Common Snakebush Complex
Seriphium plumosum
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Description
No description available.
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Species Characteristics
Tolerances & suitability
Drought-resistant
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Good potplant
Growth features
Easy to grow
Easy to grow
Fast-growing
Fast-growing
Aspect
Sun
Sun
Plant types
Ground cover
Ground cover
Shrub
Shrub
Succession
Pioneer species
Pioneer species
Soils
Flowering Period
- Brown
Jun
Jul
Aug
Propagation
By Seed
Seed is an option and is sown in autumn.
By Cutting
At Kirstenbosch slangbos is propagated vegetatively. Tip cuttings are taken in spring, treated with a rooting hormone and inserted into a 50% bark, 50% polystyrene medium and placed on 24°C bottom heat under a mist system. Rooting usually takes three weeks. Cuttings can also be rooted in coarse river sand in cold frames.
Nursery availability
No nursery stock found.