Family: Crassulaceae
Fast growing, moderately branchy, to 6ft tall and nearly as wide. Sports massive rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves, up to 20″ wide! This species will continue to flourish after flowering. Prefers afternoon shade.
Habitat:
Northern Tenerife, Canary Islands
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems
Family: Crassulaceae
This is a medium sized Aeonium growing to approximately 3 feet with Large green rosettes, and some branching. Leaf margins have light pink edges.
Habitat:
La Palma, Canary Islands
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems
Family: Crassulaceae
Small Aeonium that grows into a bushy shrub to 16″ with thick long red-edged leaves in sun.
Habitat:
La Gomera and Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Small Aeonium that grows into a bushy shrub to 16″ with thick long bright red-edged leaves in sun.
This is a cultivar of undetermined origin.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Small colorful Aeonium cultivar that grows into a bushy shrub to 10″ with thick red yellow and green leaves in sun.
This is a cultivar of undetermined origin.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Medium to large Aeonium that grows into a bushy shrub between 2 to 4ft. Leaves have pink edges in sun and are thick and long.
Habitat:
La Gomera in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Bushy subshrub up to 10″ with profusion of 4″red-tipped, green rosettes in full sun; thick long leaves.
Habitat:
Northern Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
A. arboreum var. holochrysum
Family: Crassulaceae
Medium Aeonium up to 3 feet, with tight glossy green rosettes – small in summer
Habitat:
found in Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma, and El Hierro in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Multi-branched with pointed rosettes. Leaves start a golden green, maturing to hot pink with a vivid red central stripe. These unusual Aeonium are Summer growers needing some regular water.
Habitat:
Found in Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Uganda.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a Summer rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Small shrubby Aeonium up to 12″, with small dense green rosettes. Leaves are glandular. The crushed up leaves from this plant can reportedly soothe skin and eye irritation due to Euphorbia sap.
Habitat:
found in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Large Aeonium with low solitary rosette followed by large red bloom spray. Monocarpic.
Habitat:
Found growing on steep dry slopes on La Palma in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Miniature Aeonium with unusual brightly colored, oval leaves. Very branchy, and low-growing almost shrub-like form. Yellow flowers. Protect from frost.
Habitat:
Found growing on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Low growing, groundcover succulent branching from base. Narrow leaves are slightly fuzzy with marginal hairs. Rosettes to 10″d. Yellow flower clusters.
Habitat:
Found growing on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Miniature Aeonium with shrubby stems, and very small rosettes, slightly fuzzy green leaves get a hint of red, almost blush color in full sun. Many yellow flowers. In the summer the rosettes curl up into very tight balls at the tips of each branch, which uncurl again during the active growing season.
Habitat:
Found growing on Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma, and El Hierro in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Low growing Aeonium with large green rosettes to 20″, spreads quickly
Habitat:
Found growing on Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma, and El Hierro in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Aeonium with Large, solitary, flat rosettes on short unbranched stems. Bright green leaves.
Habitat:
Found growing on Northern Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Large Aeonium growing up to 4 feet tall with a solitary stem and large rosette of wavy leaves
Habitat:
Found growing on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Aeonium “Green Platter”
Family: Crassulaceae
Aeonium with mostly flat broad rosettes, and wide rounded green leaves
The origin of this plant appears to be entirely unknown. It is almost certainly a hybrid, and some people speculate it is a cross of A. arboreum x A. canariense, but it’s true parentage is uncertain.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Large Aeonium up to 3ft with solitary rosettes to 20″ wide
Habitat:
Found growing on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
A profusion of red-edged green rosettes, deeper red in full sun. Low growing – 18″ to 24″ tall, but very full.
This is a cultivar of undetermined origin.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
Family: Crassulaceae
Small shrubby Aeonium with thick green leaves, and flattened rosettes. Branches readily, stays low.
This is a hybrid of A. bethencourtianum and A. lindleyi.
Cultivation:
Does well outdoors in the bay area as a potted plant or landscape specimen. Plant in well draining media. This plant is from a winter rainfall region, but can receive water throughout the year in cultivation. Should be watered about once every 2 weeks, always allowing time for the soil to dry out between waterings. This plant does not like extreme heat and can fry if the temperatures rise above 100°F for long periods. Aeoniums are monocarpic so branches die back after flowering, but plants will generally re-branch from lower stems.
A. potatorum “Baja”
Small, tight, regular rosettes; moderate water, full sun
A. schidigera “Black Widow”
Variegated leaves with strong central stripe and white painted lines. Stemless rosettes to 24″ w/hairy leaf margins, possibly an A. filifera subspecies/cultivar.
Mid-sized agave, narrow leaves with leaf edges trimmed in deep burgundy and richly colored terminal spines.
A. attenuata x A. shawii
Soft-leafed hybrid will get fairly large, to 3 feet across and tall. Hardier than the softer leafed Agave attenuata, making this a perfect agave for areas that need a few degrees more cold hardiness. Blue leaves, long thin pointed tips and quick growth make this a very popular Agave hybrid.
Agave “Blue Flame” will form large clumps of rosettes that can fill an area over 10 feet across. Bloom stalks will reach 15 feet tall. Will go 20 to 25 years before blooming.
A. attenuata x A. ocahui
Smaller rosettes to around 2ft; red-tipped blue-green leaves. Sharp terminal spines. More open in less sun, tight rosettes in full sun. Generally solitary.
A. palmeri x A. victoriae-reginae
1-2 feet across, with fairly upright narrow leaves. Smooth, burgundy-tinted leaves with dark margins. Small, to only a 1 ft to 18″, and slowly clumping in full to part sun. Very regular growth, clean and simple.
A. bracteosa “Calamar”
Tall arching, curving leaves. This cultivar is generally solitary.
A. potatorum “Cherry Swizzle”
Large, solitary rosettes, open blue leaves with stunning colorful twisty terminal spines.
A. guiengola “Creme Brulee”
Thick variegated leaves with cream-colored margins and tiny dark marginal teeth. 3 to 4 feet across. Prefers afternoon shade inland and in hotter climates, all day sun at the coast.
