Echeveria’Blue Metal '
Echeveria ' Sundown '
Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : SempervivoideaeTribe : SedeaeGenus : Echeveria
Summer colors. Private collection, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Derivative of a photo by Noelene Tomlinson. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Echeveria’Blue Metal ' is a loanblend created by Dave Poulgrain . The parentage is nameless .
Echeveria’Blue Metal ' , also known asEcheveria’Sundown ' , is a spectacular succulent that form rose window of colorful , rounded folio with a pointed tip . The rosettes can grow up to 8 inches ( 20 cm ) in diameter . The fleshy farewell vary in color from orange - browned and green during the cooler months to purple and blue in summertime .
The cerise , bell - shaped blossom appear clustered at the end of improbable stalks in later winter and summertime .
Winter colors. Private collection, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Derivative of a photo by Noelene Tomlinson. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
sparkle : E.‘Blue Metal ' favour full sun to partial wraith . If you move your plant outside in the springtime , do it gradually . The intense good afternoon sunshine can causesunburn . During the wintertime , when yourE.‘Blue Metal ' is inside , put it near the brightest windowpane in your home . It will extend if it does not have enough sunlight .
grease : This succulent ask a potting soil mix that drain quickly . Many cultivator willcreate their own mix . However , commercial succulent potting mixes will work fine .
Temperature : This industrial plant is atender succulent , which have in mind it must be brought indoors for the wintertime to make it . E.‘Blue Metal ' can resist temperature as low as 30 ° F ( -1.1 ° C).USDA Plant Hardiness Zones10a to 11b , 30 to 50 ° F ( -1.1 to 10 ° cytosine ) .
Private collection, San Remo, Western Australia, Australia. Derivative of a photo by Suda SM. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
lachrymation : Provide temperate amounts of water from spring to go down . The " soak and teetotal " method is the preferent schedule for wateringE.‘Blue Metal ' . If you have dish antenna under the pots , empty the water briefly . Water your plant just enough to keep it from wither during wintertime .
Fertilizing : E.‘Blue Metal ' grows well without fertiliser but may benefit from the extra food . Use a sluggish - passing plant food in spring or a melted fertiliser diluted 2 to 4 times more than usual and used less often than recommended .
Repotting : Repot the plant life only as needed during spring or early summer when it grows actively . To repot yourE.‘Blue Metal’,ensure the soil is juiceless before repotting .
Spring colors. Private collection, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Derivative of a photo by Kylie Roskell. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Propagation : Like allEcheverias , this succulent is unremarkably propagated from leaf or starting time . Spring is the best clock time to take foliage cuttings and disjoined offsets .
Learn more atHow to Grow and Care for Echeveria .
E.‘Blue Metal ' has no toxic consequence describe . It is good around pets and humans , although it is not advisable to eat it .
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