Friday 18 October 2013

Echeveria 'Afterglow'

This is one of my favourite Echeverias.  The colour is fantastic and it really colours up in the colder weather.  It loves a well drained raised bed in the garden in a frost free position or of course it will thrive in pots and look suitably awesome!  I find in the garden the addition of cow manure really makes them thrive if you can get some - not too much though.  This one doesn't throw many offsets, but when it does you can propagate from them.  Alternatively wait until the plant flowers then use the leaves from the flower stem to propagate from.  Also, of course, you can behead the plant and hope that some pups will form on the stem.  Plant the head cut after drying it out for a week or so.  Good luck!

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