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Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: Up to 12 inches
Plant Spread: 3-5 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flower Color: White
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Fairy Washboard
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Haworthiopsis limifolia
  • Synonym: Haworthia limifolia

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Date: September 3, 2021
Location: At our garden - Tracy, CA
Date: 2011-06-07
This succulent multiples really fast!
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Date: 2014-10
have since 2013
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-10
Location: Fairfax, VA | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-21
Location: San Clemente
Date: 2023-03-11
Uploaded by Kaktus
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-07-05
Location: At our garden - Tracy, CA
Date: 2011-02-22
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-05-06
Zone 9b.
Location: Fairfax, VA | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-15
Location: Jakarta
Date: 2021-08-21
Flower and seedpod
Location: Plano, TX

Date: 2019-11-03
Location: Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Date: 2022-03-26
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: At our garden - Central Valley area, CA
Date: 2010-06-04
Flowers of Haworthia limifolia
Location: Fairfax, VA | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-15

Date: 2021-01-18
Location: BG Delft
Date: 2025-03-07

Date: 2021-01-18

Date: 2021-01-18

Date: November 4, 2020
Location: Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden, Osaka, Japan.
Photo by KENPEI
Uploaded by jeffgreen
Location: At our garden - Central Valley area, CA
Date: 2012-04-23
Haworthia limifolia - new bloom coming up Spring 2012
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Date: 2013-09
plant suckers: sends out surface roots where new pups sprout

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Comments:
  • Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jun 20, 2018 9:42 AM concerning plant:
    I have this in my succulent collection, growing on a baker's rack on my porch, where it gets bright light but is not rained on. I water it only by drops a week, like several others I have that prefer drier conditions in our south Louisiana humidity. It's now 3 years old and although small has multiplied by 2 root pups. It's a novelty plant like a Fairy's Castle that the grandkids enjoy checking on.
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