Propagate Fire Stick Succulent

You will need small pots a soilless medium to prevent rot and pathogens and a misting bottle.

Propagate fire stick succulent.

In this article i will share the tips and tricks i ve learned from personal experience that will help you grow and maintain your fire sticks succulents. How to remove a leaf for propagation. Great care must be taken when harvesting and planting these to avoid the sap but the cuttings root readily. Often referred to as a cactus the plant is actually a succulent that presents new.

The pencil cactus euphorbia tirucalli isn t a true cactus but a sun loving spineless succulent plant native to tropical areas of india and africa. This shrubby succulent has bright red pink orange or yellow stems. Pencil cactus is very easy to propagate with cuttings. The succulent has clumps of pencil like stems exhibiting an orangey red color that looks like it s on fire.

Fire sticks can grow to 20 or 30 feet tall with attractive red tips making it an excellent. Euphorbia tirucalli has pencil thin stems that turn a fire red color during the colder months. Firestick cactus or euphorbia tirucalli rosea is also known as sticks of fire sticks on fire or pencil tree. Aeoniums on the other hand only work with cuttings which means you can t propagate them with just a leaf.

Euphorbia tirucalli sticks on fire firesticks red pencil tree. Euphorbia tirucalli is native to africa but is widely distributed in different parts of the world. It is known by common names such as sticks on fire or firesticks pencil cactus and pencil tree. New growth is a dramatic red orange color looking something like sticks on fire.

The succulent plant commonly called fire sticks or sticks on fire is botanically known as euphorbia tirucalli v. For example most tender sedums and some echeverias can be propagated with either a leaf or a cutting though i use leaves for both. Pencil cactus plant is named for the thin somewhat brittle pencil like stems. The sticks of fire succulent was a one gallon specimen when i planted it about six years ago.

Now it needs serious tending almost twice a year. It adds thriller to succulent arrangements. It grows well in container gardens but due to its toxicity should not be planted where there is a lot of foot traffic. The plant s succulent nature allows it to survive very well in dry conditions as a houseplant or in the landscape.

The plant is mistaken for a cactus quite often as it resembles a dense cactus plant without the spines. Stems of the plant grow upright with only a few tiny leaves. Take cuttings with a sterile razor blade and let them dry for two days to form a callus.