Meet Niko! In addition to its unique foliage, string of pearls can produce tiny … But by doing so, the lighter-gauge string would have more distance to travel to contact the top of the fret, and this can pull them noticeably out of tune. It is very popular and sought after because the foliage it grows really do look like jumping dolphins! It’s newly in fashion and created a stampede when we released it. "String of Dolphins" is a hybrid trailing succulent plant from Senecio "String of Pearls" and Curio Articulatus "Candle Plant". On a 12-string guitar, you might assume that keeping the tops of the strings level in each pair would make it more comfortable to play—and this is true. In-store pick-up will also resume on January 4th. Drainage hole - make sure your plant pot has a drainage hole so that the roots don't sit in water. You can keep doing this whenever your plant grows really long. He leads his pod of elite divers through the open air of your living room. The online shop will reopen, beginning December 26th, for January 4th shipping. Like its string of pearls parent, the string of dolphins succulent is a spreader, a dangler. To make your String of Pearls look fuller, trim the plant down and add the cuttings to the top of the plant. It garnered more than 10,000 likes and more than 10,000 retweets, and dozens of … Again, String of Pearls needs good drainage! These succulents grow best between 40- and 80-degrees F. (4 to 27 degrees C.) and are winter hardy in USDA zones 11 and 12. 7. It is native to the drier parts of southwest Africa. Each arched leaf grows two small points which make this plant look uncannily like a pod of frolicking dolphins. My daughter/editor and I discovered a beautiful new nursery near our home where we were delighted to find a rare plant, the String of Dolphins! At H.B. String of nickels are tropical plants, thus they’re not tolerant of frost. 8. In its natural environment, its stems grow along the ground, rooting where they touch and forming dense mats of dolphins. Senecio 'String of Dolphins ’ is an adorable hybrid of S. rowleyanus and S. articulatus. String of Dolphin Plants for Sale Online. **Gulley Greenhouse is closed for the holidays, from December 21st thru January 3rd. ** 1" STARTER PLANT *Terracotta pot in photo sold separately. This rare succulent will perform best in bright indirect light. Above: Photograph by Mike Steinhoff. After you have one string of pearls plant, you can easily propagate new ones (or make your original look fuller) by placing cuttings into soil and allowing them to take root. Senecio peregrinus, commonly known as string-of-dolphins, is a creeping succulent vine whose leaves resemble leaping dolphins. It’s also recommended to annually repot string of nickels. It’s advisable to keep a string of nickels plant evenly moist, but avoid overwatering. Simply snip off a lock measuring roughly 8 pearls long, plant 4 pearls down into a small plastic pot with drainage and watch it grow. Our adhesive coated tape and string products can support sustainable packaging goals. Propagate for backup - String of Pearls is easily propagated. Make room in your collection for the spectacular Senecio 'String of Dolphins'. And at some point you’ll have a fuller and healthy-looking String of Pearls plant. As a houseplant, its first big viral moment is believed to be this tweet posted by the grower of one in Japan in 2017. Fuller, we value our customers’ sustainability efforts including the importance of greener packaging, improving wood recovery and preserving natural resources. The stem cuttings will root in a few weeks and will start growing like regular plants.