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Echeveria elegans
Hen and Chicks
Notes

Uses: Highly ornamental succulent as a feature plant in mixed borders, large container planting or feature beds in urban landscapes with contrasting species or other succulents. Planted en-mass an effective and showy ground cover. Requires well-drained soils. Warning: Potentially invasive due to its vegetative reproduction do not plant near bushland, conservation areas or coastal reserves.

  • Height 0.1-0.2m
  • Spread 0.2-0.3m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Crassulaceae
  • Botanical Name Echeveria elegans
  • Common Name Hen and Chicks
  • Origin Mexico
  • Habit Clustering rosettes, Dense, Mat-forming
  • Landscape 2nd line coast, Coastal footslopes, Plains, Footslopes
  • Soil Texture Gravel, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Light frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Yellow, Pink, Red
  • Flowering Time Summer, Winter
  • Flower Type Tubular
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Groundcover