Echeveria Lime and Chile is a very attractive succulent, it forms frosty lime-green rosettes of chunky leaves. The tips of its leaves are often blushed reddish at the tips to give it the perfect hint of color.It produces tall stems with bell shaped, yellow flowers in the spring and summer, attracting hummingbirds.
How to Grow and Care
Echeveria are popular low growing ornamental garden plants. Although they are fairly drought tolerant, they will become more spectacular with regular deep watering and fertilising. The hybrids tend to be less tolerant of frost and shade. In temperate climates, most species will lose their lower leaves in winter and become 'leggy' and less attractive. Echeveria are also popular pot plants and appear in most succulent collections. ‘Lime n Chile’, forms concentric rosettes of chunky lime green, slightly translucent leaves that often are blushed reddish at tips. Offsets prolifically to form attractive clusters. Flowers are tangerine orange.
Climate:
Echeveria and other non-hardy succulents look amazing in patio planters. Echeveria are originally from Mexico and Central America. They aren’t used to the cold and will die in freezing temperatures. Just because you live where winter is a real winter doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy these colorful plants.
Hardiness: Echeveria 'Lime n' Chile' can tolerate temperatures as low as 30 to 50 °F (-1.1 to 10 °C), hardiness USDA zones 10a to 11b.
Water: Echeveria, indoors or outside, don’t like to be kept too wet, but they also don’t like to be kept too dry. We typically find that succulents like more water than most people think. In a house the dry home temperatures dry things our even faster. You don’t want your soil to be bone dry or it will wither the plant’s roots.
Soil: Echeveria need soil that drains quickly. This helps prevent moisture from rotting the roots. Many growers will create their own special mixture of soil and perlite. However, good quality potting soil, or a cactus mix will work fine. As a rule of thumb, when you squeeze a handful of moist soil together, it should crumble apart again when released.
Fertilizer:
Fertilizer is not a continual requirement for Echeveria. Succulents grow natively in soil without a lot of nutrients. So, they are especially susceptible to fertilizer burn. However, they can benefit from the occasional extra boost. Use a slow-release fertilizer at the beginning of spring, or a liquid fertilizer diluted 2-4 times more than normal and used less often than recommended. Use a low nitrogen mix or a cactus fertilizer. Remember that it is a lot easier to over-fertilize succulents than to under-fertilize.
Propagation:
Propagating Echeveria is an easy and fun way to create new plants. Echeveria propagates in two main ways: through separation, and through leaf cuttings. A happy and healthy Echeveria plant will produce offsets from its main stem, which can be separated and propagated as a separate plant.
- Learn more at TIPS: HOW TO GROW AND CARE ECHEVERIA
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- Scientific Name: Echeveria 'Lime n' Chile'
- Synonyms: Echeveria 'Lime and Chile', Echeveria 'Lime n' Chili', Echeveria 'Lime and Chili'
- Family: Crassulaceae
- Subfamily: Sedoideae
- Tribe: Sedeae
- Subtribe: Sedinae
- Genus: Echeveria
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How to Grow and Care
Echeveria are popular low growing ornamental garden plants. Although they are fairly drought tolerant, they will become more spectacular with regular deep watering and fertilising. The hybrids tend to be less tolerant of frost and shade. In temperate climates, most species will lose their lower leaves in winter and become 'leggy' and less attractive. Echeveria are also popular pot plants and appear in most succulent collections. ‘Lime n Chile’, forms concentric rosettes of chunky lime green, slightly translucent leaves that often are blushed reddish at tips. Offsets prolifically to form attractive clusters. Flowers are tangerine orange.
Climate:
Echeveria and other non-hardy succulents look amazing in patio planters. Echeveria are originally from Mexico and Central America. They aren’t used to the cold and will die in freezing temperatures. Just because you live where winter is a real winter doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy these colorful plants.
Hardiness: Echeveria 'Lime n' Chile' can tolerate temperatures as low as 30 to 50 °F (-1.1 to 10 °C), hardiness USDA zones 10a to 11b.
Water: Echeveria, indoors or outside, don’t like to be kept too wet, but they also don’t like to be kept too dry. We typically find that succulents like more water than most people think. In a house the dry home temperatures dry things our even faster. You don’t want your soil to be bone dry or it will wither the plant’s roots.
Soil: Echeveria need soil that drains quickly. This helps prevent moisture from rotting the roots. Many growers will create their own special mixture of soil and perlite. However, good quality potting soil, or a cactus mix will work fine. As a rule of thumb, when you squeeze a handful of moist soil together, it should crumble apart again when released.
Fertilizer:
Fertilizer is not a continual requirement for Echeveria. Succulents grow natively in soil without a lot of nutrients. So, they are especially susceptible to fertilizer burn. However, they can benefit from the occasional extra boost. Use a slow-release fertilizer at the beginning of spring, or a liquid fertilizer diluted 2-4 times more than normal and used less often than recommended. Use a low nitrogen mix or a cactus fertilizer. Remember that it is a lot easier to over-fertilize succulents than to under-fertilize.
Propagation:
Propagating Echeveria is an easy and fun way to create new plants. Echeveria propagates in two main ways: through separation, and through leaf cuttings. A happy and healthy Echeveria plant will produce offsets from its main stem, which can be separated and propagated as a separate plant.
- Learn more at TIPS: HOW TO GROW AND CARE ECHEVERIA
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| source pic: crassulaceae.ch/de |
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