Ghost Plant
4.5 out of 5 (235 experiences)
Survivor
Fast grower
About Ghost Plant
Ghost Plant is a super popular houseplant 🌿 that is easy to grow and needs very little water to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Plant parents describe this plant as being a survivor and a fast grower with a whopping 56874 being grown with Greg around the world. Check out the reviews below for more details!🌟
Ghost Plant likes soil that is extremely well-draining. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Ghost Plant belongs to the Graptopetalum genus, and is native to Mexico.
Taxonomy
Graptopetalum paraguayense
Graptopetalum
Crassulaceae
Saxifragales
Also known as
Mother-of-Pearl Plant, Leatherpetal, Graptopetalum paraguayense 'Purple Delight' and Blue Haze
How to care for Ghost Plant
How often to water your Ghost Plant
every 12
Ghost Plant needs 0.5 cups of water every 12 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
12
Finding light for Ghost Plant in your home
a window
Ghost Plant love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Ghost Plant does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Ghost Plant in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Ghost Plant
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Ghost Plant after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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What going on? I just reported this plant and since I look to have been getting worse. It’s been about 4 days and I’m not sure what could be the issue.
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Any tips for my ghost plants? 🪴 Specifically the one in the second picture, but any tips for these guys? My problem is that the bottom leaves won’t grow in and the lowest leaves the are there like to yellow, shrivel up, and hold on for a while until they finally fall off. It doesn’t have to do with overwatering… so what now? 💐Anyway, the others are thriving and doing great. Ophelia is fully recovered from her rot and now just needs to grow back some flowers! (She has none right now).
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Is this normal? I am a first time plant mom since getting 4 new plant babies in the beginning of May. One of them is a ghost plant which I have named Ben. He has been growing very quickly but I’ve noticed that the leaves on the bottom of his stem will die and fall off. Is this normal with ghost plants?
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Overwatered Succulents? This morning, I realized for the first time that my assorted succulents may have overwatering! This does not make sense, they have not been watered for a while and have drainage. The leaves are not wet, but have been showing that they are! Some leaves have even been falling off my ghost plant, and other ghost plants’ leaves have looked overwatered! Second photo: the largest ghost plant succulent that has been THRIVING is now worsening! Soil is good. I don’t know what to do! What is going on! Answer if you can or know how to help. #SucculentLove
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Can anybody tell me what's going on with this succulenta.
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I just got a ghost plant from somebody who was going to throw it away I have never had one before any tips for taking care of it?
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Yellow under leaves? So I got this plant as a gift from a friend 2 days ago and I was wondering what in particular could have caused the under leaves to be so yellow? Before this picture there where multiple crispy leaves that fell off and I had to remove, although I do see new growth. Soil PH is 7 and it has great drainage, but I'm not sure when last it was fertilized. They have never repotted it and have only trimmed it back occasionally. Does anyone know what the problem could be? #GhostPlant
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Bought this last week in good condition, repotted into succulent soil and didn’t water yet several lower leaves are showing symptoms of overwatering. Can any plant experts advise where I made an error? #GhostPlant
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How often should I water my succulent clipping? My mom gave my this succulents baby (it might not be a clipping hut idk what else to call it) and i used to mist it everyday but i feel like it's too much now... I think I want to just water it weekly but I'm not sure if that's the best course of action. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can successfully water this little baby? #help #happyplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #planttherapy #plantaddict #newplantmom #succulents
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Black leaf on my succulent This leaf fell off of one of my succulents and its black... what does that mean? #happyplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #succulents #plantaddict #help
Care Summary for Ghost Plant
Ghost Plant
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 12 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Survivor 130
Fast grower 106
Easy to propagate 92
Large, lush leaves 34
Browns easily 19
Blooms easily 19
Pest magnet 3
02/04/2022
This plant thrives even if not watered often! If you forget about watering your plants this is the one for you! It’s also pet safe :)
Survivor
01/10/2022
Easy to prop. Give it light and leave it alone.
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
Survivor
01/10/2022
It’s a succulent so it’s easy and just wants you to give it water rarely and lots and lots of light pooo
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
01/10/2022
It’s a succulent so it’s easy and just wants you to give it water rarely and lots and lots of light pooo
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
11/30/2021
Do not water every day <3
Survivor
Easy to propagate
11/28/2021
Super easy to grow. Mostly ignore it and it thrives.
10/29/2021
Easy to keep alive
Survivor
10/21/2021
Not too much water!!
Survivor
10/11/2021
It stretches SO easily. Once it stretches, there’s no way to bring it back down. It propagates very easily. Just break off a leaf and put it in the soil with the original plant.
Easy to propagate
Fast grower
10/06/2021
Ghosty is wonderful.
09/30/2021
Goodness, I bought Huginn and Muninn quite a few years ago, originally for a school project. After that, they sat on my porch for over two years, no intervention. They survived strictly off of the rainfall my area got. Not a pretty sight, but a surviving one. I decided to repot them and take them inside. I’ve had them inside for about half a year and they’re recovering to the beauty they once held, slowly but surely.
If you don’t trust your capabilities of keeping plants alive, I suggest ghost plants, mine have been crazy hardy, they are definitely survivors.
Survivor
09/29/2021
This succulent is tolerant of dry soil, but is happier with water after the soil dries. It languishes in low light, but take cuttings and place where a few hours of sun a day falls and, voila, a beautiful plant again!
Survivor
09/09/2021
Easy to care and cute! It makes me happy when I remember all Ghost Plants I have came from a single one.
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
Survivor
08/26/2021
Does not require much water or sunlight.
Fast grower
Survivor
08/19/2021
It’s a really pretty plant with beautiful leaves
Large, lush leaves
Blooms easily
08/16/2021
Stretches way way too easy
Easy to propagate
08/15/2021
They are succulents
08/08/2021
It’s produced some cute little flowers since I’ve had it for a month and a half. It’s pretty easy to take care of!
Fast grower
Blooms easily
08/08/2021
Does grow quickly, however is quite prone to leaning and drooping, leaves fall off often, needs a constant eye on it.
Fast grower
08/07/2021
my plant is a lovely boy:)
Large, lush leaves
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