I have exciting news from my garden. The rosary plant has flower buds! I’m excited because my rosary plants don’t all bloom reliably every year.
Rosary plants, or Crassula rupestris, have low-water growing requirements similar to other succulents, but prefer partial to deep shade. I love these little succulent plants. I’ve got them spread out around the patio filling in pots. Rosary plants are great for filling in bare spots in containers of other succulents, and their small flowers add visual interest.
This one is in a tiny pot about 3 inches across. It is on the north side of the house. I don’t think it gets any sun at all in that spot and it seems pretty happy with this location. It has been ‘established’ in that pot for a few years so I think that’s why I am getting flowers. My cuttings seem to need a few years to get growing before they feel like flowering.
The flower springs get large in proportion to the plant but they look like your basic crassula flower.