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Graptopetalum paraguayense
OPAL GREY
Beautiful grey-tone leaves tinted with opal and amethysts, are arranged in whorls and rosettes on stiff, creeping or hanging stems. This is a very unique foliage color that is almost like a vegetable "mother of pearl," and is a great contrast among the other, more common, green tints of plants. It can take full sun in cooler, coastal climates, but really appreciates some shade. Probably one of the prettiest plantings of it that I've seen, is where it was growing, cascading down, an old adobe wall, rooting-in along its stems, its ghostly foliage spilling over the rich, earthy tones of the adobe- and it was happy under a lot of shade from shrubbery above it, and the house immediately next to it!.. Hardy from the mid to high 20's; never exceeding 2-3 inches in height, but spreading up to 2 to 3 feet in time. Likes regular garden watering, good drainage, but will tolerate long intervals without watering if necessary. Best hanging over the edges of containers or tucked into the nooks and crannies of rock gardens and walls.
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