🤝 The Scary Succulent
Aeoniums, in particular, have really taken hold with gardeners due to a myriad of new cultivars in varying shades of purple, pink and red. Their distinctive succulent rosettes make them attractive companions to other subtropical bedding plants, such as osteospermums, argyranthemums and gazanias.
The Aeonium genus has a disjointed distribution, with the majority of species found in the Atlantic islands of Macaronesia (Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde), but with two outliers in East Africa and Yemen.
The centre of diversity is the Canary Islands – out of 37 species, only 6 are not found there. The Aeoniums of the Canaries give us an interesting glimpse into plant evolution – they are considered to be of similar importance as the finches of the Galapagos Islands.
As with Darwin’s finches, Aeoniums are polymorphic, with many growth forms that relate to the type of habitat in which they grow. These habitats are ecologically diverse, ranging from coastal deserts to cloud forests to subalpine mountains.
No Hierarchy
Focus Pocus
Senior-Promoted
AI-Grown
£24.45
£0.65
£33.55
£42.00
£0.60
£0.95
£1.50
£0.70
£1.20
£0.80
£24.45
£0.65
£33.55
£42.00
£0.60
£0.95
£1.50
£0.70
£1.20
£0.80
£24.45
£0.65
£33.55
£42.00
£0.60
£0.95
£1.50
£0.70
£1.20
£0.80
