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Graptoveria

8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago

I've grown graptoveria Fred Ives for several years. It is one of my easiest rosette-type succulents to grow. It will take full sun in our hot, dry, desert-like climate and all the cold and frost we get in wintertime without missing a beat. It's also a very colorful one - the flowers are kind of nondescript, but the leaf color in summer and winter really stands out.

I've just now started to become interested in other graptoverias to grow out in the yard. Echeverias are pretty sensitive to full sun, and don't propagate as fast as these do for me. I'm curious if other graptoverias are also tolerant of full sun and high heat like Fred Ives is. I bought a graptoveria opalina and graptoveria amethorum and will try those this year.

Do any of you grow graptoveria? if so, share your experience photos if you have any!

Comments (20)

  • 8 years ago

    These are Fred Ives graptoveria. I have about 20 of these in small clusters - all started from a single plant about 3 years ago. And as you can tell, they're all pupping like crazy too.



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    Is this the same, Fred Ives? I’m not too pleased with how they are looking. I’ll have to go dig to see if they are too wet They discolored bottom leaves what is concerning me. They get full sun.

    I believe these are opalinas. They are in full sun now, but summertime I open an umbrella so they don’t get all day sun.

    I’m not sure what amethorum looks like.

  • 8 years ago

    Yep! I think the first photo is Fred Ives. Mine do have a somewhat washed out color in summertime, especially on older leaves. Annies annuals prefers to call the colors a "glorious array of sunset colors: amber, gold, lavender, & rose" so I guess the color is just a matter of personal preference. The pale outer leaves look great when backlit by sunlight.


    Opalina looks awesome! I am really looking forward to that one. And I'll have to upload a photo of amethorum. It has round, chubby leaves like opalina.

  • 8 years ago
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    It’s sad I don’t get as much sun here in MA so my Fred Ives look very generic and bland - just plain green. But is agree about how easy it is to propagate them. And they are aggressively growing. One plant I refer to as the alpha dog is dominating the pot. I have a it for just 2 years and after it bloomed for me, I harvested the leaf-like structure coming from the flower stalk and used it for propagation. I now have no less than 20 individual plants at varying sizes. I can’t wait to plant them in a container, they are beautiful when planted en masse.

  • 8 years ago

    Here is my Graptoveria “Moonglow”. It’s pretty unremarkable. It’s a slow grower. This one has been kept thirsty to two years now I water it regularly, it plumped up and filled its pot.

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    Thanks, Josue, I agree that opalina is a stunner.

    Do you have a light setup inside, Chris? I would not have room for such a thing, and certainly what success I've had with succulents is due in large part to my zone. I admire anyone who manages inside!

    I disagree...Moonglow is lovely. Looks so content. Most of my plants are in clay pots too. Are you removing those pups? Tricky business!

  • 8 years ago
    nice light setup Chris! Do you keep yours outdoors in summer?

    Here is amethorum. It's the one at the bottom in this pic. also, if anyone can ID those echeverias, I'd love to give them a name.
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    Chris

    Your plants look always very good! I am surprised that Fred Ives is green under your lights. Is it the color of your LEDs or?-I do not know much about them (LED lights).

    Here is one of mine, gets some light from CFL bulbs, in otherwise dark basement, but I think not enough (space keeps getting smaller and smaller! :) and it has some purplish tint on the leaves:

    Growing from the stem of the above plant:
    They turn almost brown in full sun:

    It all started with just one small plant... Most I have now grew from leaves, few from stems of decapitated plant:

    I have given away many, have too many again - started to throw away few. That is not easy for me to do!

    Josue

    Your FI plants are huge!

  • 8 years ago

    Socks - Thanks. I will leave the moonglow in its pot for now. I am ruthless with my scissors when removing pups. I just snip away. One thing I love about succulents as they root quite easily.

    Rina - Thanks. For some reason my grow my funky blurple lights just prevent etiolation for my Fred Ives. It started to color along the leaf margins due to extreme thirst. LOL. I love stressing them. BTW, I love how yours color up like PVNs. I also love how it tans under the sun.

    Josue - my plants are in the basement under the blurple lights until threat of frost is over. I moved last July to a house with 10+ hours of unfiltered sun in the south facing backyard. This is how they look outside.

    But for now they are on house arrest.

  • 8 years ago
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    In case this is of any help - Graptoveria [Edit:] 'Bashful'. This was in full sun last summer, but bad soil in a pot, after being beheaded. It never flowered, but did well. I like that it doesn't drop leaves as often as some echeveria and possibly other graptoverias, and they don't get yellow before falling off.

    Full sun:

    Now under grow light:

    I'm not sure how much of a difference there is in the green to the naked eye. That pot is about 3", so it's small. It was all green before I got the grow light.

    I bought this from SucculentOasis on Etsy, and I'm assuming the ID is correct.

  • 8 years ago

    I got the name wrong; it's Graptoveria 'Bashful'.

  • 8 years ago

    You can edit the post for posterity.

  • 8 years ago
    Socks, that Opalina... !!
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    Grace

    Great colors.

    I did not find Graptoveria Alpenglow on ICN - just xGraptosedum 'Bronze' with synonyms: 'Vera Higgins', 'Coffee' and 'Alpenglow'. Googling shows some Graptoveria 'Alpenglow'; photos look same to me - are they 2 different plants?

  • 8 years ago
    Grace, yours might be graptosedum.
  • 8 years ago
    Rina, here are my Fred Ives with my hand for scale. They do love to be in the ground here.
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    One of my favourite plants is Graptoveria 'Titubans', the flowers are lovely. As you can see from the second photo it offsets very freely and is so easy to propagate, I have lots of these now from a single plant bought 2 years ago. It tolerates full sun and light frost.

    I also love the colour of Graptoveria 'Debbi' (correct spelling is without an 'e' at the end according to the ICN site), this is still a small plant I bought towards the end of last year, looking forward to growing this one on.

    Jeff - I love the colours of your G. 'Bashfull'

  • 8 years ago
    Leave it to me to get grapto-whatever confused. Wrong plant on the right thread—sorry! :)
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    Josue

    I would love to have them in ground. Maybe I should PIG few this summer. I have so many, and they are so easy to propagate, even if some freeze, there will be plenty left. Biggest problem is to overwinter them indoors. IIRC, I had 2 rosettes reaching 9"dia, in a pot. That is largest I ever had.

    Grace

    They are quite similar anyway, I am not absolutely sure I am correct. I have many (all grew from 1 cutting and 4-5 leaves sent to me by one of the members here - I think they are Graptopetalum paraguyense; but few look like xGraptosedum 'Frosty'...