Botanical Name: Common Names:
Echeveria hybrida Blue Metal Mexican Hens and Chicks, Succulent,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Succulents & Cacti Rosette
Description:
Attractive succulent that forms in a rosette shape with blue foliage and a red-velvet tinge on outer leaves. The foliage develops a white powder like coating to the leaves. A low growing plant that produces little bell-like pink flowers throughout summer. Growing approx. 15cm x 25cm. Great for pots or rockery gardens.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
15-30cm <30cm
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Groundcover, Indoor Plant, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Park And Gardens, Playgrounds, Rockery, Roundabouts / Splitters, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Crassulaceae SouthAmerica
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green, Grey, Pink
Flower Colour: Blue, Pink
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: High
Wind: High, Medium / Moderate
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