Echeveria lilacina
Echeveria lilacina forms flat rosettes with a "rosebud" shape in shades of silvery-grey almost white with a pearlescent blue hue and lavender flush in sun.
Echeveria lilacina is a medium-sized, slow-growing species forming a flat rosette with a “rosebud” shape. The leaves are spoon shaped with a fine point and silvery-grey almost white with a pearlescent blue hue. They may take a delicate blush of lilac or purple in full sun. The pale pink to pale orange or coral red blooms are very showy, and emerge on reddish, arching, relative short stems.
Common Name: Ghost Echeveria
Family: Crassulaceae (The Stonecrop Family)
Zone Hardiness: 9-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: under 4"
Width: 4-8"
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
Secondary Bloom Colour: Orange
Bloom Time: Late Winter - Early Spring
Foliage Colour: Bluish
Class: Evergreen
Type: Tender
Soil Moisture: Dry, Drought Tolerant
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Hummingbirds
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Native to Mexico, where they grow in rocky outcroppings on mountain slopes, never allowing the plants to become waterlogged.
Award:
Geographical Origin: North America
