A popular house plant. It is quite robust if not watered for some time, hence the common name. Glossy, thick, dark green leaves. It produces singly, fleshy, broadly bell-shaped cream flowers with maroon insides in early summer.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Low
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- One
- Size
- Grass and Groundcover
- Zones
- Semi-arid with summer rain, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Regions
- Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Shady
- Flowering seasons
- Summer
- Colours
- Green, White, Purple