Senecio herreianus 'Purple flush' is a cultivar of Senecio herreianus Dinter. This cultivar can develop beautiful, purple colouration when exposed to strong light.
Formerly widely known as Kleinia gomphophylla, is a popular hanging plant with oval pointed bead-like leaves on long, hanging sprout axils. It is similar to the more common Senecio rowleyanus, which has the same common names. The leaves are larger, less globular, more elongate (shaped like a spindle), and more glaucous. The stems are thicker, stiffer, and somewhat more erect. The evenly spaced leaves form a seemingly endless chain of beads as they creep along the soil. The white feather-duster flowers are very similar too. It is ften misspelled "herrerianus") It is a dwarf, rhizomatous, evergreen, perennial, slightly branched,leaf-succulent It grows low- lying or creeping with partially upright shoots branching mainly below soil-level and will be pendant or scandent with time. Form large clusters over time, and if grown in a rockery will root down along the whole lengths of its stems.
Genus name: in Latin Senecio means 'old man'. This name, used by Pliny, is in reference to the plant becoming grey and hairy when fruiting.
Senecio herreianus 'Purple flush'
Senecio herreianus 'Purple flush' comes in following sizes:
baby (XS) - is approx. 10cm tall, and comes in a ø 6cm pot
