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Echeveria 'Blue Bedder' - A open rosette-forming succulent with triangular blue-green leaves that have a pointed tip and rosy-pink edges. In late winter through early spring pendant orange flowers are held above the foliage on slender stems.
Plant in full sun to light shade in a well-drained soil with occasional irrigation in spring and summer months. Cold hardy to 20-25°F.
The genus Echeveria is a member of the large Crassula family (Crassulaceae), which has about 1,400 species in 33 genera with worldwide distribution. Echeveria, with approximately 180 species, are native to mid to higher elevations in the Americas with the main distribution in Mexico and central America but with one species found from as far north as southern Texas and several species occurring as far south as Bolivia, Peru and possibly Argentina. The name for the genus honors the Mexican botanical artist Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy in 1828 by the French botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (DeCandolle) who was very impressed with Echeverría's drawings. Echeverría had accompanied the the Sessé and Mociño expedition (led by Martin de Sessé y Lacasta and Mariano Mociño Suárez de Figueroa) while exploring Mexico and northern Central America and had produced thousands of botanical illustrations. The book "The genus Echeveria" by John Pilbeam (published by the British Cactus and Succulent Society, 2008) is an excellent source of information on the species and "Echeveria Cultivars" by Lorraine Schulz (AKA Rudolf Schulz) and Attila Kapitany (Schulz Publishing, 2005) has beautiful photos and great information on the cultivars and hybrids. It has been argued by some that the correct pronunciation for the genus is ek-e-ve'-ri-a, though ech-e-ver'-i-a seems in more prevalent use in the US.
We first grew this plant under the name Echeveria 'Pinkie' as it was under this name that we received it from Takaya nursery in Goleta in the mid 1990's. In 2005 John Trager, Curator of the Desert Collection at the Huntington Botanic Garden notified us that this plant is actually Echeveria 'Blue Bedder'. This hybrid is thought to be a cross between Echeveria gibbiflora and E. pumila (now Echeveria secunda). We grew and sold this nice plant from 1997 until 2011.
This information about Echeveria 'Blue Bedder' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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