Shhh, Your Succulents May Be Sleeping

Dormancy and Succulents

Most succulents can also be put into two categories - summer growers and winter growers. Summer succulents grow in the hot months of summer from May to August and become dormant in the winter. Where winter succulents are those that grow in the cold of winter from November to February and slow down in the summer. 

You can check to see if your plant is sleeping or not by checking it's roots. If they are mushy or dried up chances are they are goners (dead), but if they look healthy your plant just need more time to rest. You can also lightly scratch stem. If it is green it is green, it's good.  

Check out the list below:

SUMMER DORMANT

Adromischus

Aeonium

Aloe

Anacampseros

Astroloba

Avonia

Bowiea

Bulbine

Ceraria

Conophytum

Cotyledon

Crassula

Dioscorea

Dudleya

Fouqueria

Gasteria

Gibbaeum

Graptopetalum

Graptoveria

Haemanthus

Haworthia

Kalanchoe

Neohenricia

Othonna

Pachycormus

Pachyphytum

Pachyveria

Pelargonium

Peperomia

Portulacaria

Sansevieria

Sarcocaulon

Sedeveria

Sedum

Senecio

Stomatium

Sulcorebutia rauschii

Talinum

Tylecodon

WINTER DORMANT

 Adenia

Adenium

Agave

Alluadia

Aloinopsis

Rubrolineata,

Brachystelma

Bursera

Calibanus

Ceropegia

Cissus

Cyphotstemma

Didieria

Dorstenia

Echeveria

Encephalartos

Euphorbia

Ficus

Fockea

Huernia

Ibervillea

Ipomoea

Jatropha

Lithops

Monadenium

Moringa

Operculicarya

Pachypodium

Pedilanthus

Plumeria

Pseudolithos

Pterodiscus

Raphionacme

Sempervivum

Siningia

Stapelianthus

Synadenium

Tillandsia

Titanopsis

Trichocaulon

Trichodiadema

Xerosicyos