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Aeonium 'kiwi'

16 years ago

I bought this plant on ebay and when it arrived it was in such a bad condition, the seller stated that it was the plant in the pic on the listing (which was in good condition) but when the plant arrived the leaves were black like they were burnt. It wasnt due to the weather it arrived one day after posting.

Anyway the plant had 3 rosettes and I cut them off I was hoping they will grow back but now im unsure..

Im new to aeoniums so im wondering do they normally grow back?

thanks

Comments (5)

  • 16 years ago

    I don't have many (3) so I'm no expert... but, aeoniums are summer dormant. My guess is they will probably start to grow back once they wake up for dormancy.

  • 16 years ago

    Hmmm... dormancy is a relative term. It gets pretty hot here in summers, though this summer is starting out pretty nice...not a single day over 100F yet which is pretty unusual. I have about 60 Aeoniums in pots and in the garden in all grow all year round... albeit slower in summer. But I water mine pretty heavily all year round and they just grow more and more. This is a succulent genus I find very difficult to give too much water to. Never had one rot from overwatering at least, though I have killed my share by underwatering. Aoenium Kiwi is a somewhat slow grower (unlike the non-variegated Aoenium haworthii which it is derived from) so it may take a while to come back, but it should as long as the roots are healthy.

    Some of mine in late spring
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    friend's plant growing in very sandy soil
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    growing as a groundcover in a botanical garden
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    Flowering early summer, Los Angeles
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  • 16 years ago

    Well if you saw in the other thread I managed to rot one last year, and managed to rot a 'pup' so far this year, but that's been my experience - like I said, not an expert :)

    I've been at 100% humidity for the past 3 or so days, with rain continuing to fall until for at least 5 more days - it's been a cool front with temps in the mid-80s with nighttime temps in the low 70s recently with the rain. So, that probably explains why I can rot mine and you can't lzrddr ;) btw, mine all grow in pots protected from the rain

  • 16 years ago

    Thanks :)

    They are lovely plants .. I hope mine does grow back I will just have to wait and see ... I will try not to kill it in the meantime lol

  • 16 years ago

    I am so envious, Lzrddr, of the way you can grow them. Mine have to remain in pots and be brought inside the greenhouse in the winter. I grow quite a few different aeoniums and they don't seem to go dormant in the summer for me. Most are putting on lots of pups now. One thing I just recently discovered (I'm a newbie to this) is that when I "behead" the top rosette, it really triggers the pups to form on the stalk. I've always known pups would form on the stalk, but didn't realize how quickly they would do it when the mother rosette was removed.