Botanical Name: Echeveria imbricata
Common Name: Hens and chicks Type of Plant: dicot: perennial Habit of Growth: Overall Shape small, rosette-shaped succulent with numerous side offshoots and rosy pink flowers set high above blue-green foliage Height 3 to 6" Spread to 1' or more Growth Rate moderate Environment: Exposure outdoor full sun to light shade Soil prefers a coarse, fast-draining sandy soil Hardiness some frost – Zones 8,9,12 - 24 Morphology: Leaves glaucous to 1" across arranged in tight rosettes, leaf tips are mucronate, about 50 leaves per 4" rosette – foliage color blue green to lavender Flowers loose spikes of orange-pink flowers – overall spike to 12" long flowers are 1/2" long individually Fruit small fleshy capsule Propagation: offsets, leaf cuttings Usage: good in rock gardens, mixed with other succulents, excellent in containers, tropical or desert-theme landscapes, small scale gardens Landscape Care: Watering prefers deep, infrequent watering; do not allow to become water logged in heavy soils Fertilizing balanced, half-strength fertilizer in spring Pruning remove dead flower shoots, dead leaves from older rosettes Pests/Diseases root rot when drainage is poor Special Conditions/Other Origin: Hybrids – parents probably from Mexico Family: Crassulaceae Notes: |
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