Our August box featuring Aeonium Dinner Plate, Zebra Haworthia, Donkey's Tail Succulent and Echeveria 'Atlantis'
1. Aeonium Dinner Plate
Aeonium Dinner Plate is an interesting succulent. The flat rosettes can grow up to 24 inches (60 cm) in diameter with light green fleshy leaves. A biennial or perennial succulent, Aeonium Dinner Plate has small, starry yellow flowers.
This beautiful succulent looks like a dinner plate. Its leaves are round, flat, rosette and close to the ground. Sometimes the form crested in the center make the succulents look like a big turtle. In the spring, color of leaves change from a muted apple green to an almost fluorescent yellow green. The Dinner Plate can thrives indoor as a houseplant.
Aeonium leaves bruises very easily, so please expect that there may be some bruises on the leaves upon arrival. The bruises are absolutely normal and do no harm to the plant. The plant will quickly produce new leaves to replace the bruised ones.
Well-Drained, Gritty.
Mostly Sun, Sun.
Late Spring, Early Summer.
2. Zebra Haworthia
Haworthia Fasciata 'Zebra Haworthia" is one of the most popular Haworthia species. Its leaves are thin, and dark green with horizontal white ridges that resemble zebra striping.
Zebra Haworthia is often grown as an indoor plant because of its attractive appearance and low maintenance. It produces offsets freely, and the offsets can be propagated easily.
Bright light, but not direct sunlight.
Use a cactus mix or very fast-draining potting soil mixed with sand.
the Zebra Plant flowers are small tubular white or pink flowers growing from a very thin kind of stem. It rarely blooms though and the flowers only last for a few days.
Water only when soil feels dry to the touch and then drain completely. Never let the plant sit in water.
3. Donkey's Tail Succulent
Sedum Burrito/ Sedum Morganianum, also known as Burro's Tail or Donkey's Tail Succulent, is native to Mexico. It is an easy-to-grow perennial succulent and can tolerate any types of soil with good drainage. It has rounded and fleshy silver-green leaves that are densely packed on hanging stems. In spring, this plant may bloom clusters of pink to purple flowers, growing from the ends of the stems. This is an extremely fragile plant, so we'll try our best to pack it very carefully with multiple layers of bubble wrap and peanuts, and the box will have fragile signs. However, we cannot control how USPS handle packages. Therefore please understand that we cannot offer replacement or refund if some leaves break during transportation! We're more than happy to share tips on leaf propagation, so please feel free to let us know if you have any question. Clay Soil, Sandy Soil, Loamy Soil, Drought/Dry Soil. Full Sun. AWater deeply when soil is dry to the touch, then let drain completely.
Generally non-toxic to humans and animals.
4. Echeveria 'Atlantis'
Echeveria ‘Atlantis’ is an attractive succulent with round big rosettes. In the summer expect the rosettes to take on a powdery blue skin, but in colder temperatures this plant reaches her full potential with rich, red tips that are in striking contrast to the blueish-green bodies of the rosettes. Full Sun. Well-drained, porous. Avoid letting water sit for too long in the rosette to prevent rot and fungal diseases. Dead leaves should be removed from the plant as soon as possible to ward off pests.
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