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Hi. Ny name is Kirsten Segler from The Greenery
and in this segment we want to talk about a variety of tender succulent called
Echeveria. This is going to be just part one of many more parts the come.
This is my favorite type of succulent
and is the one we have the most selection of. This
example here in front of us are a mixed bowl
of Echeveria. It just gives you an idea of what you can do with these
type of plants. They won't survive our interior
winters. They would survive on the West Coast
but that doesn't mean you can't use them in this kind of a feature
in a mixed shallow bowls. Very, very drought tolerant. We only water this
I think only about four times all season. So for a low-maintenance,
heat-loving plant, nothing beats the Echeveria for the Okanagan.
We're just going to do a small introduction to a
few other varieties. We do carry many more than this but
just selected some of my favorites and some of our bestsellers.
I was going to show a little close up on them and
introduce the name to you. So up front here, this first one
is called Woolly Rose. Obviously has a a woolly look to it. Very
hairy type leaf so that's why it's given that name
Woolly Rose. Coming up behind here,
this is called Chroma. A little smaller head to this
which is great if you like the flowering effect of these. These all do have a
flowering period by the way.
So the more heads you get in a plant, the more flowers you'll get.
So you'll notice as this part goes on, there are going to be some varieties with really large
heads while
in that type of a plant, you won't get quite as many of these flowering
stocks. So this again is called Chroma. Given that name because it does have
a little bit of coloring on the edges in the leaf, little patches of,
kind of a chrome coloring that does appear at times.
Over here, this is one of our best sellers.
We do produce a lot of this one. This is called Pink Frills.
So it does have a little, really pink edge on it.
Good, solid grower and nice blooming habit to it
as well.
Up front here, this one's quite a rare
variety. This is called Mexican Giant. It has a white
powder on the foliage that to you can see
like that, it rubs off. A very nice look to that one.
Contrasting to the one
beside it, this is one of the slowest growing varieties there is.
It is called Black Knight. It is the darkest one that I know of.
We're just starting to get some heavier production to this
so I will have this available for sale next year and it has also the
darkest
flower that I know too. Nice, dark red flower
with the dark foliage. Behind, a little bit of contrast to the
the dark one, we have one called Lemon Lime.
So it does have sort of that lighter lemony look to it.
Great for mixing in a bowl. You know, you can get some silver in there, some
black, some lemon and they just
work great against each other, contrasting colors.
Another smaller one here,
Mexican Snowball. More rounded
head to it. Obviously I think that's why it was given the name Snowball.
So that's this one here. And
this would be our best seller now. This is called Metallica.
Now it's almost identical to Perle von Nurnberg. The average person
wouldn't be able to tell the difference between those two varieties but to
you think that this one is just a shade darker, more pink
but our most popular variety by far, Metallica.
And moving along here now
to the front, it looks almost like a miniature variety.
This has taken a long time to get this stock pot to this size, called
Pulidonis.
It has a neat, little red edge. Just down the
edge of the leaf there. Makes that one stand out a little bit different
from some of the others.