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Products > Echeveria cuspidata var. zaragozae
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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Crassulaceae (Stonecrops) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Pink |
| Bloomtime: Winter/Spring |
| Height: <1 foot |
| Width: <1 foot |
| Exposure: Cool Sun/Light Shade |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 30-32° F |
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Echeveria cuspidata var. zaragozae - A small usually solitary rosette forming succulent to around 4 inches wide with many blue-green thick succulent 2 inch long by half inch wide leaves that are strongly convex on the lower surface and blushed with pink on the upper half that terminates in a prominent dark red pointed tip. In late winter and early spring here in coastal California appear the flowering stems, either singly or up to 3, bearing a long lasting display of urn-shaped flowers in small clusters that are pink on the exterior and yellow inside. Plant in cool full to part day sun in a well draining soil and water occasionally but avoid water collecting in center of plant. Hardy to 30°F. This smaller growing variety of the variable Echeveria cuspidata was described by Myron Kimnach in the January-February 2005 issue of the Cactus and Succulent Journal (Vol. 7 N.1) where it was compared other varieties of the species and noted to have leaves that are less cuspidate (tapering to a firm tip) and instead are more obovate to obovate-cuneate with a more squared leaf, but still having to sharp tip (mucronate). It is thought to have been first collected in 1972 by Charles Glass, perhaps accompanied by Robert Foster (who were longtime friends, business partners and editors of the CSSA journal) on gypsum hills near Zaragoza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Our plants grown from seed given to us that was collected from plants growing at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek that were grown from seed originally collected north of General Ignacio Zaragoza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
The information about Echeveria cuspidata var. zaragozae displayed on this page is based on research conducted in our nursery library and from online sources we consider reliable. We will also relate those observations made of this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and in other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has additional information, particularly when they share cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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