Echeveria secunda

Also Known As

Echeveria glauca
Echeveria secunda var. glauca
Blue Echeveria
Hens and Chicks

Plant type

cactus / succulent

size

H: 6"-12"
W: 12"-18"

planting zones

9a-12

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Echeveria secunda plant details

Echeveria secunda is an evergreen cactus / succulent with blue foliage. In summer orange, pink, red and yellow flowers emerge. Features glaucous texture. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Prefers to be dry in winter. Does well in average, gritty, lean and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Echeveria secunda

Plant type: cactus / succulent
Plant family: crassulaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue
Mature size: 12 IN - 18 IN - wide, 6 IN - 12 IN - tall
Flowers: orange, pink, red and yellow blooms in summer
Uses: collectible, container plant, easy-to-grow, houseplant, mounding, rock garden, rosette-forming, xeric, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Echeveria secunda

USDA Zones: 9a - 12
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: heat
Soil needs: average, gritty, lean and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Echeveria secunda forms very attractive, symmetrical rosettes with cupped, blue green leaves. The mature leaf margins glow pink when environmentally stressed. This species readily sounds out offshoots, forming clumps. Displays coral pink and yellow flowers atop thin stalks. Echeveria are small, slow-growing, low maintenance plants. Provide a well-drained soil away from reflected heat. Once established, water infrequently during the hot season. Ideal in warm climate landscapes and container gardens. Echeveria secunda is especially happy sitting on a sunny windowsill as a houseplant. Protect your PRINCE OF PARADISE™ from frost!

By: Little Prince of Oregon

One of the hardiest and most popular succulent plants with rosettes of large, blue-green leaves, which have a narrow red margin in good light. They produce long-lasting, tall stems with small reddish flowers, which also last well in arrangements. They do great in pots or in the ground.

By: Almost Eden

Powder blue rosettes form clusters to about 18" with nodding, orangey-pink flowers with yellow tips. Very nice. This high elevation collection has been frost hardy so far to as low as 12F! Wahoo! That's almost to the bottom of USDA zone 8. Needs lean, well-drained soil and occasional water, drying out a bit in between. Wonderful in rock garden walls or containers.