Echeveria secunda
J.
R. Booth ex Lindl
A well known plant with marvellous flowers grown
world-wide as a bedding or container plant.
The descriptions of this plant are very
confusing and naming is unreliable. The
variation "Major form" cannot be relied on and descriptions in print
could be identified as :-
E. pumila var. glauca, E. glauca, or E. imbricata.
To add to the puzzle the plant can look completely dissimilar grown in different
conditions.
Grown hard outside in full sun the plant is like the right picture with glaucous,
thick rosettes up to 22 cm Ø, and flowers, on upright stems appearing in June
/ July in one seasonal flush.
Grown in a sheltered position in large containers with rich soil the rosettes
reach 35 cm Ø with enormous thin flaccid leaves with flowers, produced one
or two inflorescences at a time, on trailing stems, from April to October.
Without any doubts I prefer the 'hard' method.
