Echeveria agavoides 'Maria'
Echeveria agavoides 'Maria'
Echeveria agavoides 'Maria' quick care tips
Watering
Watering
Echeveria agavoides 'Maria' is a drought-tolerant succulent variety, so watering around once per week in the peak growing season is advised. Ensure the soil dries between waterings. It is also advised to completely stop watering when conditions are frosty, keeping the plant dry for several months at a time.
Feeding
Feeding
Echeveria agavoides 'Maria' likes to be fed to bring out its best forms and colours. We recommend feeding with a liquid seaweed feed every 2 weeks in the main growing season from April to September. A feed we recommend is the one from our friends at LittleGreenSeaweed.
Ideal soil
Ideal soil
Echeveria agavoides 'Maria' needs free draining soil to thrive. We recommend a mixture of 1/3 John Innes no.2, 1/3 perlite and 1/3 coconut coir. The soil mix we offer here is similar in composition to this. Adding extra grit may be useful to add even more drainage for these desert-dwellers.
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Echeveria agavoides 'Maria'
A hybrid of Echeveria agavoides x Echeveria agavoides 'Prolifera' bred by Frank Reinelt in California. Introduced by Huntington Botanic Gardens as International Succulent Introduction (ISI) 92-45.
This Echeveria agavoides cultivar is highly sought after and is said to be quite hardy. An attractive green (its common name is Wax Agave) it has attractive red leaf tips and can grow to a large size.
Makes a great feature plant.
Difficulty
BeginnerFeatured Colour
Green and RedGrowth Form
Singular rosetteGrowth Rate
ModerateMinimum Temperature
-2°CMaximum Height & Spread
30 cm x 30 cmIdeal Environment for Echeveria agavoides 'Maria'
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