Aeonium Mardi Gras
Aeonium 'Mardi Gras'
Aeonium, or Tree House Leek, is a succulent plant with rosettes of fleshy green leaves. Panicles or racemes of small starry flowers are produced in Spring. 'Mardi Gras' is an offsetting succulent of yellow and green, with edges turning to rose and burgundy when grown in bright light.
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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 'Mardi Gras'
Latin name
Aeonium Mardi Gras
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 Mardi Gras
Aeonium, or Tree House Leek, is a succulent plant with rosettes of fleshy green leaves. Panicles or racemes of small starry flowers are produced in Spring. 'Mardi Gras' is an offsetting succulent of yellow and green, with edges turning to rose and burgundy when grown in bright light.
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.