Add texture and character to small indoor spaces with the Zebra Haworthia. This compact succulent forms attractive rosettes of pointed dark-green leaves decorated with raised white stripes, creating its distinctive zebra-like appearance.
Its slow growth and minimal care requirements make it ideal for desks, shelves, windowsills, and succulent arrangements.
Plant Details:
- Common name: Zebra Haworthia / Zebra Plant
- Scientific name: Haworthiopsis attenuata
- Previous name: Haworthia attenuata
- Family: Asphodelaceae
- Plant type: Perennial succulent
- Nursery pot diameter: 12 cm
- Foliage: Dark-green leaves with raised white markings
- Growth habit: Compact, rosette-forming, and clumping
- Light: Bright indirect light
- Watering: Low
- Soil: Fast-draining cactus or succulent soil
- Growth rate: Slow
- Suitable for: Desks, shelves, windowsills, and indoor arrangements
- Maintenance: Low
Care Tips:
- Place in bright, indirect light to maintain its leaf markings.
- Protect it from intense direct sunlight, which may scorch the leaves.
- Water thoroughly only after the soil has dried completely.
- Allow excess water to drain and never leave the pot standing in water.
- Reduce watering during winter and in cooler indoor conditions.
- Avoid allowing water to remain inside the centre of the rosette.
- In Saudi Arabia, protect it from intense summer heat and afternoon sunlight.
- Keep away from strong, cold air-conditioning drafts.
Pet Safety: Zebra Haworthia is considered non-toxic to cats and dogs. However, chewing any plant material should still be discouraged.
Note: Each plant may vary naturally in size, shape, number of rosettes, and leaf pattern. The stated 12 cm measurement refers to the diameter of the nursery pot, not the plant’s total height. Decorative outer pot is not included.