Gasteria carinata f. ‘variegata’ (variations on ea plant)

• Grower: blooming season, winter to late spring
• Light: light shade or high light, no direct sun but if exposed a pink color can develop
• Water: during hot summers the soil should be kept moist and during winter water only when the soil becomes completely dried out
• Soil type: well draining succulent growing medium. Humus-rich, sandy and sandy-loamy soils

ORIGIN / HISTORY

• Garden origin (nursery-produced cultivar)
• Gasteria carinata is related to Gasteria nitida which has bright orange-pink flowers blooming during summer
• Gasteria carinata leaf surface is quite coarse
• The typical habitat of original species consists of dry rocky hillsides
• Gasterias are usually encountered under tall emergent shrubs