page_title: Curio rowleyanus
section_title: Cultivation
hierarchical_section_title: Curio rowleyanus / Cultivation
caption_attribution_description: Senecio rowleyanus, commonly called String-of-Pearls or String-of-Beads, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to southwest Africa. S. rowleyanus grows long, trailing stems of spherical leaves. The flowers are pale and brushlike. It is cultivated indoors as an ornamental plant for hanging baskets. The fleshy leaves are poisonous and should not be consumed.
context_page_description: Curio rowleyanus, syn. Senecio rowleyanus, is a flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is a creeping, perennial, succulent vine native to the drier parts of southwest Africa. In its natural environment its stems trail on the ground, rooting where they touch and forming dense mats. It often avoids direct sunlight by growing in the shade of other plants and rocks. It is commonly known as string-of-pearls or string-of-beads.
  "String-of-beads" and several other common names are shared with Curio herreanus, which has teardrop-shaped leaves, rather than spherical.
context_section_description: Curio rowleyanus is commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is typically displayed in hanging baskets with the leaves cascading over the edge of the container. It can be grown indoors or outdoors (above freezing temperature) and is considered to be low maintenance. 
  Like most succulents, it requires very infrequent watering (about once a month), a few hours of direct sunlight and is not affected by humidity. Good soil drainage is essential to prevent root rot, so sandy soil is recommended. This plant can be propagated easily by cutting or pinching off 4 inches of healthy stem tip and lightly covering them with moist potting mix. The roots will quickly develop from where the leaves are attached to the stem.
caption: Its disco ball-shaped flowers.
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