Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering
Outdoor
Aeonium Arboreum
Flat rosettes atop bare stems, green or near-black: a succulent that works in winter and sleeps through summer.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Mediterranean
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Maintenance
Easy
A calendar in reverse
Native to the Canary Islands and naturalised across the Mediterranean, it carries its rosettes on branching stems like a miniature tree.
Its cycle is inverted: it grows through the cool, wet season, then closes its rosettes in summer, drops the lower leaves and waits for the first rains.
"It sleeps while others grow."
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Styling Tip 01
Summer means rest
Water very little from June to September: closing rosettes are a normal signal, not a sign of thirst.
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Styling Tip 02
Growth in the cool season
It is in autumn and mild winter that it wants regular water and strong light.
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Styling Tip 03
Head cuttings
Cut a rosette with ten centimetres of stem, let it dry for a week, then plant: it takes without trouble.
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Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering