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Dyckia 'Red Devil' (Red-leafed Dyckia) - This succulent forms clumps of 12 inch tall by 15 inch wide rosettes of deep-green leaves overlayed with rich rusty-red whose color intensifies in full sun. In late spring appear the small orange flowers that rise on slender 2-3 foot tall slightly-branching inflorescences.
Plant in bright light (full sun best along coast) to enhance the dark color. Give good drainage and occasional to very little irrigation. Flowers are attractive to hummingbirds.
The name for the genus honors Josef Maria Franz Anton Hubert Ignatz (1773-1861), who was the Prince and Earl of Salm Reifferscheid-Dyck and whose family ruled an area west of Cologne and Dusseldorf, Germany. The name is usually seen as Salm-Dyck. Dyckia 'Red Devil' is a hybrid created by Jim Georgusis of Harahan, Louisiana prior to 1985 and is the result of crossing Dyckia platyphylla with D. leptostachya. We first got the plant from Yucca Do Nursery and grew it from 2006 until 2021.
The information displayed on this page about Dyckia 'Red Devil' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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