Echeveria Elegans
Echeveria elegans
Succulents & Cacti Difficulty: Easy
📖 About this plant
Known as the Mexican Snowball for its perfect rosette of pale blue-green, spoon-shaped leaves covered in a powdery coating. One of the most popular echeveria species, it freely produces numerous offsets creating attractive clumps. Produces arching stems with pink flowers tipped in yellow during spring and summer.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
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Light
Full sun to bright indirect (6+ hrs)
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Water
Every 2-3 weeks
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Humidity
Low (20-40%)
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Temperature
10-28°C
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Soil
Sandy, gritty, well-draining succulent mix; 50% standard potting soil, 50% perlite or coarse sand
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Fertilizer
Balanced liquid fertilizer diluted to quarter strength every 4-6 weeks during spring and summer only
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Central Mexico (semi-desert regions of San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla)
- 📏 Max height
- 5-15 cm
- 📐 Spread
- 10-30 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Spring - Summer
- 🎨 Bloom color
- Pink, Yellow
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Blue-Green
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Slow
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Non-toxic to pets and humans
- 🌱 Propagation
- Leaf cuttings (most reliable), stem cuttings, or offset separation; leaves root readily when laid on soil
🛡️ Health & Safety
🐾 Pet safe
✅ Non-toxic
Non-toxic to pets and humans
Common issues
- Root rot from overwatering, Mealybugs in leaf rosettes, Aphids, Etoliation from insufficient light
💡 Care tips
- Rosette shape with powdery farina so avoid touching leaves,Use gritty well-draining cactus soil mix,Propagate from leaf or stem cuttings easily,Protect from frost and temperatures below 5°C
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