String of Pearls Plant Care: How to Keep It Alive
If your string of pearls is looking wrong right now, pearls going soft, stems darkening near the soil, the whole plant seeming to give up without warning, the most likely cause is the one many beginners least expect: too much water. Not neglect. Water. String of pearls (Curio rowleyanus) is a trailing succulent from dry regions of southern Africa, and every round leaf is built to store water. That is why this plant can look delicate but still hate being treated like a thirsty tropical. Once you understand that one fact, most care decisions get simpler. ...