Echeveria peacockii Urban Yellow seeds

Echeveria peacockii 'Urban Yellow' is a small frost-tender succulent plant highly resistant to drought. It forms glaucous, blue-grey rosettes of foliage, possibly tinged with red at the tips in full sun. In summer, it is adorned with a yellow flowering, attracting a multitude of insects. It is used to create stylish and easy-to-maintain planters indoors or on the terrace and balcony.

Echeverias are perennial succulents belonging to the Crassulaceae family. These plants are renowned for their very decorative rosettes of leaves resembling artichokes. Originating from dry and rocky areas in central Mexico, the Echeveria genus particularly dislikes excess water. These plants require well-drained gravelly soil and a very bright exposure. Highly drought-resistant, Echeveria still appreciates some watering in summer. The Echeveria peacockii species cannot tolerate frost and starts to suffer as soon as the temperature drops below 6 °C. It is best grown in a pot that is stored indoors, protected from frost, from early autumn. Echeveria peacockii 'Urban Yellow' forms a rosette of fleshy, broadly flattened, spatulate leaves, covered with a bloom that gives it a bluish-grey glaucous hue. The rosette measures approximately 8 cm in all directions. Growing quite slowly, it can spread over 40-50 cm on the ground, through the production of stolons. New rosettes form at the end of these stolons. Flowering occurs in June-July, depending on the growing conditions. It takes the form of small bright yellow bell-shaped flowers, carried on arched stems of 15 cm that arise in the axils of the leaves.

Plant Echeveria peacockii 'Urban Yellow' in an attractive pot, wider than it is tall. It delights collectors of succulent plants and other cacti. Create a mini desert garden  indoors or on the terrace or balcony, by mixing Echeverias with Aloes, small agaves, dwarf opuntias, or houseleeks, for example.