Echeveria shaviana, a curly succulent
Echeveria shaviana
- Exposures
- Sun, Half-shade
- Hardiness (USDA)
- 9b (-3.9°C ≤ T° < -1.1°C)
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Genus
- Echeveria
- Species
- Echeveria shaviana
Do you dream of adding a plant with unique foliage to your collection, but can't seem to keep a Calathea (Goeppertia) alive? Try an Echeveria shaviana. This Crassulaceae, native to Mexico, catches the eye with its wavy foliage and bluish hues.
How can you recognize Echeveria shaviana?
Echeveria shaviana is a compact succulent plant. Larger than echeveria pulidonis, it forms a rosette of leaves measuring 15 centimeters across and 40 centimeters tall.
The plant appears stemless. However, after a few years, a stem emerges from beneath the rosette. It is barely two centimeters tall.
The spatulate, fleshy leaves are a bluish-green color. Covered in a waxy bloom, they take on silvery highlights in the sun. Their color isn't the only interesting feature of this variety. The leaf blades have a wavy edge. The oldest leaves are even curly, just like on a head of lettuce!
While the foliage catches everyone's eye, the blooms are no less impressive. In summer, a long flower stalk rises from the center of the rosette. It bears flowers that are pink on the outside and orange on the inside.
Echeveria shaviana is not toxic, neither to us nor to our four-legged friends. So you can enjoy its colors without worry.
Our care tips
Echeveria shaviana are non-hardy succulents. In most regions, they are grown indoors. But this succulent loves the sun. If you have a garden, a balcony or even a windowsill, put it outside in summer. It will appreciate gradual exposure to natural light. However, keep it out of direct sunlight, which can burn the leaves.
Watering
Echeveria shaviana come from arid regions. They can withstand drought, but that's no reason to neglect their water supply! If your succulent's leaves point downwards, it's thirsty.
Make sure the substrate is dry before watering. That way, you'll avoid overwatering. Once you've got your watering can, be generous. The plant prefers to be watered less frequently but abundantly than to receive frequent small quantities of water.
Half an hour after watering, remove any stagnant water from the dish. It will rot the roots.
Half an hour after watering, remove any stagnant water from the dish. It will rot the roots.
Misting
Echeveria shaviana grow in arid regions and do not like humidity. No need to spray them.
Repotting
Every year in the spring, repot your Echeveria shaviana to give it more space.
Choose a pierced terracotta pot two or three centimetres larger than the previous one. Place a bed of gravel or clay balls at the bottom to optimize drainage. Fill to within two or three centimetres of the rim with potting soil for cacti and succulents.
Before repotting your Echeveria shaviana, clean it: remove dry leaves from the base and wilted flowers. Make a hole in the center of the pot, using your fingers or a pen, and plant your succulent. All roots should be buried.
Press down to remove air bubbles. You can cover the surface with perlite or sand. This will prevent direct contact between substrate and foliage.
Fertilization
To promote the growth of your Echeveria shaviana, apply fertilizer in spring and summer.
Add cactus and succulent fertilizer to watering water.
If you're repotting every year, there's no need to add fertilizer. Your plant will find sufficient nutrients in its substrate.
Prune
Cut back the flowering stem after flowering.
Planting
When the risk of frost has passed, it's time to plant.
Your Echeveria shaviana fears humidity. Plant it in a place where water doesn't stagnate, at the top of a slope, an embankment or in a rockery, for example.
Dig a hole slightly larger than the root ball. You can place pebbles or clay balls at the bottom to improve drainage. Then lay down a layer of substrate. If your soil is light and chalky, you can use garden soil. If your soil is rich and heavy, use potting soil for cacti and succulents.
Plant your Echeveria shaviana and fill in with garden soil or substrate. Water to remove air bubbles and encourage rooting.
Taking cuttings
Cutting is carried out during the strong growth phase, generally in spring and early summer.
Remove the shoots that form at the base of the plant with their roots. Proceed delicately, with your hands or a clean knife, to avoid damaging the root system.
Choose a pierced pot suited to the size of your cuttings. Choose a terracotta model. This material promotes uniform drying of the soil and reduces the risk of root rot.
Line the bottom with a bed of clay balls or gravel. Then pour in a substrate made up of equal parts potting soil, garden soil and sand. Plant your cutting and tamp it down. You can add a layer of sand to the surface.
Place your cutting in a bright spot away from direct sunlight. The temperature should be at least 18 degrees.
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Information
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Exposures
- SunHalf-shade
- Substrates
- Humus soilSandy soil
- Planting methods
- Open groundIn potsPlanter
- Tags
- BeginnerHard to kill
- Origin
- Central America
- Hardiness (USDA)
- 9b (-3.9°C ≤ T° < -1.1°C)
- Leaf colors
- BlueVioletGlaucous green
- Flower colors
- RoseOrange
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