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How Well Did Your Aeoniums Grow This Winter?

7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

Aeonium in gritty mix is one of the few plants I manage to make grow well. I still cannot get the watering habit in the dormant Summer right yet, so I do lose plants that have not established to rot occasionally, but generally these have worked out for me. If you have some prize specimens, put up some photos here.

Here are my three best containers of Aeoniums.





Comments (23)

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    They are absolutely gorgeous!!! Thanks for showing them :-).

    Do you know the names of the first 2? I love the variegated top ones, and the middle ones with the rich dark red against the very green inner growth is beautiful. I feel inspired to start a painting with those colours. If I do I'll post here lol

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked Helen Agius (Adelaide,Sth Aus) USDA Z10b
  • 7 years ago

    The first one with green and yellow outlines is Aeonium Sunburst. That one was hard to grow. I rotted out a few of them by overwatering. It takes a while for them to take root in gritty mix, but once they do they seem fairly robust. Now that mine have taken root it will be interesting to see how much they die back in the Summer.

    The second one is a Home Depot hybrid with some proprietary name, but they look very similar to Aeonium Catlin. Except mine are red in the middle and green on the outside, whereas Catlin is green in the middle and red on the outside.

    The third one is a variety of very common Aeoniums, including Aeonium Voodoo and Aeonium Arboreum.

  • 7 years ago

    Nice! Mine did fine (in gritty mix) and seem ok with summer water. They are in a spot that doesn't get much. I love the 'Sunburst' - I've never tried that one, may have to now!

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked Sara Malone Zone 9b
  • 7 years ago

    Most of mine are in the front yard (where they tend to take over), but I put a cutting in my back yard, where I have much worse soil:


    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked Lars
  • 7 years ago

    That variegated one in the first photo is spectacular. Don't have any of my own as I don't see them as being really suited to houseplants as much as garden plants which they can't be up here.

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked geoforce
  • 7 years ago

    @geoforce, Sunburst would make a spectacular plant in the entry area of a home, if you could put it in a large container and make sure it gets enough light. Learning the water habit might be tricky if the plant loses its normal clues about what is Winter or Summer. These want a lot of water in Winter, and they do not like a lot of water in Summer. You can kill them with rot over watering in the Summer.

  • 7 years ago

    Here is a closeup of the second photo, which better shows the coloration of the Home Depot Aeonium that looks similar to Catlin.


  • 7 years ago

    So pretty, and so not fair! lol

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
  • 7 years ago

    @Nil13 Very nice. My A. castello-piavae 'variegata' turned into a large bush of solid green (i.e., the variegation disappeared). Not sure what happened there. That one seems very fragile to lighting conditions.

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    I have on that's very black-pure black. Touchy to hot summer heatwaves. Will burn.

    Somebody else in Hayward posted on gardenweb their pure black Aeonium clump that he said was thriving in ground. I keep mine potted...gophers,slugs,cats..it's easy to snap branches.

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
  • 7 years ago

    The black one is A. 'Zwartkop'

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked Nil13 usda:10a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
  • 7 years ago

    I envy anyone that can grow these outside. Here's a pic of mine that currently lives in my laundry room window. It has great light as you can see.

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked notolover
  • 7 years ago

    westes ... I'll take one of those, three of those and ALL of your other ones.


    smashing! so nice.

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked bragu_DSM 5
  • 7 years ago

    Almost no sooner did I post,then a slug or snail got some big leaflets on my black Aeonium. I moved it,found a big old snail nearby and sent him airmail...

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
  • 7 years ago

    errr...ummm...air “snail”...?

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked SoCal Stewart (San Diego, Ca Zone 10A/10B)
  • 7 years ago

    Kids were around. Couldn't just step on it..so did the next best. wink.

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
  • 7 years ago

    snail mail


    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked bragu_DSM 5
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Last year my Aeonium tabulaeforme flowered and died. But it self sowed

    in the pot and the tiddlers have been growing slowly all winter. The ruler is in inches.



    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
  • 7 years ago

    Another around town.

    westes Zone 9b California SF Bay thanked stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
  • 7 years ago

    Ummmmm.......those are amazing!!!! Ugh, I wish I could grow succulents outside. Stupid east coast. I definitely need to move to California or Arizona. Growing succulents indoors in windows or (like all of mine) under lights is just not the same (obviously) as growing outdoors in FULLsun like yours. Really beautiful Westes.

  • 7 years ago

    Here's mine!