Plant in full (coastal) to part sun in a well-drained soil. Irrigate occasionally to very little. Hardy to 25-30 F. One of the nice larger leafed dark Aeonium cultivars that makes a great statement in the succulent garden. It is a very attractive plant with very large rosettes with newly emerging green leaves that are slightly undulated and that darken rapidly with age, giving it a distinctive two tone look.

Aeonium 'Purple Queen' came into our possession so labeled with the succulent collection of Alice Waidhofer. We were contacted in March 2008 by the late Rick Nowakowski of Natures Curiosity Shop, who noted that it was his plant and that it was a chance seedling that came up under some large Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' that he had growing at his Bonita, California nursery. He noted that a few other darker seedling germinated at the same time but this one, with greener leaf bases survived. He named it 'Purple Queen' and sold it a few years before losing it in a freeze at his Vista Nursery in the 1990's. 

This information about Aeonium 'Purple Queen' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.