Cactus and Succulents - Part Shade

Aeonium arboreum v. atropurpureum

Erect to 3ft., dark purple in full sun/more green in shade. Wide leaves, round rosettes. Many branches. Will form giant pyramids of yellow flowers, replacing the rosette and ending the life cycle of the branch.

Aeonium canariense v. virgineum

Low shrubby, with large 8″ green rosettes. Soft and velvety leaves. Will produce large mounds of rosettes. Red edged in full sun.

Aeonium ciliatum

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.

Aeonium decorum

Bushy shrub to 16″; red-edged in sun; thick long leaves

Aeonium haworthii

Bushy subshrub to 10″; profusion of 4″ green rosettes, red-tipped in full sun; thick long leaves. Winter-growing.

Aeonium holochrysum

A. arboreum var. holochrysum

Shrub, stems to 3ft. w/tight glossy green rosettes – small in summer

Aeonium nobile

Large, low solitary rosette followed by large red bloom spray. Monocarpic.

Aeonium sedifolium

Unusual oval leaves, brightly colored. Branchy, a low-growing almost shrub-like form. Yellow flowers. Protect from frost.

Aeonium simsii

Low growing, groundcover succulent branching from base. Narrow leaves are slightly fuzzy with marginal hairs. Rosettes to 10″d. Yellow flower clusters.

Aeonium spathulatum

Shrubby stems, very small rosettes, lightly fuzzy green leraves get a hint of red, almost blush color in fulll sun. Many yellow flowers.

Aeonium tabuliforme

Large, solitary, flat rosettes on short unbranched stems. Bright green leaves.

Aeonium undulatum

Large rosettes with wavy leaves. 4 foot tall solitary stems, branch from the base.

Agave “Creme Brulee”

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.

Agave attenuata “Raea’s Gold”

Wide soft leaves of a pale gold-green emerge from a tight central spear to arch gracefully back. Offsets readily. Keep protected from frost.

Agave attenuata “Variegata”

Wide blue-green recurved leaves with variegation that can be white or yellow, wide striped or narrow. Offsets readily. Keep protected from frost.

Agave bracteosa

Large mounds of arching, curving leaves to 12″. Grows on rocky cliffs.