Echeveria “Black Knight” is best known for its deep green or brownish color. People enjoy the Black Knight a lot mostly because it is easy to grow both indoor and outdoors. If you don’t give the plant enough light, it will lose its main color. Be sure to look out for beautiful red flowers in the Fall or early Winter.
- Family: Crassulaceae
- Subfamily: Sadoideae
- Tribe: Sedinae
- Genus: Echeveria
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Hardiness:
USDA hardiness zones 9a to 11b: from 20 °F (−6.7 °C) to 50 °F (+10 °C).
How to Grow and Care
Most Echeveria can be easily propagated from leaf cuttings, although a few are better from seeds or stem cuttings. To propagate a leaf cutting, place the individual leaf in a succulent or cacti mix and cover the dish until the new plant sprouts.
To propagate from cuttings, cut a leaf from the mother plant carefully with a clean knife or scissors. Before replanting, wait for a few days to allow it to callous. Use well-draining soil for your new succulent plant. Don’t forget to water when the soil dries out.
The Echeveria “Black Knight” is succulent type is a slow grower so even if it can be propagated by its seeds, this method is not recommended. To propagate from the seeds, plant the seeds in a well-draining soil mixture. This method can be used outdoors. In cooler areas, indoor propagating is recommended...- Learn more at TIPS: HOW TO GROW AND CARE ECHEVERIA
Origin:
Echeveria ‘Black Knight’ is known to be collected by R.J Taylor under bushes and trees on the road between Mazatlan and Durango in Mexico.
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