TYPES OF ECHEVERIA SUCCULENT: Echeveria Succulent is a popular plant known to many plant-lovers as low-growing garden ornamentals. It is a plant that belongs to the succulent evergreen family, commonly known for its rose-shaped structure.
They come in various shapes and sizes ranging from small to medium typically does not exceed 12 inches.
There are more than 100 species of this plant known all over the world, but here are 15 popular types of Echeveria succulent that you would want to know:
15 Popular Types of Echeveria Succulent
The following types of echeveria succulents have their unique appearance that differs from others. Their attractive appearance makes them more lovable to some collectors though some of these Echeverias are not cheap.
Let’s take a look at some popular Echeveria succulent that dominates the world of gardening.
1. Black Prince Echeveria
The Black Prince Echeveria succulent or Black Hens and Chicks is a slow-growing type of echeveria succulent plant. Famous for its triangular leaves that are usually in dark, purple-brown color.
The leaves of the ‘Black Prince’ Echeveria are green at first but darkens over time as it matures. It’s formed with tight rosettes that could grow up to 3 inches wide if it receives enough sunlight.
The center part of this plant is usually bright green. The ‘Black Prince’ Echeveria usually blooms in late fall up to early winter, and it produces dark red flowers that emerge on its tall stalks.
Here’s How you can care and propagate a Black Prince Echeveria.
2. Dusty Rose Echeveria
The Dusty Rose Echeveria succulent is a common type of medium-sized Echeveria succulent plant, well known for its powdery violet rosettes, with a small touch of pink on its broad leaves’ tips
The ‘Dusty Rose’ Echeveria prefers full to partial sunlight to help it maximized its growth. When well taken care of, it could grow up to 8 inches. When it blooms, you could expect to see orange flowers.
3. Topsy Turvy Echeveria
Echeveria runyonii or most commonly known as ‘Topsy Turvy,’ is a fast-growing echeveria succulent. It is labeled as one of the unique types of Echeveria succulent, well known for its beautiful features, and won a prestigious award from the United Kingdom’s Royal Horticultural Society, the Garden Merit Award.
Topsy Turvy Echeveria is famous for its spoon-shaped leaves that grow outward, giving the plant a curled appearance; its leaves are usually in Silvery Green color. This type of Echeveria succulent does well in warm climates and is even proven to be deer resistant.
Here’s How you can Propagate your Topsy Turvy Echeveria.
4. Violet Queen Echeveria
Violet Queen Echeveria is a fast-growing echeveria succulent that prefers strong sunlight, and it has silvery leaves with hints of pink hue at its tips. The Violet Queen Echeveria’s leaves are in a spoon shape that points upward, giving the plant an overall look similar to a lotus plant.
This echeveria succulent usually blooms in spring, and it produces flowers that grow out of the stalks from the rosette. Violet Queen Echeveria could produce many offsets, and with the right conditions, it could grow up to 5 inches in height.
5. Blue Rose Echeveria
Echeveria imbricata, commonly known as Blue Rose Echeveria, is a famous type of slow-growing Echeveria succulent with saucer-shaped leaves that form tight rosettes. Its leaves are usually in blue-green. The leaves of Blue Rose Echeveria can use to propagate, See how on the link
This type of Echeveria produces its offsets freely and usually blooms around spring and early summer. See the article on how to grow the BLUE ROSE ECHEVERIA DURING WINTER AND RAINY DAYS
Blue Rose Echeveria produces small bell-shaped flowers in red and yellow colors that appear in clusters around its stalks. A mature Blue rose Echeveria could grow up to 8 inches in height and 4-6 inches wide. for more information here is the link to BLUE ROSE ECHEVERIA: CARE GUIDE AND PROPAGATION TIPS
6. Perle Von Nurnberg Echeveria
Perle Von Nurnberg Echeveria is another popular hybrid of Echeveria succulent that won the Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society Award. It belongs to the family of small evergreen echeveria, famous for its solitary rosette of pastel gray, thick, fleshy, paddled-shaped leaves with a dusty appearance.
Perle Von Nurnberg’s foliage turns grayish with low sunlight. However, enough or bright sunlight turns it from bright purple to pinkish color.
Perle Von Nurnberg could be grown outdoor; it prefers full sunlight and could die if it’s overwatered. It could grow up to 6-8 inches wide and 8-10 inches in height with proper care.
Perle Von Nurnberg’s flower is famous for its two-toned appearance. It blooms around summer and has pink flowers that have a yellow interior. It is renowned among florists, and it is often featured and used in weddings for flower arrangements.
7. Atlantis Echeveria
Atlantis Echeveria also goes by the name Echeveria’ Peaches and Cream’. It is a beautiful Echeveria Succulent distinguished by its Blue-green rosette with a thin line of pink marginal tips. The rosette is covered with a thick coating of farina, giving it a powdery look.
Atlantis Echeveria, like any other echeveria succulent, prefers full to partial sunlight, it needs bright sunlight to maintain its rosette form, and you should bring them indoors during winter. The rosette produces pink-orange flowers that grow from the stalks of the plant.
8. Lipstick Echeveria
Echeveria agavoides or commonly known as Lipstick Echeveria is another popular type of small green Echeveria succulent. Its foliage is usually in apple green color with red edges giving it the name Lipstick Echeveria and each leaf of this plant has a terminal spine. This type of Echeveria succulent grows its offsets freely around it, hugging the mother rosette.
Like any other succulent plant, Lipstick Echeveria prefers full to partial sunlight, and it could also grow both indoor and outdoor. It could grow up to 6 inches tall and 8-12 inches wide with proper care, and expect to see red flowers with yellow tips around spring and early summer.
9. After Glow Echeveria
After Glow echeveria is another rose-shaped succulent with large rosettes, its leaves are fleshy. They are powdery-pinkish lavender in color with a striking bright pink shade on their edges, enhancing their overall appearance.
Rosettes grow on a short, stout stem, and as it matures, they could reach up to 24 inches in height and width after the Glow Echeveria produces bright orange flowers that usually appear in Summer.
10. White Rose Echeveria
White Rose Echeveria is another famous hybrid echeveria succulent. Its rosettes resemble a lotus flower with its fleshy, diamond-shaped, silver-blue green leaves surrounded by red to dark pink shade on its edge.
White Rose echeveria blooms around spring. When it does, you will see it produces pink to orange bell-shaped flowers. This Echeveria Succulent could grow up to 4 inches tall.
White Rose is very hardy; it could be grown outdoor, and it prefers full to partial sunlight. You could propagate this plant by leaves, seed, and through cutting.
11. Raindrops Echeveria
Raindrops Echeveria succulent is a solitary plant with small rosettes in pale green color. It has mostly green leaves with pale reddish shade on its margins, and its extraordinary feature is the droplet-like globular bump found in its leaves.
The outdoor shade will help the plant to produce the best spots. The rosettes could grow up to 6 inches wide and usually blooms around spring.
12. Painted Echeveria
Painted Echeveria or Echeveria Nodulosa is a beautiful evergreen succulent that has wide rosettes with erect, sprawling stems and long, fleshy, olive-green leaves with red stripes around its margins and core.
Its leaves are about 2 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. If this succulent is allowed to sprawl, it could grow up to 8 inches tall. This Echeveria succulent blooms in spring or summer shoot up a tall stalk with pale yellow flowers with red markings that could grow up to 12 inches tall.
13. Ghost Echeveria
Echeveria lilacina, commonly known as Ghost Echeveria, is a cultivated species of slow-growing Echeveria succulent, distinguished by its spoon-shaped and silvery-gray leaves symmetrical shape that forms the rosette that could grow up to 7 inches tall. It is covered with a thick coating of farina, giving it the porcelain-appearance.
It’s formally known as Echeveria Liliana because of its dusty leaves that show a lilac hue.
In early spring, Ghost echeveria produces a delicate pink flower that hangs in the stalk from the rosette, and the branch could grow up to 6 inches tall.
14. Cubic Frost Echeveria
Cubic Frost Echeveria is a stunning echeveria succulent, characterized by its quirky-shaped leaves and lilac to lilac-pink leaves with pointy tips. It can grow up to 8 inches tall and 10 inches wide as it matures and could be propagated through seed, leaves, and cutting.
Cubic Frost Echeveria prefers bright sunlight. Direct sunlight will help the plant maintain its color and compact rosette form. You could expect to see orange flowers above the rosette when it blooms.
15. Wooly Rose Echeveria
Doris Taylor echeveria, commonly known as Wooly Rose echeveria, is another popular slow-growing echeveria. It is known to have a different texture compared to other types of Echeveria.
Wooly Rose Echeveria succulent forms rosettes that are pale green with leaves that are fleshy and covered with small white hairs, giving it the wooly appearance. It could grow up to 7 inches in diameter and 3-5 inches in height with the right conditions.
Wooly Rose echeverias produce yellow flowers inside and have red shading outside, and the flowers have small white hair like its leaves. The flowering period is usually spring to fall.
