Black Rose

Aeonium "Schwartzkopf"
Popular winter-growing succulent, gets very dark in summer and full sun. Shrubby branches to 3 or 4 ft. tall. Yellow pyramidal bloom stalks can sap the energy right out of the plant, killing it or setting it back for a couple years, so we like to cut them off before they get too big.

Cultivated from Aeonium atropurpureum which has the same dark color, but only on the leaf margins.

We've cultivated a variety we're calling "Whippet" because it's so fast growing. It's shorter, and midway between A. atropurpureum and "Schwartzkopf" in color.