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African Violet with purple flowers and fuzzy dark green leaves in a white pot beside a bright window
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Curio radicans

String of Bananas

String of Bananas has curved, water-storing leaves on flexible trailing stems.

Outdoors in Zones 10a to 11b, protected from… Toxic to dogs, cats, horses

× Bacurio delphinatifolius

String of Dolphins

String of Dolphins carries curved succulent leaves with small lateral points that create a dolphin-like outline.

Ceropegia woodii

String of Hearts

String of Hearts is a trailing succulent vine with small heart-shaped leaves, silver on top and purple underneath, and bead-like…

Zone 10-12 outdoors, houseplant elsewhere

Curio rowleyanus

String of Pearls

String of Pearls keeps water in its round leaves, but its small root system still needs a mix that wets evenly and drains well.

Toxic to dogs, cats, horses

Peperomia prostrata

String of Turtles

String of Turtles is Peperomia prostrata, a small trailing plant with rounded leaves marked like turtle shells.

NC State lists outdoor Zones 10 to 12

Cordyline fruticosa

Ti Plant

Ti Plant grows broad red, pink, purple, or green leaves in crowns at the tops of upright canes.

Outdoors year-round in Zones 10 to 12 Toxic to dogs, cats, horses