Echeveria Species, Red Edge Echeveria, Lipstick Echeveria

If kept dry, this plant is hardy down to 15 F. It is well worth growing in cooler climates, but is less tolerant of moisture than E. secu...Read Morenda var. glauca or E. elegans.

Excellent container plant for extreme exposure situations (up to day-long sun in mild climates). Tolerates dry soil and not very thirsty...Read More anyway, even for an Echeveria. Pot in very well drained soil and/or use a clay pot if you want to spoil it with water. Does very well underpotted.

Looks best in strong light.

Flowers tend to be bug magnets. Amputate infected inflorescences early or use chemical control. I prefer the former.

Prolific offsetter and easy to propagate.

Various named cultivars have been selected for color and form. There are also various hybrids which tend to preserve the best features of this species.

From http://www.cactuscollection.com:

Echever...Read Moreia agavoides is a stemless satiny translucent light green star-shaped rosette which somewhat resembles the form of an Agave. The flowers are reddish or yellow. Echeveria agavoides is a variable plant; some forms have reddish tips and some forms have slightly red to very red margins. One cultivar 'Ebony' has very dark red margins, almost burgundy. Echeveria agavoides also has a cristate form, with fans of frosty green spikes tipped in red. Originally from Mexico, Echeveria agavoides has proven a popular choice for rock gardens. In habitat, many Echeverias grow on rocky outcroppings at higher altitudes. In this habitat, the water drains quickly away from the roots of the plant, never allowing the plant to remain waterlogged. For this reason, it is essential in cultivation to use a very porous soil, which will allow quick drainage. Bright light is required to prevent "stretching" of Echeverias ("stretching" occurs when a moderately fast growing plant such as an Echeveria, is grown in dim light or over-fertilized, which causes overly lush growth that contributes to weak, pallid plants). Water thoroughly when soil is dry to the touch. Protect from frost. agavoides lipstick starlike rosette trinagular pointed glossy pale green reddish margin flowers archining yellow

This is a relatively common species, and quite fast for an Echeveria.. very hardy- can tolerate sun, shade, moist soils, dry soils... one...Read More of the easier succulents, and almost always looks good. Flowers in winter red to orange. Aphids like this plant (and all flowering Echeverias)