Portulacaria Species, False Portulacaria, Namaqua Porkbush, Namaqualand Ceraria

Central Phoenix -- My two-year old Ceraria namaquensis is doing well. It is planted in the ground and gets several hours of full summer ...Read Moresun in afternoon and lightly filtered shade in winter, but is slightly etiolated. It receives moderate water. It is said to be frost-hardy, but mine is protected under a 6 foot tall fabric cold frame so I can't judge that. My plant retains it leaves most of the year, probably due to the amount of water it gets.

Sad to report my plant didn't make it through summer 2016. I lost quite a few plants this summer, I think because of the very long period of higher than 100F temperatures.

Easy to grow ! Grows like a weed for me and I'm very new at gardening. Clippings from a neighbor and now I have a small bushel.
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Greenhouse grown, semi-deciduous in non-heated greenhouse, native to South Africa.