Faucaria tigrina - tiger jaws - succulent

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Can a plant be cute and scary at the same time?

Tiger jaws is a geometric cluster of chubby triangular leaves, like one of those playground paper fortune tellers. So far, so adorable. These tigers can get showy, decorating themselves with golden yellow flowers when they're in their happy place. Even lovelier!

Each leaf is edged in a fearsome row of sharp white teeth, ready to ensnare a passing deer create a striking and easy care indoor-outdoor plant. Just keep your fingers out of its mouth...

Flowering images: Leonora Enking ; jaws images : Mike Keeling cropped to size.

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Description

Faucaria tigrina - tiger jaws

APPEARANCE : Clumping succulent comprising rosettes of triangular fat leaves edged in white 'teeth' spines. Mature happy plants produce golden yellow starry satiny flowers, large for the size of the plant.
ORIGIN : Native to southern Africa
USE FOR : Waterwise garden landscaping, indoors, pots and containers.
CLIMATE : Frost tender, drought hardy, low humidity
PLANTING : Grow in any free-draining loam or sandy soil, or cacti-specific potting mix. Site in full sun or bright light. Water in summer growing period, allow to dry out a little between watering; keep almost dry in winter.
CARE : Needs very little aftercare. Remove dead flowers. Repot when it gets too large for the pot.
MATURE HEIGHT & WIDTH : 10cm H x 50m W slowly.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
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