![]() Leaves: Scattered, erect, highly succulent, 7-26(-30) mm long, 4 -9 mm in diameter, from spindle-shaped to almost spherical but always slightly curved upward or banana-shaped with a conspicuous off-centre mucro on the tapered apex, and with a clear window along the adaxial surface plus 20 -50 clear striations, otherwise pale green. ![]() Branches slender, wiry, to 1 m long or more, 2 - 3 mm in diameter, usually wing-angled, rooting. Stems: Prostrate glabrous green more or less glaucous, succulents. If grown in a rockery it will root down along the whole lengths of its stems. Habit: It is an evergreen, dwarf, trailing, succulent perennial forming large carpets and will be pendant or scandent with time. It is widespread and very variable but not readily divisible into subspecies. The white and mauve rayless heads of flowers are similar too. The evenly spaced leaves form a seemingly endless chain of green “banannas” as they creep along the soil. The stems are thicker and somewhat more erect. It is similar to the more common String of Pearls ( Senecio rowleyanus), but the leaves are larger, much more elongate (shaped like a banana), glossy with an alternate arrangement and a delicate branching pattern of the strands. Do not put in a compost pile.Description: Senecio radicans, widely known as String of Bananas or Fish Hooks senecio, is a popular hanging plant forming a waterfall of slender, flexible stems lined with curved banana blue-green leaves. The best solution is to remove the infected plants and dispose of the plant material off-site. If the plant is infected with a bacterial or fungal pathogen, there is no course of treatment that cures the diseased plants. Keep it off the leaves and make sure granular products are watered into the soil well. In the event of nutritional deficiencies, the best solution is to use a granular or water-soluble liquid fertilizer, and apply it to the soil at about half the recommended dosage. ![]() ![]() Water container plants until excess water drains out the bottom water in-ground plants until the soil is soaked but there isn’t standing water on the surface. For lack of water, immediately water the plant using room temperature rainwater, bottled spring water, or filtered tap water. Once hormones within the plant begin the process of senescence, it’s irreversible. Solutions: If flower withering is a natural progression due to age, there is nothing that can be done to slow or stop the process.
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