This is a succulent perennial plant, which grows between 50cm and 1 metre high when in flower. It has thick stems that root everywhere where they touch the soil. The fleshy leaves are bright green to grey and vary greatly in size and shape, from broadly ovate to oblong to lanceolate. They are covered with a thin waxy bloom and usually pale blue-green with red-rimmed margins. The waxy tubular flowers, carried in a terminal inflorescence, vary in colour from light orange to pink, but are usually coral-red, and pendulous. All flower parts in fives. Flowers are borne on a long slender stalk.