''× Pachyveria glauca'' 'Little Jewel'

× Pachyveria glauca 'Little Jewel'
Crassulaceae crossed with Pachyveria Glauca (hybrid) at the Marsh Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Saxifragales
Family:Crassulaceae
Genus:Echeveria
Species: E. Pachyveria glauca
Binomial name
Echeveria Pachyveria glauca
J.A.Purpus

× Pachyveria glauca 'Little Jewel' succulent plants are hybrids in the nothogenus × Pachyveria (Pachyphytum and Echeveria).[1] It is a versatile plant, thriving in the (frost free) garden and in containers.

Description

This plant has cylindrical tapered leaves, shading from powdery blue with a of purple at the bottom of the plant to a light green at the points of the top leaves. That color slowly darkens down the length of the plant. Leaves resemble gems-jewels.[2]

Cultivation

This plant propagates itself by dropping leaves, which then sprout new plants, and also by stem cuttings.

Habitat

Pachyveria plants do best in desert and arid climates, and grow well in porous, well-drained soil. They grow well in full sun, though prefer a bit of shade in more sizzling heat of 92 and higher degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius). They are drought and heat wave tolerant, but love lots of summer time water, and hardy to around 30-35 degrees Fahrenheit (-1 to 1 degrees Celsius).

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