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    Also Known As

    • Echeveria perelegans
    • Echeveria tinctoria
    • Echeveria tinctorum
    • Oliverella elegans
    • Mexican Snowball
    • White Mexican Rose

    Plant type

    cactus / succulent

    size

    • H: 4"-6"
    • W: 3"-15"

    planting zones

    • 9a-11

    4in | $9.25

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    Echeveria elegans plant details

    Echeveria elegans is an evergreen cactus / succulent with blue and green foliage. In spring and summer coral and pink flowers emerge. Features glaucous texture. Grows well with sun and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Prefers to be dry in winter. Does well in gritty, lean and well-drained soil.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Echeveria elegans

    Plant type: cactus / succulent
    Plant family: crassulaceae
    Foliage: evergreen blue and green
    Mature size: 3 IN - 15 IN - wide, 4 IN - 6 IN - tall
    Flowers: coral and pink blooms in spring and summer
    Uses: bare root shipping available, collectible, colonizing, container plant, houseplant, long-blooming, rock garden, rosette-forming, xeric, year round interest

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Echeveria elegans

    USDA Zones: 9a - 11
    Sun exposure: sun
    Watering frequency: regular - low
    Soil needs: gritty, lean and well-drained

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    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    Echeveria elegans, also known as the "Mexican Snowball", is a beautiful succulent that is perfect for adding a touch of greenery to any indoor or outdoor space. This 4 inch pot is the perfect size to showcase the stunning rosette of green and white leaves that will grow to about 4 inches in diameter. Echeveria elegans is a low maintenance plant that requires bright indirect light and infrequent watering. It is also tolerant of a wide range of temperatures, making it a great option for both indoor and outdoor environments. This plant will thrive in a well-draining soil mix, and can be fertilized during the growing season to promote healthy growth. Add the Echeveria elegans to your collection today and enjoy its unique beauty for years to come!

    Grown in a 4 inch pot

    By: Dry Oasis Plants

    Once believed to drive away evil sprits, this succulent native to the semi-desert regions of Mexico forms large rosettes with silvery-green, spoon-shaped leaves. Grows offsets which over time will form a dense mat. Displays pink, tubular flowers tipped with bright yellow stars atop a pink stalk. Echeveria are low maintenance, and require little water once established. Provide a well-drained soil away from reflected heat. Ideal in warm climate landscapes and container gardens, but is especially happy sitting on your windowsill as a houseplant. Protect your PRINCE OF PARADISE™ from frost!

    By: Little Prince of Oregon

    Pretty pale blue foliage with a pleasing rounded form, this Echeveria tends to produce a fair amount of offsets, as it spreads nicely or propagates easily for more plants. Rosettes about 4" across. shipping 4" pots.

    By: Avant Gardens

    Dense, blue-gray succulent species from Mexico that mounds or spreads slowly in tight colonies. Edges of leaves are slightly pink, producing equally pretty small pink flowers with a yellow tinge. Very handsome and uniform in the garden. More cold hardy than many other echeveria hybrids, this one makes an excellent rock garden or container plant that needs occasional winter protection below 25 °F. Drought-tolerant. Plant in part to full sun. Crassulaceae

    By: Cistus Nursery

    Mexican snowball is aptly named for two reasons: the succulent rosettes are an icy blue colour and this species is the hardiest of the Echeveria, a genus of succulents with their centre of diversity in Mexico. Planted out of the rain it can survive a west coast winter. Elsewhere grow as a houseplant in winter in a cool, bright window and keep dry until spring.

    By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

    Light to Partial Shade. Indoor/ Outdoor (Patio). Pink Flowers have a Yellow tinge.

    By: Moon - Sun Cactus & Koi Gardens

    The tight rounded rosettes of whitish-gray rounded foliage makes a graceful and attractive accent or groundcover. Echeverias are durable succulent perennials that lend themselves to mixed containers, rock gardens, or any well-drained garden soil. The evergreen foliage is topped by short spikes of pinkish-red outward facing yellow-tipped urn-shaped flowers in spring.

    By: Almost Eden

    A great landscaping plant in warmer areas, but also a wonderful pot specimen. Extensively used for landscaping in Mexico. Limited. Temporarily out of stock - all sizes.

    By: Kara Nursery

    Gardening facts about Echeveria elegans plant

    How to Grow Echeveria elegans

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun

    • Water Needs

      • regular - drought tolerant

    • Water Needs

      • dry in winter

    • Soil Needs

      • lean
      • well-drained
      • gritty

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green
      • blue

    • Flower Color

      • pink
      • coral

    • Flower Season

      • summer
      • spring

    • Foliage Season

      • evergreen

    • Texture

      • glaucous

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