There are Echeverias and then there is Echeveria agavoides 'Lipstick'. Subtly can be hard a times, I can tell you from experience. And with E. agavoides cultivars there is a subtle difference and so it takes a keen eye to separate them. In a pot it is a bit hard to tell E. 'Lipstick' from the others, but once you plant it out in the garden you will begin to see the difference. This is, in my experience, the largest of the E. agavoides, and this should be the first thing you notice, they look like a big artichokes on the ground. The other thing you will notice once this juicy plant makes its home is that it really multiplies. The last thing you can look for (although there are other cultivars with this characteristic) are the red tips which are what give it its name.
I love this little green gem. Here are just a few in my garden, can you see why I have so many?
I can certainly see why you have so many. They are gorgeous! I can't resist an Echeveria that multiplies prolifically, but this one is so pretty with the red tips. Adding this beauty to my wishlist. Love the plant combination around it too - superb. New reader of your great blog, thoroughly enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I'm concerned , one cannot have too many cultivars of Echeveria... And how cute the Orostachys looks all cozied up with it !
ReplyDeleteI just can't get enough of this plant, thank you for featuring it. Gorgeous. If I lived close you I would certainly be stalking it...
ReplyDeleteMine has proven highly temperamental in a pot--can it take full sun? I'm ready to try it in the ground. Yours are looking splendidly healthy.
ReplyDeleteWhere do you garden again? I have found it so easy but you have to have this cultivar. Good luck!
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