Botanical Name: Aloinopsis transvaalensis
Synonym: Nananthus transvaalensis
Common Names: Jewel Plant, Transvaal Aloinopsis, Nananthus, Living Stone Daisy
📌 Product Description
Aloinopsis transvaalensis, also historically classified as Nananthus transvaalensis, is a compact winter-growing succulent prized for its thick, textured grey-green leaves and brilliant daisy-like flowers in vivid pink to purple shades with golden-yellow centres.
Flowering in the cooler months, this indigenous mesemb provides vibrant colour when most summer growers are dormant. Its low, clump-forming habit makes it ideal for succulent bowls, rockeries, and collectors’ displays.
A resilient, drought-tolerant plant perfectly suited to South African water-wise gardens and arid regions.
📏 Size When Fully Grown
Height: 5 – 10 cm
Spread: 10 – 20 cm (forms low clumps over time)
Growth Habit: Compact, ground-hugging succulent
Growth Rate: Slow
🌱 Best Growing Conditions
Light: Full sun to bright light; strong light encourages flowering
Soil: Extremely well-draining sandy or gritty succulent mix
Water:
Feeding: Light feeding during winter growth if required
Maintenance:
🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)
Best Planting Time: Autumn (start of active growing cycle)
Flowering Season: Winter to early spring
Growing Season: Autumn and winter
Climate Suitability: Ideal for dry inland and sunny regions
Frost Tolerance: Tolerates light frost if soil remains dry
🌼 Additional Benefits
Brilliant winter flowering
Compact and space-efficient
Excellent rock garden plant
Drought-tolerant
Indigenous South African species
Highly collectible mesemb
🌿 Ideal Uses
✔ Rock gardens
✔ Succulent bowls
✔ Indigenous water-wise gardens
✔ Collector’s displays
✔ Small feature pots
✔ Arid landscape planting
