How to tend a Echeveria pulvinata

Also known as: Cotyledon pulvinata Hook.f.

Watering

Water thoroughly 2 times during summer dormancy, keep soil moist in other time, water thoroughly when soil is dry

Sunlight

Likes light, and resistant to half shade, short period of dormancy in summer, use half shade for better care

Soil

Peat and akadama mixed in 3:1 ratio

Fertilizer

Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply once monthly in spring and autumn

Pruning

Remove dead and rotten part timely

About this plant

Origin
Mexico
Category
Crassulaceae, Echeveria
Size
Diameter 6-10 cm, height 5-15 cm
Blooming period
Succulent plants, sometimes flowers, orange flowers
Flower colors
Leaf color gray green, when sunny leaf edges turning to dark red
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