Senecio Rowleyanus Hybrid
Curio × radicans
📖 About this plant
String of Coins (Curio × radicans hybrid), also called String of Buttons, is a delightful trailing succulent with flattened, rounded coin-shaped leaves that grow along trailing stems. The leaves are flatter and wider than String of Pearls, resembling miniature green coins or small buttons stacked along thin vines. This gives it a neater, more structured appearance than other string succulents while maintaining the cascading beauty. It’s a relatively robust and faster-growing trailing succulent, making it an excellent choice for beginners who want the string succulent look with slightly easier care requirements.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
Bright Indirect Light
When soil is completely dry (every 1-2 weeks)
40-60%
18-27°C (65-80°F)
Well-draining succulent mix with perlite and fine bark chips
Diluted succulent fertilizer monthly in spring and summer
🌐 Common Names
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- South Africa (hybrid cultivar of Senecio/Curio species)
- 📏 Max height
- Trailing vines up to 60-90 cm (2-3 ft) long
- 📐 Spread
- 30-45 cm (1-1.5 ft) trailing
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Summer
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White pompom flowers with cinnamon fragrance
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Green, flattened round leaves resembling small coins or buttons on trailing stems
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial (3-7 years)
- 📈 Growth rate
- Moderate
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Toxic to cats and dogs — contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids causing liver damage
- 🌱 Propagation
- Stem cuttings — take 10 cm sections, allow to callus 1-2 days, lay on moist soil; roots in 2-3 weeks
🛡️ Health & Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs — contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids causing liver damage
Common issues
- Shriveled leaves from underwatering
- mushy stems from overwatering
- mealybugs on stems and between leaves
- losing the round shape in low light (leaves become elongated)
- dropping leaves if stressed
💡 Care tips
- The flat coin-like leaves make this one of the easiest string succulents to propagate — simply lay stem segments on soil.
- More tolerant of varied conditions than String of Pearls but still needs bright indirect light.
- Bottom watering helps prevent stem rot.
- Creates a beautiful dense curtain of green when grown in a wide hanging basket.
- Combine with String of Pearls or String of Dolphins for a mixed trailing display.
