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Pachyphytum 'Bill Baker' - A low growing succulent with thick upright stems to nearly 1 foot tall bearing 3 inch long, flattened and slightly upwadr-arching purple-tinged blue-green leaves that form a rosette at the stems tips. The flowers, which appear in winter to early spring atop reddish 1 foot long stems, have red-orange petals surrounded by fleshy sepals.
Plant in full sun along the coast or with some shade during the hottest part of day. This plant has been exposed to nighttime temperatures down to 25 F without damage. This plant makes a nice gray leafed groundcover or low accent plant in the rock or succulent garden.
This attractive plant was first noticed by us growing at Bill Baker's California Garden Nursery in Reseda in 2007. Bill noted it was an unnamed hybrid that he had raised from seed and suggested that it would be a good plant for San Marcos Growers to grow. I would have liked to ask so much more of Bill about this and his many other great plants but he unexpectedly passed away on April 11, 2009. We fittingly are calling this plant Pachyphytum 'Bill Baker' in his honor. The name for the genus comes from the Greek word 'pachys' meaning "thick" and phyton (phuton) meaning "plant" because of the thick swollen leaves.
The information about Pachyphytum 'Bill Baker' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
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