Want a different kind of succulent for your yard, indoors or out? A Haworthia plant might be fun to try. You can pick from a lot of different kinds of this well-known plant. Melissa Strauss, a gardening expert, talks about the many kinds of Haworthia plants you can grow in this piece.
Haworthia are beautiful small tropical plants that come from Southern Africa. In terms of how much care they need, they are a lot like Aloe and Echeveria. If you put them somewhere warm and water them once in a while, they will be easy to grow and take care of.
The Haworthia plant is great for the home because it is small and easy to take care of. They do like living outside, though, so this is a great plant to keep outside in the summer and bring inside to sit by a sunny window in the fall and winter.
If you live somewhere that doesn’t get freezing, you can leave these plants outside all year or put them in the ground. Haworthia plants grow slowly, so you should fertilize them in the spring to get them ready for the busy growing season.
As long as they are kept in a container that drains well, they like to be watered often while they are growing. Let’s look at some different kinds of this pretty little plant.
1. Baker Haworthia
Scientific Name: Haworthia bolusii
- Bloom Time: Late Spring
- Geographical Location: Africa
- Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Part Sun
- Plant Zone: 9-11
Baker, whose scientific name is bolusii haworthia, looks like a round, soft ball. In this type, the leaves are grouped in a neat rosette shape. The leaves of this type of haworthia are smaller and more delicate than those of many other types.
They are a light green color and have a small sheen to them. The most interesting thing about bolusii is the fine spines that look like hairs that cover the back and sides of the leaves that curve inward. This gives the plant a hairy look all over.
The plant’s spines protect it from the sun and heat. In the spring, Baker grows tall flower clusters that can be up to 20 inches tall. These flower stems are thin and hold small, white flowers with reddish-brown veins.
2. Cathedral Window
Scientific Name: Haworthia cymbiformis
- Bloom Time: Late Spring
- Geographical Location: Africa
- Sun Exposure: Part Sun
- Plant Zone: 9-11
Cathedral Window, which is also known as Boat-Formed Haworthia, is a very pretty and well-shaped type. It has rosettes that are 4 inches wide and are all the same shape.
They make a lot of offsets, which quickly grow into a mound of these pretty flower-like forms. Cathedral is a succulent plant that blooms in late spring. A flower stalk about 8 inches tall grows from each cluster.
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The flowers are round and pale pink, with greenish-brown lines going through them. When the leaves are in full sunlight for a long time, they blush, which gives the edges a light pink color.
3. Crowded Haworthia
Scientific Name: Haworthiopsis coarctata
- Bloom Time: Late Spring
- Geographical Location: Africa
- Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Part Sun
- Plant Zone: 9-11
This type of Haworthia is called “Crowded Haworthia” because it tends to make a lot of offsets. It is a great filler plant because it will quickly fill in any empty places. The coarctata plant grows in a tight rosette shape, getting longer than it is wide.
The ends of the leaves curl inward, which keeps the plant small. This plant will turn red and purple when it is happy and worried. It does this in both full sunlight and cooler weather.
It will grow tall flower spikes with tiny, tube-shaped, greenish-white flowers in the spring. There are small white bumps all over the thick leaves of Crowded Haworthia that look like lines.
4. Concolor
Scientific Name: Haworthiopsis attenuata ‘Concolor’
- Bloom Time: Late Spring
- Geographical Location: Africa
- Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Part Sun
- Plant Zone: 9-11
This type is a great plant for people who are new to gardening. It likes being ignored, which makes it very easy to take care of. Concolor is a very pretty type.
The leaves are longer and thinner, and the bright lime green center gets darker as you move toward the edges. There are white spots all over the leaves, with more of them near the edges. In general, Haworthia can handle a lot of heat.
However, they go silent in the middle of summer, which means they slow their growth when it gets too hot for new growth. In the spring, Concolor grows thin flower spikes with small, white blooms.
5. Cooper’s Haworthia
Scientific Name: Haworthia cooperi
- Bloom Time: Summer
- Geographical Location: Africa
- Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Part Sun
- Plant Zone: 9-11
Cooper’s Haworthia is a fun plant species with leaves that look see-through, especially near the ends. It looks like these big, juicy leaves are full of Jell-O. They are a light green color with darker green veins running through them.
Because these plants are clear, light can pass through them, giving them a unique glow when they are lit from behind. This species does better with bright light that comes from behind it than with full sun.
In the wild, it grows best where there is some shade. This makes it a great plant for inside. It is best to get three to four hours of strong sunlight in the morning and shade in the afternoon.
6. Fairies Washboard
Scientific Name: Haworthiopsis limifolia
- Bloom Time: Summer
- Geographical Location: Africa
- Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Part Sun
- Plant Zone: 9-11
This cute type of Haworthia grows quickly but stays pretty small, which is why the name refers to small animals in the woods. Fairies Washboard comes in both solid colors and patterns that change colors, running from dark green to almost yellow.
The variegated version is especially fun because it has bright yellow stripes that run along the length of the plant. This species’ leaves grow in a rosette shape that is a bit twisting, which is a very interesting feature.
From the base to the tip of the leaves, there are horizontal lines that make this plant very interesting to look at. When non-variegated types’ leaves turn yellow, it means they need more sunlight. The plant needs the most water in the summer, when it grows the most.
7. Horse’s Teeth
Scientific Name: Haworthiopsis truncata
- Bloom Time: Late Spring
- Geographical Location: Africa
- Sun Exposure: Part Sun
- Plant Zone: 9-11
Like the formal name says, this species’ leaves look like they were cut off in the middle. The leaves’ tops are flat, and the shape of the whole plant is rectangle, like a horse’s teeth. These short leaves don’t grow in a rosette shape; instead, they grow in tight rows.
Seeing the color of the leaves is an easy way to tell if this plant is getting enough sunlight. When leaves get too much sun, they will blush and then turn yellow or white. This plant would rather be out of the hot afternoon sun. It blooms with long flower stalks that are white in late spring.
8. Koelmaniorum Haworthia
Scientific Name: Haworthiopsis koelmaniorum
- Bloom Time: Summer
- Geographical Location: Africa
- Sun Exposure: Part Sun
- Plant Zone: 9-11
The color of Koelmaniorum’s leaves is what makes it stand out. Most Haworthia are different shades of green that turn pink in the sun. This one, on the other hand, is a deep blood-red brown color at first.
The leaves are thick and swollen, and the tops of them look like they are cracked. It kind of looks like an old piece of red clay or painted metal. This type of plant does better when there is less light. Some shade is best, but more light will make the colors stand out more.
The Koelmaniorum plant grows slowly and needs more water in the spring and fall when it grows the most. The flower stalks are a unique shade of olive green with a red tint, and the flowers are small, tube-shaped, white with brownish-red lines.
9. Moon Shadow
Scientific Name: Haworthiopsis bayeri
- Bloom Time: Summer
- Geographical Location: Africa
- Sun Exposure: Part Shade
- Plant Zone: 9-11
Moon Shadow is one of the Haworthia species that can handle cold weather better. Also, it likes less light than a lot of other species. It blooms in the middle of summer and has tall flower spikes with white flowers.
People want this species most for its leaves, which have unique patterns. The leaves are flattened on top and are see-through like Cooper’s.
They are a deeper green color with a little red at the tips. The red makes the color stand out more in bright sunlight. There are also white veins on the leaves that give them more depth. This type looks great and is very popular.
10. Paper Rose
Scientific Name: Haworthiopsis arachnoidea
- Bloom Time: Summer
- Geographical Location: Africa
- Sun Exposure: Part Sun
- Plant Zone: 9-11
Paper Rose is a small Haworthia plant with long, narrow leaves that end in a point. It grows in a thick rosette. The tips of the leaves are covered with clear spines that look like hairs. This makes the plant look fuzzy, like many of its relatives.
Like other kinds, this one has small white flowers in the summer. Paper Rose shrinks and pulls its leaves together at the top when the flowers die. This is the start of the plant’s dormant time, so don’t water it too much. The leaves of this species are light green, and it likes some shade.