They are most commonly grown as potted plants, often suspended as hanging specimens.
Red or pink flowers can emerge in late summer, though the plant rarely blooms indoors.
The donkey tail plant is safe and considered not toxic to people or pets.
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Where you really have to treat your donkey’s tail with care is while handling it.
Choose a container with a drainage hole to ensure the roots don’t sit in water.
Water
When it comes to watering your donkey’s tail succulent, less is more.
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A good rule of thumb: The soil of your succulent should dry out completely in-between waterings.
The leaves will also begin to pucker like a raisin, indicating that it’s time to water.
When it comes to humidity, donkey’s tail has no special needs.
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Mature succulents may prefer the fertilizer at one-quarter strength, while younger plants may prefer fertilizer with less nitrogen.
Types of Donkey’s Tail
There are two closely related forms of this plant.
Otherwise, no pruning is necessaryunless to harvest leaves for propagating new plants.
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Removing leaves from a portion of the stem can sometimes stimulate side-branching at this point.
Wait until it’s absolutely necessary.
Be careful to avoid losing many of your “tails” and leaves to jostling when replanting.
However, if you must repot your succulent, you will find the most success in the warmer months.
These plants also need plenty of sunlight to bloom, but feeding should be kept at a minimum.
Many growers find that it’s better to wait for this sign before watering than to water too frequently.
Potted plants are readily moved back and forth between indoor and outdoor locations with the change in seasons.
In warmer climates, it can also make a good garden plant to trail over garden walls or banks.
Several sedums with similar-looking leaves are hardy up to zone 4.
TrySedum album, S. divergens, orS.
reflexum, all of which make good cold-hardy ground cover plants.
Succulent leaves are fleshy but delicate.
They can be damaged and scratched easily so it’s best to avoid touching them.
California Poison Control System.
Sedum morganianum.North Carolina Extension.
Sedum morganianum ‘Burrito’.Succulents and Sunshine.
Burro’s TailSedum morganianum.Wisconsin Horticulture Division of Extension.
California Invasive Plant Council.
