Sold as 3 Baby Sun Rose Cuttings. Baby Sun Rose (Mesembryanthemum cordifolium), formerly known as Aptenia cordifolia, is an evergreen and rapidly growing succulent in the iceplant family. It is a low-growing ground cover succulent that forms a dense mat with many branching stems that emerge from a woody base.
The fleshy stems reach up to 15 cm. The succulent leaves are fleshy and bright green, have a flat, oval to heart-shaped form and are up 3 cm long. The plant It develops small, pinkish-purple blossoms with yellow centers in the leaf axils.
Common names: baby sun rose, red aptenia (Eng.); rooi brakvygie, brakvygie (Afr.); Ibohlololo, uncolozi omncane (Zulu)
Planting the Baby Sun Rose Cuttings
- Fill a container with potting soil or cactus potting mix. Leave a space of about 2 inches from the top.
- Insert the cuttings into the potting mix and cover the tips with more cactus soil.
- Keep them moist but not overly wet.
- Once the cuttings take root, you will see new growth forming.













