One giant mess and I love it!

I really like this plant. It grows fast, looks pretty, blooms, and no amount of direct sun is able to kill it. I wish all the plants were like this one.
Yes, it leaves quite a bit of mess too when the dry leaves from all those stems start to fall off, but it is a small price to pay.

Is it a Graptosedum? I think so. It has lovely, fleshy leaves covered in delicate farina (the white dust) that protects it from the sun and too much moisture too. The stems do not stay covered in leaves, though. They grow pretty fast and lose the older layer of leaves all year round - thus the mess.





Propagation is easy peasy too. Either way, you cut one of the long stems and stick it in soil to have a new, more tidy plant.

Or you pick some of the healthy leaves and leave them on top of the soil. New little plants will start to grow. It is a much longer process, but you can get many more plants from just one rosette. It often happens that some leaves fall while moving the plant, and they start growing roots even on bare tiles.

I have tried both, and both work with no issues.

There are also seeds, of course. That I did not try. That would mean almost a mass production, and I don't want any more of them. The other two methods are enough for me.

See how long the stems got? I should probably just trim them all and plant all over again. I am just a little lazy :p
The long brown hair are roots.

You can also notice that the bottom one is more green than the top ones. This happens when the leaves get less direct (if any) sun. Also in winter when it is cooler and there is less sun they grow more green with a little longer leaves. When summer comes they turn to this lovely pinkish bush.

Can you see the nasty little aphids on the flower? They show up as soon as the plant starts to bloom. The flowers are not exactly affected much; they open normally and dry up as always. But the little buggers drive me nuts as they like to move to another plant after they are done with this one.





And here is a little bonus. The little wild Oxalis moved in some tears ago to my pots and does not want to move out :p If I manage to pull it from one pot, it shows up in another.
And we have been playing this game for some years now :)

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_{Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos, graphics and text are my own.}