This Echeveria offsets readily and will form a dense carpet of rose-like rosettes over time. (Last question) Will the plant grow out of the pot or know when to stop growing? Echeveria types thrive in hot, dry conditions. CLICK HERE. LOL. The flowers are bright orange, bell-shaped and carried in clusters on stems that rise above the foliage. It has distinctive leaf edges that are hot pink and crinkled. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thegarcoo-20"; Hi Andrea. Leaves are blue-grey in colour with pink edging, they form a rosette of roughly 10cm in diameter. The leaves are up to 3.2 inches (8 cm) long and up to 1.2 inches (3 cm) wide, apple-green with vivid red-pink edges and a terminal spine. The leaves are broader lwith fewer bristles at the edges of the green leaves and more on the tips. The stem is up to 2 inches (5 cm) long. Echeveria ‘Blue Surprise’ got its name due to its fleshy blue leaves. It has a thick, powdery coating of farina that protects it from full sun. This succulent will add texture to your arrangements or will look beautiful in a red, yellow or blue planter. For the most part, they do not tolerate cold temperatures or cold drafts well and too much humidity can lead to root rot. 0.1-0.5 metres, Time to ultimate height It is a variable species with several forms that have only minor differences in size and shape of leaves and color of flowers. It is also unlikely that they will flower. Woolly Rose offsets readily and forms nice large clumps. This variety can be a finicky grower and is easily blemished. It produces marble-like patterns that run through every leaf, and its metallic grey colouring makes it truly stand out. Echeveria plants hate having wet feet. It sends off 1 – 4 long flowering spikes bearing loose clusters of small, greenish to yellow with longitudinal reddish stripes flowers. The leaves are blue-green and highlighted with a thin pink or rose border. Carol, The photo under temperatures is of a Sempervivum, not an Echeveria, Thanks Annie. There are varieties with a fuzzy leaf texture and those with frilly edges. The succulents that I will go through in todays blog will be the one's I have grown and successfully taken care of with ease. Plants grown in bright sunlight can take on a lovely pink blush. The plant is soft-pubescent except for the inside of the flowers. They love a sunny spot in a rock garden! There is a draining hole at the bottom of the pot. This variety has a very variable appearance depending on the light in which it’s grown. 0.1-0.5 metres, Ultimate spread Natural organic matter such as compost adds to the soil and it can be used when you see the succulent starting to flower. About Us | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Amazon Affiliate Disclosure, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), *Clicking on the button will redirect you to a list of our recommended online succulent stores. General Care for Echeveria Runyonii ‘Topsy Turvy’ This succulent type is a unique one that blooms in the spring. Apply a dilute low nitrogen fertilizer fortnightly during late spring and summer. Appreciate you letting me know. RHS members can get exclusive individual advice from the RHS Gardening Advice team. Remove any dead leaves from the base of the plant. Echeveria ‘Atlantis’ is an attractive succulent with round big rosettes. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Water it by soaking the soil and then allowing it to dry out fairly well. Its thick, fleshy leaves are a deep blue/purple color. Guess which ones I like the best? If your plant flowers and you are lucky, you may even get some seeds. E. ‘Set-Oliver’ This shrubby variety can grow up to 12 inches in height. If you select any attributes with or without a plant name, you will see a much narrower selection of results taken only from the old RHS Plant Selector database. The leaves are recurved with a wide base and a pointy tip, like the shape of a triangle. It’s not so much the cold, I understand, as it is the rain. Echeveria prefers temps between 65º – 70ºF and do not like to go much below 50ºF. These powdery leaves create a gorgeous pastel color that makes these succulents a great addition to any garden or planter. tall (30 cm) arching stems which bear fairly large, lantern-shaped flowers with red calyces and yellow petals, giving them a bi-colored look. Thin and delicate, the frilly leaves take on a pink blush in strong light. In the Summer season this succulent will bloom yellow and orange star shaped flowers, that will welcome pollinators and hummingbirds to your drought tolerant garden. So if you plan on it getting this cold in your area then go ahead and plan to bring your plant indoors to grow if you’re not already doing so. This fast growing variety has spoon shaped leaves that are a powdery blue-gray color. Its triangular thin leaves darken from green to brownish purple as the plant ages while the center of the rosettes remains green. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. Its name came about because the leaves look as if they are positioned upside-down. With regular irrigation shade grown plants flatten out a bit and are greener. Echeveria cuspidata is a perennial succulent with thick green or gray-green leaves with red tips, up to 4 inches (10 cm) long, that overlap in rosettes that often resemble artichokes. Where the top is cut off, the plant will send out new growth in two places, normally. deminuta), popular also as ‘Firecracker Plant’, is a very distinct Echeveria, with a remarkable pubescence. Echeveria ‘Baron Bold’ is an attractive fairly large succulent with big, bumpy leaves that are red and green in color and have interesting jagged edges. The name is very sweet and cute, and it belongs to the Korean breed type. Echeveria reglensis is a stemless, dense rosette-forming succulent with 25 or more mucro red leaves that are upcurved and thick. The leaves are glaucous and up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) long. The rosettes grow up to 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter. the stems are short and sometimes branch. Native to Mexico from the Crassulaceae family, Graptoveria moonglow is a mint colored succulent with light pink margins on their leaves. So there you have it! Some are smooth and pointed, and some have colorful margins. The flowers are scarlet to orange, yellow-margined and produced on up to 70 cm long stalks. Echeveria fulgens var. It’s really a big help…, My pleasure Beth. Native to Mexico from the Crassulaceae family, topsy turvy is a unique silver blue succulent with long narrow inversely keeled leaves. This particular variety gets pink to red leaf tips and can grow up to 1.0′ wide. It has a thick coating of natural wax that both allows it to tolerate full sun and gives it a soft, pastel appearance. This species produces lots of thin hair-like aerial roots from the older part of the stem. The leaves are long, narrow and curve up slightly towards the tips to form an open lotus blossom shape. Long thin flower stalks will grow from the center of their rosettes forming small dainty white tubular flowers for pollinators in your garden to enjoy. Hummingbirds love the orange flowers filled with nectar. It has high level of red color to its leaves in good light. A fast growing plant that will grow up to 12 inches wide forming chicks or pups at the base of their stems forming big clusters and will also propagate easily by leaf. The flowers are small, pink, and produced on up to 30 cm long inflorescence. This coloration and rolled leaf are most prominent when water-stressed or when grown in full sun. Have you caught the succulent bug but don't know where to start? The name 'Zebra Haworthia' comes from the white horizontal stripes that beautifully adorn their dark green pointy leaves. The leaves are up to 1.8 inches (4.5 cm) long and up to 0.8 inch (2 cm) wide. Some have stems of flowers that can grow to about two feet long. Sempervivum however, love the cold, and thrive in even Zone 3 or 4 (USDA). To orange, yellow-margined and produced on up to 70 cm long stalks ‘ blue Surprise ’ got name. Be a finicky grower and is easily blemished thin and delicate, the frilly leaves on... 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