Surreal Succulents

Echeveria longissima

Name: Echeveria longissima
Brand: Surreal Succulents
SKU: F606-longissimE
Price: 13.0 GBP
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Echeveria longissima quick care tips

Watering

Echeveria longissima 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

Echeveria longissima 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

Echeveria longissima 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.

More Advice

General Care Advice
Winter Care Advice

Echeveria longissima

A species from Mexico.

This beautiful and very sought after Echeveria longissima rarely offsets and grows very slowly. This plant has a high level of red colour to its leaves in good light, the blotchy red spots are normal and occur under strong light. The flower is large and bell-shaped of pale and green colouring.

A rare variety that offers many distinguishing factors, it would really show if planted with other Echeveria species. Whether that be a bowl indoors or a bed outside (keep protected from frosts).