What is a bead plant?

The term "bead plant" is a common name for several different types of plants. One type of plant that describes the term, has small leaves and forms dense mats that spread across the ground and are named for their berries similar beads. This type of bead plant includes Nerter granadensis and Nerter Depressa , both known as coral bead plants or foot. Senecio Rowleyanus , called the pearl chain, has long, hanging stems with bead -shaped leaves. Other plants that are referred to as bead plants are Job's TLS or coix lacryma -bi and the saints of the saints or Ocimum Sanctum They produce good ground cover plants if their requirements are met but can also be grown in growers. Prefer bright but indirect sunlight and mild moisture with rapidin exhausting land.

Stringperly is juicy, which is found in South Africa, and its leaves are treated to round shapes similar to beads to allow them to store water. This plant needs a position that offers a light shade coverage with several hours of direct sunlight. Due to the storage of water in the leaves, the pearl chain is very resistant to drought and needs a high sand soil to allow thorough drainage.

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Job is grass that is originally from the tropics and is often called a plant of beads, because the large grains that produce are actually used as beads. In this case, the grains are also edible and used as a common source of food in Asia where plants are found. It is often grown as decorative grass in the United States, but is considered to be weeds in countries such as Japan, Korea, Iran and Polynesia. Tears Job require quite a little water and in the moCuts will grow well.

The Holy Bead plant, also known as the Holy Basil, does not have a naturally created appearance of beads, but its stems and parts of the roots are cut and shaped into beads. This plant has been used since ancient times of cooking in countries in Asia and the Middle East, as well as in Ayurvedic medicine and religious ceremonies. It grows well in direct sunlight, but can tolerate a partial shadow and prefers well -drained soil.