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Tree aeonium

Aeonium arboreum · Family: Crassulaceae

Garden plantSucculent

Light
sun / partial shade
Watering
very low
Hardy to
-2 °C
Soil
any well-drained

Where it grows on Tenerife

Grows in: North coast · South coast · South, 300–1000 m · North, 300–1000 m

Indicative conditions, reviewed by Marianna.

Tree aeonium (Aeonium arboreum)
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0

Photos

Tree aeonium (Aeonium arboreum)
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tree aeonium (Aeonium arboreum)
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tree aeonium (Aeonium arboreum)
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0

Origin and history

Aeoniums are a genus native almost entirely to the Canaries and Madeira; Tenerife has many species of its own. The rosettes rest in summer and grow in winter.

Written for this site, pending Marianna's review.

From Wikipedia

Aeonium arboreum, the tree aeonium, tree houseleek, or Irish rose, is a succulent, subtropical subshrub in the flowering plant family Crassulaceae.

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