Echeveria ready to bloom

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:25 pm

These get nicer each year, despite being in blazing sun until about 2pm

Barb

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:12 pm

Very nice!

These are quite happy in the blistering sun of the Okanagan region. I think these have a reddish colored bloom do they not?

Cheers, Barrie.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:39 am

Many of the genus/species (?) do have a reddish colored flower.

I had a "propeller plant", also a succulent, that bloomed with a lovely rust-colored spike.
Sadly, it didn't make it through winter as I had only thrown a blanket over it in its sheltered corner.

will post pic when they open.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:51 am

Nice! how long have they been in the ground? Do they get winter protection?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:28 pm

Hi Aaron,
They've been planted out since around end of April.
Will re-pot them in September to go back into the barely-heated building.

One thing I found interesting last year:
when I set them out into sun, the sun was already strong and many of the leaf tips went mushy from
sunburn. People suggested "they're fried" and that they would not recover.

I didn't cut off the sunburned areas, just left them, and within a month they recovered fully.

This year was different...no sun in April, so no sunburn.

Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:15 pm

Finally in flower...

Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:19 am

Barb,

Great photo! and good work on getting them to bloom

Steve

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:01 pm

Gotta like that.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:29 pm

Thanks folks.
Can't remember how old these plants are, approx 8 or 9 years for this first blossom.
Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:02 pm

And...holy cow!

Echeveria elegans blooming today! Only about 2 months early...oh oh?!?!

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:11 am

It is nice to see something blooming. I was looking at the snow, again. Luckily we're up north- only 1/2" not like up to a foot in Southern Alberta.

Allen

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:47 pm

Allen,
Dandelions are starting up (GRRRRR!)...hate 'em.

Everything else will be a lot later this year.

It's also snowing southeast of us in the Kootenays, so you're not alone.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:14 pm

Are those hardy? They are so beautiful

I bought some rolled leaf green ones that are supposed to be hardy in a zone 5, but only time will tell.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:11 pm

Unfortunately, they're not hardy, Aaron.
I always dig them up before the first frost and bring them into a cool building for the entire winter, keeping them dry.
Maybe too dry (hence the bloom)

Someone suggested that Echeveria includes Hens-and-Chicks plants, which I do have growing outdoors.
They are bulletproof but I wouldn't try any of these others outdoors for winter.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:39 am

To bad, those would be awesome in the garden(year-round). Of course it still is

I will try and post some pics of the one I have, not your typical hen and chicks. It is supossed to be hardy in a zone 5, but it came from a nursery in Las Vegas, so how would they know.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:05 pm

Yes I'd like to see a pic of it, Aaron.

I'll try to find the link in which many are pictured, with their latin names.
It was an excellent site.

Barb

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:28 pm

Barb I really have to find one of those Echeveria. Very nice.

John

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:59 pm

John, I'll divide one for you.
Let me know when you're heading this way and I'll pot it up.

Here's a link with many names.
http://gardeningintheshade.com/id30.htm

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:06 pm

lucky1 wrote:Yes I'd like to see a pic of it, Aaron.

Barb

Here is a pic, but after looking close up I may be wrong?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:28 pm

Aaron,
that's cool!
doesn't seem to resemble any pictured on the Echeveria link I provided.

But it could well belong to the family, despite the "hollow tube" stems, which my other Echeveria don't seem to have.
Now I'm curious what yours is.

Were the tip ends fried from winter?
deer? rabbits?

BTW, other than "hens and chicks" none of mine are hardy, but it's really easy to plant them out in spring.
No special care (treat like cactus). Then in fall pot them up into an unglazed clay pot. Easy. Keep dry but sunny.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:36 pm

Barb,
The ends are fried from cold. It has not gone through a winter here yet. Just a hard freeze from this spring. They said it is good to zone 5, but we will see.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:26 am

Aaron,
I hope the "ends" recover, as I'd guess rot could occur if water gets in there.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:27 pm

Barb,
I don't think they are very deep, it is just the tips that are hollow.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:29 pm

I am starting to think it may just be a fancy form of hens and chicks.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:12 pm

Instead of hen's 'n chicks, maybe it's the roosters, with all that stuff sticking up

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:00 pm

I like that.....I think I will call it the rooster.

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