Botanical Name: Aeonium arboreum 'Atropurpureum'
Common Name: Purple aeonium
Type of Plant: dicot: succulent
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an open, upright low shrub, with a few to several erect succulent branching stems supporting distinctive terminal rosettes of tongue-shaped fleshy leaves
Height 1' - 3'
Spread equal
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full/partial sun in warm coastal sites; more shade inland
Soil prefers well-aerated sandy soils; tolerates dry clay
Hardiness (zones 15-17, 20-24): fairly tender to frost
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, whorled in rosette fashion at the ends of the stems; very fleshy; oblong-obovate, 2"-3" long, dark maroon towards the tips, fading to green at the base
Flowers yellow, bisexual, 1/2" diameter, in open paniculate cymes; April - June
Fruit a small follicle
 
Propagation:
softwood (succulent) stem cuttings or seed
 
Usage:
a distinctive small accent shrub, valued for its unusual form and showy leaf rosettes; excellent as a container plant; good for foliage color and textural contrasts - best used in warm sub-tropical-theme gardens
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an infrequent deep soak - allow the soil to dry out between irrigations; avoid constantly wet soil conditions
Fertilizing little needed - excessive feeding results in spindly, weak-structured plants
Pruning none required - remove old flower stalks after blooming
Pests/Diseases root-rot, stem rot in wet poorly drained soils; snails and slugs feed on the fleshy leaves
Special Conditions/Other avoid direct summer sun at hot inland locations
 
Origin: Morocco
Family: Crassulaceae

Notes:
 
PDF
Your pictures go here