Succulent, Donkey Ears

Donkey Ears is a fast-growing biennial or short-lived perennial succulent with bronze-green leaves with a waxy white coating, looking overall gray-green and splotched with maroon-brown blotches. It grows up to 18 inches (45 cm) tall with an equal width. Leaves are ovate-lanceolate and up to 20 inches (50 cm) long. They often have small plantlets developing along the margins. Flowers appear in terminal clusters on up to 3 foot (90 cm) tall stalk that branches near the top in fall. The pale peach-colored buds darken and become the calyces holding the darker reddish-salmon petals with flared tips and yellow interior.