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Mexican Snowball

Echeveria elegans · Crassulaceae

A neat clumping rosette of powdery pale blue-green leaves edged in translucent pink, sending up arching stems of bell-shaped pink-and-yellow flowers in spring. A classic windowsill and dish-garden succulent.

At a glance

  • Habit
    Succulent & Cactus
  • Light
    Full Sun, Part Shade
  • Water
    Drought-Tolerant
  • Soil
    Sandy Soil, Well-Drained
  • Climate
    Arid & Semi-Arid, Mediterranean, Warm Temperate
  • Frost
    Frost-Tender
  • Mature size
    0.1 m H × 0.3 m W
  • Foliage
    Evergreen, Silver / Grey Foliage
  • Flowering
    Spring Flowering
  • Growth rate
    Slow-Growing
  • Maintenance
    Low Maintenance

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