Cotyledon Species, Pig's Ear, Round-Leafed Navel Wort (Cotyledon orbiculata)


Blooming Cotyledon orbiculata 'Pig's Ear'

Growing in partial shade in zone 9b, Phoenix, AZ. March 13, 2013, mid Spring.


The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California.



Here's another form flowering in mid September southern California Huntington Gardens


another form in southern California





another variety of this same species, in fall, showing huge variation not just in leaf size and color, but general overall plant shape and flower shape. Southern California

Some damage winter of '07, one of several large clumps that went from pots to in ground locations Fall of '06


flowering mid summer, southern California

mid summer flowers

one of the less 'orbicular' orbiculata varieties, growing in my back yard

Taken at Annie's Annuals nursery.

Taken at Annie's Annuals nursery.

Taken at Annie's Annuals nursery.

Taken at Annie's Annuals nursery.

At UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.





Special because of its heavy farinaceus frost.

UBC Botanical Garden

The Huntington Botanical Gardens

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco Botanical Garden

Cotyledon orbiculata - just starting off in my friend's November garden Waihi, New Zealand

The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California.

The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California.

The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California.

The "macracantha" form. Makes a great small hedge too.

Every few years,break replant cuttings to rejuvenate plantings.

Copyright David Feix, of David Feix Landscape Design in the East Bay and San Francisco Peninsula.

Copyright David Feix, of David Feix Landscape Design in the East Bay and San Francisco Peninsula.

Copyright David Feix, of David Feix Landscape Design in the East Bay and San Francisco Peninsula.
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Cotyledon Species, Pig's Ear, Round-Leafed Navel Wort
Cotyledon orbiculata
Type: | Perennials |
Height: | 4-6 ft. (1.2-1.8 m) |
Conditions: | Zone 9-11, Full Sun, Sun to Partial Shade |