It is a little less blue than it’s sister Echeveria ‘Blue Curls’ and without as much red on the margins.Įarlier on this blog: a 3/1/17 posting “Two notable plants”, on extraordinary plants in the genera Opuntia and Echeveria (but not ‘Blue Curls’ and ‘Blue Waves’). … Echeveria ‘Blue Waves’ is a low growing succulent up to 12 inches (30 cm) in diameter and up to 18 inches (45 cm) tall, known to be evergreen displaying a blue-green color in the center of the rosette. This hybrid is noted as the sister seedling to another well known cultivar, Echeveria ‘Blue Waves’. … It is presumed to be an Echeveria gibbiflora hybrid attributed to possibly either Harry Butterfield or Frank Reinelt. The flowers are reddish-pink in color, well spaced along long stalks in summer. A flower stalk:įrom the World of Succulents site on the plant:Įcheveria ‘Blue Curls’ is a mostly solitary succulent with rosettes to 12 inches (30 cm) in diameter, with frilly-edged aqua blue-green leaves that take on showy pink hues in spring and fall. Check under the healthy leaves for any dry, dead leaf matter that can attract mealy bugs. Like every other Echeveria, Blue Curls needs to be checked regularly for pest infestations. This plant is slow to develop a stem but benefits from being beheaded and re-rooted every 3. 'Blue Curls' is presumed to be a gibbiflora hybrid attributed to possibly either Harry Butterfield or Frank Reinelt.

Leaves are ruffled with pink crinkly edges, especially in strong light. The inflorescence is a deep magenta and soft blue and flowers late summer, early autumn. Echeveria 'Blue Curls' is a lovely hybrid with ruffled aqua blue leaves arranged in a rosette to 12' in diameter. Searching on “succulent looks like coral” brought me many astonishing succulents, among them the one in my neighborhood, an Echeveria hybrid named ‘Blue Curls’: A wavy Echeveria that can grow up to 30cm in diameter. Seen on the street in Palo Alto recently - in planters outside Pacific Art League Palo Alto, just up the street from my house, and in recent xeriscape plantings in front of City Hall - an otherworldly succulent, one that looks more like a sea creature (specifically, some sort of curly coral) than a plant.

Echeveria blue culrs