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An extremely tough and attractive low-growing shrub Aeonium with bright blue-green rosettes, often with pink edges. This plant is at home in any herbaceous border or among shrubs and groundcovers. Given space and light it will form a rounded globe shape and several plants grouped together will form an impenetrable mounded surface. It is a very versatile plant, forming aerial roots to support itself and, like other Aeoniums, it can roll up its leaves in times of extreme drought, only to recover when it gets water. It should be used more in mixed borders, between herbaceous plants, where it can add structure to a border, especially at the height of summer when everything else seems to be suffering.
Plant it alone or in groups of 3 to 5, in walls and between rocks. It can be cut back drastically in autumn or winter if necessary and will recover with new growth within a few weeks. It also produces a surprisingly large show of pale yellow flowers on long 30-40cm stems, which can be removed when they die back. Tolerant of all types of soil provided it is reasonably well drained.
Perfect for areas that can't be watered, large pots or containers and dry raised beds. A useful plant as part of a fire retardant succulent barrier around a house.
We are a plant nursery in the Algarve specialising in dry mediterranean species. We propagate and grow our own stock in conditions they are likely to endure when they are planted out.
We grow plants that are adapted to the dry land conditions in Portugal and southern Spain, both mediterranean perennials and succulents.
We choose plants that require very little water and maintenance. We produce a range of dry land plants that are typical of the worlds mediterranean regions. These are available to order ready for planting in the wetter months of the year. Please order the plants you need and we’ll have them ready at the best time for planting.
To ensure your new plants adapt and establish quickly, we produce them in special anti-spiral root pruning containers and a range of fibre pots (no plastic waste) with our own tried and tested growing media.
Viveiros Jardimseco
Tavira, Algarve
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Plantas adaptadas à seca - produzimos plantas adaptadas às condições de Portugal e Sul de Espanha, tanto espécies mediterrânicas como suculentas.
Oferecemos uma gama de espécies típicas das zonas climáticas mediterrânicas em todo o mundo.