Aeonium virgineum
Aeonium virgineum
20cm, grows in half-shaded rock crevices in the lower and upper mountain ranges of Gran Canaria. It makes compact, cup shaped rosettes with highly succulent and slightly pubescent leaves, which are sticky and show a pleasant balsam scent. Rosettes will reach up to 30cm/11.8" in diameter and develop a huge, cylindrical, sulphurous yellow inflorescence of about 0.5m/19.5" in height (!). Plants will produce many offsets as the specimen shown on the left and have a typical red tinge at their leaves' base, which distinguishes this species from related Aeonium in the subgenus Canariensae. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. In winter water plants carefully and keep at a minimum of some 10°C. IV-VI.More Details »