Echeveria glauca (The Blue Hens and Chicks)
Beautiful succulents from Mexico. They form blue rosettes to 6″ across with long lasting pink and yellow flowers in summer. Easy for pots and will survive outside in mild gardens. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Red
Remarkably easy little plants with long lasting flowers and little inclination to be troubled with pests or diseases. They spread, so a wide shallow pot works well and a reasonable amount of light. In mild coastal gardens and central London, these will survive in the ground - they're considerably more frost hardy than the similar African Aeoniums.
The only thing to occasionally blight these is Vine Weevil larvae that love nibbling the roots. This will only be a problem if they're in a pot. Vine Weevils are endemic to the British Isles and remember that the troublesome larvae are only a stage. Sooner or later they'll metamorphose into an adult which will not be interested in the Echeveria. Biological Controls bugs (nematodes) are available for control of the Vine Weevil larvae.
Propagated by us from cuttings.
Additional Information |
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| Soil Type | |
| Light | |
| Plant Type | Big Leaves / Exotics, Evergreen, Flowers, Ground Cover, Grown by Us, Succulents |
| Continent of Origin | |
| Specialist Plants | |
| Situation | Coastal, Mild City Gardens, Plants for Pots, Sheltered Garden |
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