Echeveria setosa
Echeveria setosa is a tender succulent with red flowers and soft, fuzzy silver-white hair on green leaves.
Description:
Echeveria setosa is a ciliate species covered in short, silver-white hair that are soft and fuzzy to the touch. Primarily valued as an evergreen succulent, foliage is fleshy, spoon-shaped and covered with dense white hairs and arranged in stemless rosettes 2 - 3 inches in height by 6 inches wide. Flowers emerge in late spring on 12 inch tall stems which bear urn-shaped red flowers with yellow tips. Will form a dense carpet over time. Attracts hummingbirds. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Echeveria
Family: Crassulaceae (The Stonecrop Family)
Zone Hardiness: 9-11
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: under 4"
Width: 4-8"
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Class: Evergreen
Type: Tender
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Dry, Drought Tolerant
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Hummingbirds
Deer Resistant: Yes
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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