afra sometimes is confused with Crassula ovata (Jade plant) because the plants look alike, but portulacaria leaves are smaller and the stems are wiry. Useful for binding the soil.

Portulacaria afra is non-toxic and safe to grow around cats and dogs as well as small children — even the nibblers! I have a beautiful Porkbush plant, but I also have cats who are more important. If you are planning to make a succulent terrarium you should seriously consider adding a Dwarf Jade Plant. It is sometimes referred to as a dwarf jade plant. Asparagus densiflorus ‘Meyersii’ ... long branches bearing small leaves and resembling a cat’s tail. Notice: Ask-a-Vet is an affiliated service for those who wish to speak with a veterinary professional about their pet's specific condition.