Plant in full coastal sun to light shade in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally. It should be cold hardy to about 25° F. This plant is similar in size and color to Aeonium 'Cyclops' but is lower branching to form more of a mass of rosettes rather than the tall bare stems of Cyclops and Aeonium 'Voodoo'.

This plant came labeled as 'Blackbeard' with a collection of Aeonium received from Stockton succulent grower Alice Waidhofer in 2005. We have not found anyone else growing this plant or much information about who hybridized it, but we think it a very attractive cultivar. In 2010 we received news from John Matthews, a succulent collector and Huntington Botanic Garden volunteer, that the late Jack Catlan had this plant in his collection and thought it to be a hybrid between Aeonium simsii and Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' and Catlan had received it from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. 

The information displayed on this page about Aeonium 'Blackbeard' is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.