Barberton Pig's Ears
Cotyledon egglii
Full Sun
Easy care
Tender
H5-H1c
RHS hardiness
-15°C
Minimum temperature
Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
Barberton Pig's Ears Overview
A recently named succulent shrublet, recognized by its wedge-shaped (cuneiform), green leaves, sparsely beset with glandular hairs and bearing tubular, orange to dull orange flowers in autumn, that are pollinated by sunbirds. It grows on steep rocky slopes and cliffs in Savanna vegetation of the mountainous terrain of the Barberton Centre of Endemism, Mpumalanga. Cotyledon egglii is easily grown and one of a dozen species of Cotyledon growing in South Africa (Van Jaarsveld & Koutnik 2004).