Echeveria Hookeril

Echeveria Hookeril Care

Pachyphytum Hookeri

What is the plant

Versatile, easy care succulent, perfect for tucking into containers and between rockery. Plump, olive-green leaves have a silvery sheen and form tight, stemless rosettes, adding unique color and texture to garden or patio.This should be pachyphytum hookeri, but is often sold as an Echeveria. It has pointed tubular leaves which are covered in a thick bloom giving it the blue/white colour. Young plants do not have as much bloom and so tend to be green. The flowers look the same as those on echeverias and are pink on thin flower stalks

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Lighting

Full Sun

Hardiness zone

min 9a

Difficulty

Easy

How to Care for the Plant

Water
The top layer of soil between waterings in the summer should dry up well. The plant is very resistant to aridity. In summer and spring (in April-September), water abundantly about once in 5-7 days, in October and March 1 time a month, at the rest of the day, do not water. Excess water from the pan should be drained.
Fertilizer
During growth, once a month, feed on diluted fertilizer for cacti.
Sunlight
Bright sun, direct light. A small shade may be required only in very bright sun. Pakhifitum also tolerates penumbra, however, under normal lighting conditions, a more compact one grows, forms bright foliage and blossoms better.

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Soil
Suitable shop soil for succulents with a small addition of sand. For a mixture of own preparation, take: 3 parts of coarse sand or perlite, 2 parts of turf ground, 2 parts humus (leaf earth), 2 parts peat. You can add brick crumb Good drainage is necessary.
Temperature
In the summer: room, up to +95 ° F, in winter the minimum temperature is + 41-46,4 ° F (it easily tolerates the cold in dry soil conditions). The plant is resistant to heat in summer and to cold air from the window in winter.
Popularity
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