Silver Dollar Plant is a succulent plant native to South Africa in the jade family. It is often grown as a houseplant and has attractive rounded blue-gray leaves with maroon edges and small maroon speckles on the upper surface. It is an attractive small shrub with multiple thick stems that can grow to 4 feet tall. Clusters of star-shaped pink or white flowers in spring or summer but rarely blooms as a house plant. Easy to grow in potting soil appropriate for cacti and succulents in clay pots with several drainage holes. Place in full sun to light shade. Do not overwater to prevent root rot. Susceptible to mealy bugs and fungal diseases.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil texture
Loam (Silt); Sand
Soil drainage
Good Drainage | Occasionally Dry
Mature size
Height: 1 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in. | Width: 1 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
Growth rate
Slow
Maintenance
Low
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous (3-15 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Erect; Multi-stemmed
Texture
Medium
Foliage
Broadleaf Evergreen
Leaf color
Blue; Gray/Silver; Green; Red/Burgundy
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf shape
Elliptical
Leaf margin
Entire
Leaf feel
Fleshy
Leaf value
Showy
Leaf size
1-3 inches long, 1-3 inches wide
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Up to 3 inches long opposite elliptical fleshy blue-grey leaves with maroon piping around the edges and speckles of maroon on the upper surface of the leaves.
Flower color
Pink; White
Flower form
Corymb
Flower shape
Star
Flower detail
Star-shaped white or pink flowers in clusters
Bloom time
Spring; Summer
Stem color
Brown/Copper; Green
Stem detail
Thick succulent stems. Can become woody with age.
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Unknown
Landscape Use
Landscape location
Container; Houseplants
Landscape theme
Drought Tolerant Garden
Garden tags
#silver leaves #fleshy leaves #showy leaves #houseplant #dry soils tolerant #problem for cats #problem for dogs #problem for horses #gray leaves #full sun tolerant #partial shade tolerant #drought tolerant #th-touch
Problems & Resistance
Problems
Problem for Cats; Problem for Dogs; Problem for Horses