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Surreal Succulents

x Pachyveria 'Empress'

x Pachyveria 'Empress'

£14.50
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x Pachyveria 'Empress' quick care tips

Watering

x Pachyveria 'Empress' 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 following the 3 Ds: drench, drain and dry. It is also advised to completely stop watering when conditions are frosty, keeping the plant dry for several months at a time over winter.

Feeding

x Pachyveria 'Empress' 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.

Ideal soil

x Pachyveria 'Empress' 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.

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General Care Advice
Winter Care Advice

x Pachyveria 'Empress'

x Pachyveria 'Empress', created by Dave Poulgrain, is a hybrid of x Pachyveria 'Myrtilla' and an unknown blue Echeveria (rumoured to be 'Juniper').

This plant features elegant large deep-blue leaves that shape to create a large open rosette. It will go almost a completely different colour under strong light, turning from deep-blue to army-green. It will bloom every year with a thick pink stem that contrasts against the plant and shows off its beautiful array of fluorescent flowers.

Perfect indoors on a windowsill or outside in a pot to grow large. It will offset naturally and can grow to a rather large size.

Difficulty
Beginner
Growth Form
Singular rosette
Growth Rate
Moderate
Minimum Temperature
-2°C
Maximum Size
20 cm x 20 cm
Featured Colour
Cyan and Pink

Ideal Environment for x Pachyveria 'Empress'

Full Sun
Indoor Bright
Windowsill
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  • Choose a pot with a drainage hole if you can’t limit the watering (outdoors). A pot with no drainage hole can be used as long as you water moderately. A pot with a hole tends to be more forgiving. Also, as it is slightly breathable, a terracotta pot is usually preferred over a plastic pot, but the succulents dont seem to mind too much.
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