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Haworthia retusa cv 'White Ghost'



     Considered a cultivar of H. retusa, this plant has beautiful white markings against pale green. I initially had it identified as H. magnifica var. acuminata, which it certainly resembles. But that plant lacks the white and someone on one of the gardening forums suggested the new ID.
     I had one of these in the ground and one potted. The one in the ground was hurting and the potted one got hurt over winter. I never realized how pretty this plant was till the potted one started to come back. I'm going to dig up the one in the garden and try to rehabilitate it. I'd like to grow more of these, they offset pretty quickly.


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