SucculentsEcheveria
Echeveria elegans
Echeveria (Echeveria elegans) is a slow-growing succulent, hardy in USDA zones 9-11, that matures to about 0.1-1 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained soil. Expect yellow, orange and pink blooms in spring and summer. It attracts bees and hummingbirds, stands up well to drought, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 9-11
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 0.1-1 ft
- Spacing
- Less than 12 inches
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Foliage
- Blue, Silver, Green, Pink, Purple, Red, Variegated, White
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Orange, Pink
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Hummingbirds
- Tough against
- Drought
- Native to
- Texas to Argentina
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
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