Cactus and Succulents - Part Sun

Aeonium sedifolium

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.

Aeonium tabuliforme

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.

Aeonium urbicum “Rubrum”

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.

Aeonium  “Lily Pad”

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.

Agave “Baja”

A. potatorum “Baja”

Small, tight, regular rosettes; moderate water, full sun

Agave “Black Widow”

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.

Agave “Cameron Blue”

A. potatorum “Cameron Blue”

Rosettes to 18″. Scalloped blue leaves with prominent reddish terminal spine. Moderate water, full sun.

Agave “Cherry Swizzle”

A. potatorum “Cherry Swizzle”

Large, solitary rosettes, open blue leaves with stunning colorful orange-red twisty terminal spines.

Agave “Desert Diamond”

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A. potatorum “Desert Diamond”

Dwarf variegated agave with white markings and prominent red terminal spines. Stays small, few pups, to 18″ across. Slower growing, more vibrant and wider leaves than its parent plant, “Kichiokan Marginata”

Agave “Durango Delight”

A. schidigera “Durango Delight”

2ft. rosettes, threadleaf agave. Dense rosettes of leaves, marginal white thread/hairs.

Agave “Eye Scream”

A. potatorum “Eye Scream”
May be an Agave isthmensis cv

Dwarf variegated agave with wide blue leaves with wide creamy yellow stripes. Plant in full sun.  Mostly solitary, open habit. Stays small, to 18″ across.

Agave “Fatal Attraction”

A. funkiana “Fatal Attraction”

May be an Agave lophantha subspecies. Rosettes 3 to 4 ft. Striking variegated and sharp-spined leaves.

Agave “Joe Hoak”

A. desmetiana “Joe Hoak”

Stunning silver leaves with yellow and green striped margins. Moderately toothy, open rosettes, a bit more vertical and vase-shaped. 2 to 3 feet across.

Agave “Kichiokan Marginata”

A. potatorum “Kichiokan Marginata”

Dwarf variegated agave with white markings and prominent red terminal spines. Stays small, few pups, to 18″

Agave “Kichiokan”

A. potatorum “Kichiokan”

Tight rosettes to 18″ across, will spread readily. Bright red spines.

Agave “Monterrey Frost”

A. bracteosa “Monterrey Frost”

Very narrow soft leaves with crisp white edges, recurved.  Spineless leaves make this Agave good for areas alongside paths, Once the plant  matures it has a 4 to 5 foot tall dense spike bearing small pale yellow to cream flower.

Agave “Quadricolor”

A. lophantha “Quadricolor”
A. cv. Goshikibandai

Brightly colored, toothy, 18 to 24″, occasional offsets

Agave “Splendida”

A. lophantha “Splendida”

Strong central stripe, brightly colored, toothy, to 24″, occasional offsets

Agave americana

10 to 12ft.; pups aggressively, giant bloomstalk then dies

Agave americana “Matsumoto”

Very large upright leaves with yellow striped margins and a blue-green central stripe. Plant away from pathways. Offsets readily.

Agave americana fa. aureo-marginata

Very large upright leaves with stunning yellow-edged striped margins. Large architectural specimin for container planting. Offsets readily.

Agave attenuata

Bluish green, to 3ft tall (occasionally to 5ft.); regular water. Protect from frost. Large curved draping bloom stalk gives this its common name.

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 colorata

Toothy rosettes 2 to 4 feet across, some offsets; Mexico

Agave deserti

Large rosettes to 36″ – protect from winter rains.