Purple-edged Jade Peppergrass - Peppergrass Varieties

Watermelon Peppercorn

Also known as watermelon rind, it is native to Brazil. The leaves emerge from the roots and the plant height is about 20 to 30 cm. The leaves grow from close to the substrate and are obovate. The leaves are thick and shiny, semi-leathery to the touch, green on the upper side and red on the underside. There are silvery-white stripes on the green leaves, which look like watermelon rind. Therefore, it is called watermelon rind peperomia.

Peperomia

Also known as four-angled pepper grass. It grows in small clusters, with wrinkled heart-shaped leaves. The back of the leaves is gray-green, and the surface of the leaves is dark brown-green. If you look closely, you will find that its leaves have a velvety luster. When flowering, it is a spadix. The flower stem is very short, with the plant height being only 20 cm.

Peperomia variegata

Also known as variegated bean green and milky peperomia, it is native to Brazil. It is a creeping herb with tea-brown, fleshy stems. The leaves are broadly ovate, green with yellow spots.

Peperomia lyreleaf

Native to West India. Upright plant type, 20 to 30 cm tall. Growing slowly. The leaves are obovate, thick, fleshy and stiff, with entire or irregularly lobed edges. The leaves are dark green and shiny, with red edges.

Peperomia rotundifolia

Native to Venezuela. Erect plant, about 30 cm tall. Simple leaves are alternate, elliptical or obovate. The leaf tip is blunt and rounded, the leaf base gradually becomes narrower and finally becomes wedge-shaped. The leaves are thick, stiff, smooth and shiny. The stems and petioles are fleshy and thick. The petiole is short and rooting is easy. The internodes are short and rooting is very easy to take place at the internodes.

Golden Pepper Grass

Similar to round-leaved peperomia, only the leaf color is different. The leaves are dark green, but with irregular light green to creamy yellow patches of varying sizes; or dark green patches or spots are scattered on the predominantly yellow-green leaves.