Variegated string of turtles

by Melissa Dominguez marca
(Canada)

My personal plant

Hi there !!!!

I would love to know if variegated string of turtles exist? And if so, are they albo? Or pink and white?

Comments for Variegated string of turtles

Mar 07, 2021

Peperomia prostrata
by: Jacki Cammidge, Certified Horticulturist

Peperomia prostrata is the String of Turtles plant, which looks very like tiny turtle shells strung on a red stem. There apparently is such a thing as a variegated form, but unfortunately, it's just got white spotty bits on the leaves, no pink.

In the future, a variegated form may get more common, which is what seems to happen as people start to want one with variegation.

This little guy looks a lot like Hearts Entangled, or Ceropegia woodii, which when I first grew it, was only available in the green form, but I see now that there is a variegated form.

Keep looking!

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