Aeonium Urbicum
Aeonium 'Urbicum'
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. Aeonium urbicum is one of the tallest aeoniums growing up to 2m in height. Its inflorescence can reach 1x1m. Pink or white starry blooms appear in mid-summer.
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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 'Urbicum'
Latin name
Aeonium Urbicum
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 Urbicum
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. Aeonium urbicum is one of the tallest aeoniums growing up to 2m in height. Its inflorescence can reach 1x1m. Pink or white starry blooms appear in mid-summer.
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.