I have an extremely etiolated echeveria perle von nürnberg - see photo below… My super etiolated echeveria PVN We can make a comparison here to the more commonly seen etiolated growth patterns of succulents that receive inadequate light levels such as echeveria for example - that make the succulents stretch for light. After getting a new shelf in my kitchen, I moved it and it currently sits approximately half a metre away from my east facing french doors - the spacing between hearts has stretched out to 6cm. Here you can see the growth changes in one of my smaller string of hearts that I was keeping approximately one metre away from a west facing window - the hearts here were growing with an average gap of 3cm between hearts.

To the right the hearts are closer together from receiving brighter light! In addition to this string of hearts, I’ve been experimenting with a few of my plants I have multiples of ( …perhaps the number one sign of being a plant hoarder?!) monitoring growth habits in different environments etc.ĭid you know that the more light this ceropegia woodii receives, the closer together the hearts grow? You can see in this photo below, to the left are the strands that have been nearer the floor and received less light - therefore, more spaced out growth. This has meant that I have been able to monitor its growth habits closely, for the purpose of writing this post. A bit of an experiment…Ībove are some photos of my plant when it was younger… + please excuse the not-so brilliant photo quality here, these photos are a few years old! I have kept this plant in my bedroom - hanging off the picture rail next to my dressing table in one of my plant hangers. As the trend for hanging plants shows no sign of trailing off any time soon, I wanted to share some tips + tricks to help keep your hearts happy. If you are new to this plant, I’d suggest starting out with the regular version + not the variegated one, which needs brighter conditions to develop a pinky hue + can be a little more fussy. The internet has also been captivated by the newer addition of the variegated version which first appeared a few years ago + the ceropegia family in general seems to be ever-increasing in popularity too.

Hello new blog readers!I have been getting quite a few questions on string of hearts care over on my instagram so thought I’d refresh a post I wrote two years ago - I’ve added in some more tips I have found helpful in growing my string of hearts plants + getting them to thrive.Ī beautiful hanging succulent plant that is also known as a rosary vine or chain of hearts, the ceropegia woodii is often seen tumbling off the bookshelves of Instagram.

String of hearts plant soil