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Aeonium Merry Maiden

 

Aeonium 'Merry Maiden'

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. 'Merry Maiden' has purple leaf rosettes which are green towards the centre

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plant Features
  • Aeonium Merry Maiden likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Aeonium Merry Maiden likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Aeonium Merry Maiden is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Aeonium Merry Maiden likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Aeonium 'Merry Maiden'

Latin name

Aeonium Merry Maiden

type

Succulent

family

Crassulaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Aeonium Merry Maiden likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Aeonium Merry Maiden is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Aeonium Merry Maiden likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Aeonium Merry Maiden likes very little water

    Very little water

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Aeonium Merry Maiden is 0.30meters x 0.10meters 0.30 M 0.10 M

Aeonium Merry Maiden

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. 'Merry Maiden' has purple leaf rosettes which are green towards the centre


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.

 
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