Aeonium Arboreum Atropurpureum
Aeonium 'Arboreum Atropurpureum'
Aeonium arboreum 'Atropurpureum' is a small succulent shrub with dark purple rosettes of foliage on the end of branches which can grow to 1m in height. It thrives in a bright light to a sunny position. Hot afternoon summer sun can damage the leaves thus it may benefit from a degree of shade in warm regions.
Contributed by @natuch
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining
Common name
Aeonium 'Arboreum Atropurpureum'
Latin name
Aeonium Arboreum Atropurpureum
type
Succulent
family
Crassulaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
Aeonium Arboreum Atropurpureum
Aeonium arboreum 'Atropurpureum' is a small succulent shrub with dark purple rosettes of foliage on the end of branches which can grow to 1m in height. It thrives in a bright light to a sunny position. Hot afternoon summer sun can damage the leaves thus it may benefit from a degree of shade in warm regions.
Flowering
From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer
Panicles or racemes of small, starry flowers are produced in Spring
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Plant out after the risk of frost
Propagating
From Early Spring TO Mid Autumn
Vey easy to propagate. Break of a rosette of leaves, complete with stalk, and dip in rooting compound, and plant in moist peat-based compost.