May 24, 2010Aeonium love
Well here I go blogging about a plant that I’m not sure can be found at your favorite nursery - Aeonium ‘something-something’ with its ‘Zwartkop’-looking outer leaves and lime-green eye. Imagine it in a foliage garden bridging the gap between dark Japanese maples, something low and green and ornamental grasses.
I spotted the compact 3 by 3 foot mounded bouquets thriving in a neglected yard in Laguna Beach. Nothing leggy about these beauties. And you can bet that a piece of it went into my pocket.
San Marcos Growers has a similar Aeonium called ‘Blushing Beauty’ but it’s not quite the same - more incurved than cabbage-like. Euro American’s Aeonium ‘Tip Top’ is also similar, but a bit longer in the leaf.
So I guess I’m going to have to go back and actually knock on the door to get more. Form a line, people. First dibs.
whatever
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Michelle says:
I’ll bake you a cake-wink,wink-to get you out of the big house!
Posted on May 24, 2010 at 7:17 am.
Monica says:
Hi Cindy,
I have a bunch of this if you’d like some. Let me know if you do and I’ll meet you for coffee somewhere!
Posted on May 24, 2010 at 7:30 am.
Fern @ Life on the Balcony says:
You know, I have an aeonium called ‘Plum Purdy’ that is a cross of Aeonium canariense X A.arboreum ‘Zwartkop’ and it looks a lot like this one, but the outer leaves of mine are less intensely wine-colored. I keep mine in part shade, and that could be the cause of the color difference, or it could be a completely different plant.
It’s one of the aeoniums listed as coming from the same cross that ‘Blushing Beauty’ came from. And a quick google search of the other one listed in the SM Growers link you provided indicates that ‘Velour’ might also be a match to this aeonium
Posted on May 24, 2010 at 9:20 am.
Fern @ Life on the Balcony says:
This is a photo of my aeonium ‘Plum Purdy’ http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=892452&l=d13a673864&id=1600801175
Posted on May 24, 2010 at 9:21 am.
Cindy McNatt says:
Okay everybody - I’m going to take one for the team. Standby for cuttings galore.
Posted on May 24, 2010 at 10:05 am.
Cindy McNatt says:
Hi Cindy,
This is certainly similar to Aeonium ‘Jack Catlin’ http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/ISI 2009/isi/2009-10.html#. However, there are other hybrids, named and unnamed, that look very similar.
All the best, John
John N. Trager
Curator of Desert Collections
Huntington Botanical Gardens
Posted on May 24, 2010 at 5:03 pm.
Adriana @ Anarchy in the Garden says:
I have this Aeonium and don’t know what it is called either. It’s been neglected, probably root bound since I purchased it months ago and yet to transplant it. I think I bought it at Home Depot.
Posted on May 24, 2010 at 10:09 pm.
M Dunne says:
Cindy,
The Aeonium you sought is Aeonium Velour. I had a sign out front with the name. The “tree” you photographed started with my “gifts” to my neighbor who stuck them in the ground. I can’t believe you didn’t identify yourself. I caught you!
Posted on May 26, 2010 at 4:39 pm.
Debra Lee Baldwin says:
Hi, Cindy—Well, I’d say that if the Huntington’s John Traeger IDs an aeonium, then that’s its name, regardless of what the tag says.
I’ve been growing this gorgeous lime-centered, berry-colored aeonium in my garden ever since I got cuttings last summer in Santa Barbara. I love the way it forms clusters and am very glad to finally know what to call it (everyone asks about it). It’s fitting that it’s named after the H’ton’s star hybridizer. I vote for Aeonium ‘Jack Catlin’.
Posted on May 27, 2010 at 8:23 am.
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Lynn Salinger says:
I’ll come visit you in the slammer Cindy if you give me a cutting. I swear, first Martha and now you. Actually my grandmother taught me that trick more than 50 years ago when I had no idea that cuttings would root. Love your brief blog and your column too.
Posted on May 24, 2010 at 7:05 am.