Cactus and Succulents - Part Shade

Adromischus maculatus

Synonym: Cotyledon maculatus
Family: Crassulaceae

Small plant with thick squat branches, and flat round succulent leaves with dense red spotting towards the tops. Large plants can produce a very fat succulent base that could be considered a caudex.

Habitat:
Found in the Langeberg Mountains of Cape Province, South Africa, growing in rock crevices on cliff faces, usually at high altitudes.

Cultivation:
This is a relatively slow growing plant that does well outdoors in part sun, and planted in extremely well draining media. It 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.

Aechmea recurvata

2ft. terrestrial bromeliad will form large clusters. Stiff yellow-green leaves, small marginal teeth, pinkish bloom stalks.

Aechmea “Orangeade”

Long curving orange leaves. Vigorous clumper. Red and yellow flower stalks emerge from center plant when mature. Frost sensitive.

Aeonium “Ballerina”

Family: Crassulaceae

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.

This plant is a possible hybrid selection of A. glutinosum and A. canariense

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 “Blushing Beauty”

A. canariense x A. arboreum

Family: Crassulaceae

Medium Aeonium up to 3ft that forms Dense clumps of green rosettes with a blush color spreading from the edges to the center with more sun. Yellow flowers.

Origin:
This is a cultivar hybrid of A. canariense and A. arboreum originally produced by Jack Catlin in 1976

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 “Carol”

Family: Crassulaceae

Medium Aeonium up to 3ft that has thick slightly wavy succulent green leaves forming Broad 18″ rosettes

Origin:
This is a hybrid of Aeonium canariense that was discovered in Santa Barbara.

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 “Catlin”

Family: Crassulaceae

This is a medium sized Aeonium growing to approximately 3 feet with many branches. Leaves are green with red edges under intense light, can become slightly more green in shaded conditions.

This is a hybrid of A. tabuliforme and A. “Zwartkop”

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 “Emerald Ice”

Family: Crassulaceae

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.

This is a cultivar that was originally created by Renee O’Connell

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 “Fiesta”

Family: Crassulaceae

Dense clumps of brightly colored variegated green, yellow, and red rosettes with a blush color spreading along the edges with more sun. Yellow flowers.

This is a cultivar that was originally created by Renee O’Connell

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 “Frosty”

Family: Crassulaceae

Small Aeonium cultivar with White-edged green leaves, and delicate rosettes to 8″. Prefers shade

This is a possible hybrid of A. glutinosum, and A. canariensis

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 “Garnet”

Family: Crassulaceae

Medium Aeonium up to 3ft with Green, dark-red-tipped leaves turn more red in sun.

This is a hybrid of A.”Zwartkop” and A. tabuliforme made by Jack Catlin and originally distributed in the Huntington Garden’s 1995 International Succulent Introductions (ISI-95) catalog.

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 “Graciosa”

Family: Crassulaceae

Medium Aeonium that grows into a shrub up to 2′, with dark purple-edged leaves

This cultivar is a Cactus Jungle original that popped up as a random hybrid in our grow yard.

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 Star”

A. tabuliforme “Green Star”

Family: Crassulaceae

Large flat plant with broad rosettes and many branches, grows to 12″h.

Habitat:
This is a naturally occurring hybrid between A. lindleyi and A. tabuliforme that occurs in Tenerife, Canary Islands, growing on the rocky cliffs below Taganana

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 “Greyhound”

Family: Crassulaceae

Very green leaves, medium rosettes are larger in winter. Shrubby, gets quite branched, to 3ft tall. Soft almost fuzzy leaves. Rosettes will be a bit cupped in summer.

This cultivar is a Cactus Jungle original hybrid of A. subplanum and A. arboreum

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 “Jolly Green”

Family: Crassulaceae

Low growing Aeonium 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.

This is a cultivar created by John Bleck.

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 “Kiwi Verde”

A. haworthii hybrid

Family: Crassulaceae

Small shrubby Aeonium up to 2ft. Green leaves with a bit of red on the edges.

This is a cultivar of unknown 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.

Aeonium “Kiwi”

A. haworthii hybrid

Family: Crassulaceae

Small shrubby Aeonium up to 2ft, with variable green, pink, and yellow leaves.

This is a cultivar of unknown 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.

Aeonium “Pinwheel”

A. atropurpureum “Pinwheel” (Not A. haworthii, Pinwheel Aeonium)

Family: Crassulaceae

Medium Aeonium erect to 2ft with many branches. Dark purple in full sun/more green in shade.

Origin:
This appears to be a named selection of Aeonium arboreum, which is found on Gran Carnaria 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 “Salad Bowl”

A. urbicum “Salad Bowl”

Family: Crassulaceae

Low growing with large green 12″ rosettes and red tips in full sun. Shade-tolerant.

Origin:
This appears to be a named selection of Aeonium urbicum, which is found 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.

Aeonium “Side Salad”

A. urbicum “Side Salad”

Family: Crassulaceae

Mounding to 2ft tall. Forms a nice green carpet in mass-plantings.

This appears to be a named selection of Aeonium urbicum, 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.

Aeonium “Suncup”

A. castello-paivae fa. variegata

Family: Crassulaceae

Small shrubby Aeonium with narrow green leaves aud yellowish white variegation

This is a variegated cultivar of A. castello-paivae

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 “Sunshine”

Family: Crassulaceae

Very green undulating leaves, large rosettes with tight centers. Few branches, grows 4-5ft tall. Soft leaves, almost fuzzy.

This is a hybrid cultivar of A. subplanum x A. “Cyclops”

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 “Tip Top”

A. arboreum “Tip Top”

Family: Crassulaceae

Small and shrubby Aeonium to 1ft tall x 3ft wide, with Dark rosettes.

This is a cultivar of A. arboreum with undetermined origins

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 “Velour”

A. canariense x A. arboreum

Family: Crassulaceae

Medium Aeonium up to 3ft with Green and rich-reddish-brown rosettes

Origin:
This is a cultivar hybrid of A. canariense and A. “Schwarzkopf” originally produced by Jack Catlin in 1976, and distributed in the Huntington Garden’s 2000 issue of the International Succulent Introductions catalog (ISI-2000)

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 “Whippet”

Family: Crassulaceae

Shrub to 2ft with many fast-growing rosettes

This cultivar is a Cactus Jungle original: a greener sport off A. “Schwarzkopf”

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 arboreum

Family: Crassulaceae

This is a medium sized Aeonium growing to approximately 3 feet with many branches. Leaves are green with purple margins which become more intensely colored in direct sun.

Habitat:
Found throughout the Canary Islands and the west coast of Morocco, where it grows on rocky cliffs and sand dunes.

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 arboreum v. atropurpureum

Family: Crassulaceae

This is a medium sized Aeonium growing to approximately 3 feet with many branches. Leaves are deeply purple under intense light, can become slightly more green in shaded conditions.

This is an old cultivar of unknown origin that has been circulating in the trade for many years

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.