Sandys Nursery Online Oyster Plant, also called Moses In The Boat 3 inch pot Oysterplant seems to prefer light shade, but it grows well in bright sun as well as in fairly dim light. Make a great house plant. Use this plant for banks and slopes, shrub border edging, and especially under trees and in other full/ part-shade locations. A clumping form and fleshy leaves that are green above and reddish-purple below. Oyster Plant, also called Moses In The Boat. Ships: (1) 3 inch pot with soil.