Grows thickened roots and a small caudex. Woody branches. Leaves palmate when mature.
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Adromischus cristatus
Small, thick curly-edged leaves, to 4″ across with many aerial roots
Adromischus hummels
South African dense clumps of succulent leaves, spring bloomer
Adromischus maculatus
Round, purple-spotted leaves, to 4″ tall; leaves drop and root easily.
Aechmea fasciata
Stiff, upright w/arching leaves; pink/purple flowers
Aechmea recurvata
2ft. terrestrial bromeliad; stiff leaves w/pinkish bloom stalks
Aechmea recurvata v. benrathii
Long recurved leaves turn bright red when rosette is ready to bloom and will produce many small lavender flowers.
Aeonium “Ballerina”
Red-tipped leaves in sunny locations, green in shade, with multiple 8″ rosettes forming a low mound. Great as a ground cover. Yellow flowers in early spring.
Aeonium “Berry Nice”
A. decorum “Berry Nice”
Forms full mounds of 4″ rosettes. Colorful leaves with red edges and central stripe.
Aeonium “Blushing Beauty”
A. canariense x A. arboreum
Dense clumps of green rosettes with a blush color spreading from the edges to the center with more sun. Yellow flowers.
Aeonium “Carol”
Aeonium canariense hybrid, discovered in Santa Barbara. 2 to 3 ft. tall. Broad 18″ rosettes.
Aeonium “Catlin”
Dense, shrubby to 3ft.+; green w/red edges, darker in sun
Aeonium “Cyclops”
Large dinner-plate rosettes on thick stalk. Dark purple leaves with a bright green center in full sun. Hybrids available with many branches, but original cultivar is often solitary or with few branches. Giant pyramid of yellow flowers.
Aeonium “Emerald Ice”
Soft green leaves with creamy white margins, flattened rosettes to 8″d. Winter grower, bottom leaves may blush pink in spring before dropping off for summer.
Aeonium “Fiesta”
Dense clumps of brightly colored variegated green, yellow, and red rosettes with a blush color spreading along the edges with more sun. Yellow flowers.
Aeonium “Frosty”
White-edged green leaves; delicate rosettes to 8″
Aeonium “Garnet”
3ft.; Green, dark-red-tipped leaves turn more red in sun
Aeonium “Graciosa”
Shrub to 2′, dark purple-edged leaves
Aeonium “Green Star”
A. tabuliforme “Green Star”
Large flat broad rosettes, many branches, to 12″h.
Aeonium “Greyhound”
Very green leaves, medium rosettes are larger in winter. Shrubby, gets quite branched, to 3ft. tall. Soft leaves, almost fuzzy. Rosettes will be a bit cupped in summer.
Aeonium “Jolly Green”
Low growing staying under 1 foot tall with each stem ending in tight 8 to 10 inch wide green rosettes. The summer flowers are pale greenish yellow.
Name seems to be used for a variety of low-growing green Aeoniums, with narrow or rounded leaves.
Shade-tolerant
Aeonium “Kiwi Verde”
A. haworthii hybrid
Small rosettes, shrubby to 2ft. Green leaves with a bit of red on the edges.
Aeonium “Kiwi”
A. haworthii hybrid
Small rosettes, shrubby to 2ft, with variable green, pink, and yellow leaves.
Aeonium “Luteovariegatum”
Large colorful variegated hybrid. Green and yellow leaves blush pink at the edges. Stems to 16″.
Aeonium “Mardi Gras”
PP21,407
Colorful hybrid with large yellow a green striped leaves with red-edges. Will show more color with more sun and with winter cool temps. Winter growing, summer dormant. Best with afternoon shade inland.
Aeonium “Pedro”
Rosettes to 18″. Pink edges in sun with white stripe down the middle. Reverse variegation sport off A. decorum “Sunburst”.
Aeonium “Pinwheel”
A. atropurpureum “Pinwheel” (Not A. haworthii, Pinwheel Aeonium)
Erect to 2ft., many branches. Dark purple in full sun/more green in shade.
Aeonium “Salad Bowl”
A. urbicum “Salad Bowl”
Low growing with large green 12″ rosettes and red tips in full sun. Shade-tolerant.
Aeonium “Schwartzkopf”
A. arboreum v. atropurpureum “Schwartzkopf”
Beautiful black rosettes, very dark in full sun, 3 to 5ft. tall
Aeonium “Side Salad”
A. urbicum “Side Salad”
Mounding to 2ft tall. Forms a green carpet in mass-plantings.