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Aeonium simsii
The plant likes a sunny habitat, but can live in partial shade.
Always water a few days after the substrate has dried out. In winter, limit watering.
It can tolerate -1.1 °C in the short term. However, the plant is not hardy.
There are brownish streaks on the underside of the leaves and fine cilia along the leaf margins. These details interfere with the green colour of the succulent.
Aeonium simsii, also known as Aeonium kentianum, is a succulent plant native to the island of Gran Canaria. It is found scattered or abundant on rocks, walls and roofs of buildings in the southern and central mountainous region of the island, where it grows at altitudes between 600 and 1 900 m above sea level.
This charming plant, with yellow-green leaves with longitudinal brownish stripes on the underside and conical cilia along the edges, naturally branches abundantly. Sometimes a purplish-brown line may appear on the upper surface of the leaves. The leaves are thick, fleshy, lanceolate and grow up to 6 cm long and 2 cm wide. Eonium grows in bowl-shaped rosettes up to 12 cm across. Over time it becomes a well-branched succulent with dense clumps on short stout branches. The overall height of the plant reaches 30 cm, but it is more likely to be classified as a smaller species.
The flowers are yellow and star-shaped. As another eonia, it is monocarpic, which means that it flowers only once and then the rosette usually dies back. Often, however, it does not flower and manages to offshoot before flowering.
The succulent can be fertilised with e.g. cactus and succulent fertiliser. The plant has excellent branching and fine details on the leaves together with the teeth will delight its grower.