What is a monocarp? A monocarpic plant is one that perishes after flowering. The plant uses all its energy for one final bloom and fruiting and has nothing left to sustain itself. This is one of my succulent Tapestry installs in La Jolla, Ca. It's been shared more times than I can count, usually without attribution. Little backstory: this area WAS an ugly patch Philodendron Giganteum Marble Variegata Jordan's Jungle Private Workshops Succulence