Description
This plant with its pale blue-green leaves can be used as contrasting foliage in succulent plantings, cactus gardens or xeriscape plantings. It is also pretty used as edging for dry borders and in rock gardens. It can be kept in pots too, provided the soil drains well.
| Sr | Item name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Baby Echeveria, Echeveria derenbergii - Succulent Plant |
| 2 | 3 inch (8 cm) Grower Round Plastic Pot (Black) |
In bright light Echeveria derenbergii forms small rosettes with fleshy, glaucous light silvery blue leaves with pink tips. It quickly offsets to form cluste In summer it blooms with short arching racemes of flowe
The inside of the flower is yellow, the outside of the petals are yellow at the base and at the edges, with reddening at the tip and along the keel, which runs down the middle. Plants usually put out several flower stalks simultaneously. This succulent tends to lose bottom leaves on the rosettes in winter. If this happens, the rosette stem can be cut in spring and restarted as a fresh cutting.Plant Specifications
| Plant Height | 6 inch (15 cm) |
| Plant Spread | 4 inch (10 cm) |
| Common Name | Painted Lady, and Baby Echeveria |
| Maximum Reachable Height | 4 inch |
| Flower Colour | Pink, yellow or reddish-orange tips |
| Bloom Time | Spring |
| Difficulty Level | Easy to grow |
Planting and care
Baby Echeveria care
This plant can be grown from leaf cuttings. Pull a leaf from the main stem, leave it to dry for a day, then place it on the surface of the growing medium. The growing medium should be light and well drained, you can use a mixture of soil, sand and compost. The leaf will form roots and eventually, a small rosette will appear at the base. It requires minimum 10 degrees C temperature and partial sun to form roots and new growth. Remove and pot up the new plant when well rooted. Water the new plant regularly.
| Sunlight | Full sun to partial shade, at least 4 to 6 hours of sunlight per day. |
| Watering | Moderately |
| Soil | Well drained soil. |
| Temperature | 22 to 35 degrees C |
| Fertilizer | Apply any organic fertilizer in spring. |
Baby Echeveria special feature
Survivals and growers of the summer.
Baby Echeveria uses
Ornamental Use:
- This plant with its pale blue-green leaves can be used as contrasting foliage in succulent plantings, cactus gardens or xeriscape plantings
- It is also pretty used as edging for dry borders and in rock gardens
- It can be kept in pots too, provided the soil drains well