Perennials, Tropicals > Haworthia > Haworthia minima > Haworthia minima
Haworthia minima
Dwarf Haworthia
Origin: South Africa.
| Family |
| Asphodelaceae |
| Genus |
| Haworthia |
| Species |
| minima |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10a - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season protection under glass. |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -1 - 5 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 30 - 40 |
| Height |
| 15 cm |
| Spread |
| 2 - 10 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Ornamental use, rock gardens and container planting. |
| Cultivation |
| Light shade. Well-drained soil with a pH of 6.1 - 6.5 (mildly acidic). |
| Shape |
| Small and clump-forming. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Leaf Description |
| Hard and fleshy Wide at the base and come to a point and covered with tubercles. |
| Flower Description |
| Produces flowers in the summer. |
| Colour Description |
| The leaves are a bluish-green. The tubercles are white. The flowers are white with pink tips. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. The A.M. Cuddy Gardens, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada as a potted seasonal. |
| Propagation |
| Seed and division. |
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