Botanical Name: Aeonium arboreum
Common Name: Aeonium
Type of Plant: dicot: succulent
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, multi-branched succulent plant with wide, fleshy rosettes at branch tips; varieties often show distinctive dark colors on leaves and stems
Height 2' - 3'
Spread 1 to 2'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade
Soil prefers well-aerated sandy soils
Hardiness some frost (zones 15-17, 20-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves leaves orbiculate, 1/2 to 3/4" wide, arranged in terminal rosettes 3-6" across; several named varieties are purple or red tinted
Flowers yellow, bisexual, 1/2" diameter, in open paniculate cymes; April - June
Fruit tiny fleshy capsules
 
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; mixes well with other succulents and drought tolerant plants
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an infrequent deep soak - allow the soil to dry out between irrigations
Fertilizing slow-release or organic fertilizer only
Pruning head back tall, lanky stems, remove spent flowers after blooming
Pests/Diseases root-rot, stem rot in wet poorly drained soils; snails and slugs feed on the fleshy leaves
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Morocco
Family: Crassulaceae

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