Echeveria 'Melaco'
Echeveria 'Melaco' is an evergreen succulent with reddish-brown foliage and orange flowers.
Description:
Echeveria 'Melaco' is a beautiful evergreen succulent that is valued for its distinctive coloration and rich, glossy leaves. Foliage is a gradient mix of copper, plum, salmon and chocolate brown with light green centres, spoon-shaped and arranged in rosettes up to 6 inches tall and wide at maturity. Bell-shaped, orange flowers emerge in spring. Needs bright sunlight to maintain compact form and bright foliage colour.
Common Name: Echeveria
Family: Crassulaceae (The Stonecrop Family)
Zone Hardiness: 9-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: under 4"
Width: 4-8"
Primary Bloom Colour: Orange
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Evergreen
Type: Tender
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Native to Mexico, where they grow in rocky outcroppings on mountain slopes, never allowing the plants to become waterlogged.
Award: AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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