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Aeonium 'Firecracker' - An evergreen clustering succulent that forms a low mound to 6 to 12 inches tall with 3-4-inch-wide dark reddish black rosettes with bright green centers composed of lanceolate leaves with narrowed tips and ciliate margins.
Plant in a bright partly sunny to coastal full sun in a well-drained soil and water occasionally to infrequently. Hardy to around 25 °F. This is a great plant for use as a groundcover or for a specimen in the garden or container.
Aeonium 'Firecracker' is a hybrid between the well-known dark cultivar Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' and a the species Aeonium simsii, a smaller Aeonium with lanceolate leaves that comes from Gran Canaria Island in the Canary Island, where it grows at elevations of up to 6000 ft. This plant also looks pretty similar to one we have seen named 'Logan Rock' that came from Trewidden Nursery in England, but we received this plant identified only by its hybrid parentage from Santa Barbara succulent collector Tony Krock. Others have called this plant Aeonium 'Firecracker', so we have gone alone with this name.
The information displayed on this page about Aeonium 'Firecracker' 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.
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