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Aeonium arboreum var. zwartkop
Black Beauty
Notes

Uses: Highly ornamental and hardy landscaping plant for contrast. Produces black-purple, succulent, leaf rosettes at the ends of its branches.
Produces large flower heads.
Attracts butterflies and bees.
Warning: Reproduces vegetatively, potentially invasive, do not plant near conservation parks or coastal reserves.

  • Height 0.6-0.6m
  • Spread 0-0m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Crassulaceae
  • Botanical Name Aeonium arboreum var. zwartkop
  • Common Name Black Beauty
  • Origin Canary Islands
  • Habit Clumping, Upright
  • Landscape Coast, Coastal footslopes, 2nd line coast, Plains
  • Soil Texture Clay, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Yellow
  • Flowering Time Summer
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Ornamental, Hedge
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)