Aeoniums growth and propogation

Yorkshire Kris · Post by **Yorkshire Kris** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:00 pm

This is for you Arlon.

This first pic shows an aeonium given to me as a cutting in Sring 2008. The photo shows it in summer 2008 planted out.

Yorkshire Kris · Post by **Yorkshire Kris** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:01 pm

Here it is in 2009 (in red) plus another aeonium (in blue)

Yorkshire Kris · Post by **Yorkshire Kris** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:02 pm

Here they are in 2010

Yorkshire Kris · Post by **Yorkshire Kris** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:04 pm

Here they are today in 2011. One is 2 foot tall one is over 3 foot tall including pots.

Yorkshire Kris · Post by **Yorkshire Kris** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:08 pm

No to the propagation bit. initially I waited until little buds started to form under the first rosette. I left these to grow and took one as a cutting when it was say 5 inches long. Plonked it into grit compost and within a couple of weeks I had a new growing plant. Every time I accidentally break a shoot off I just put them into the ground and they grow.

Here are some pics of cuttings over wintering.

Yorkshire Kris · Post by **Yorkshire Kris** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:11 pm

Finally here is a piece that I broke off in November 2010. I put it into this pot which has a ginger in it. It is growing in compost and now is growing away!

As I said before they are very easy to grow!

sanatic1234 · Post by **sanatic1234** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:33 pm

I have a Aeonium that was given to me and aint they just stunning!! mine has now turned a red/purple colour before it warmed up properly it was fully green.

Yorkshire Kris · Post by **Yorkshire Kris** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:42 pm

They are great. They need full sun/heat/stress to get a really good deep colour on them. Some are more prone to going a good dark colour than others.

dave2166 · Post by **dave2166** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:02 pm

sanatic1234 wrote:I have a Aeonium that was given to me and aint they just stunning!! mine has now turned a red/purple colour before it warmed up properly it was fully green.

that is because it came from good stock san

they are so easy to propagate though, and for the next 5 months they grow so quick that they take a matter of a few weeks to put roots out.

i think my collection is over 50 varieties now, and a 'few' in prop stage, the trick is to get the offsets just at the right size, too big and they've gone a bit wonky and too small and they take too long to get to a decent size.

will be giving all mine a repotting and water/feed this weekend i hope

dave2166 · Post by **dave2166** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:04 pm

Kris

i see youve got some echeverias in there too, glauca and duchess of nurnberg by the look of it

when they offset they are just as easy...

sanatic1234 · Post by **sanatic1234** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:05 pm

That is very true dave

it is doing lovely and has put a bit of height on too

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