Aeonium Arboreum Velour

Water:

April-September: 1 x every 2 weeks*

October-March: 1x per month *

*This is only for a sunny location

Light: sunny

Nutrition: 1x per month (May-September)

The Aeonium Arboreum Velor is a beautiful Aeonium variant. This Aeonium Arboreum velor loves the sun and occurs naturally on the Canary Islands. The leaves of the Aeonium Arboreum Velor have a chocolate brown to brown-purple color. The newly growing leaves in the heart of the Aeonium Arboreum velor first have a fresh green color and later change color.

When the Aeonium Arboreum velor is growing, the lower leaves often shrivel. This is normal and they are replenished by the new leaves at the top of the plant.

The Aeonium Arboreum Velor likes to be outside with us from May to October. The Aeonium Arboreum velor cannot withstand frost. The Aeonium Arboreum velor branches from its trunk. New rosettes grow from this and these eventually form new branches. The Aeonium Arboreum velor grows into a small shrub of 1.5 meters high and 1 meter wide.

The flowers of the Aeonium Arboreum velor are yellow in color. When the Aeonium Arboreum velor starts to bloom, a rosette of the plant turns into a flower stem with all kinds of small yellow flowers on it. The Aeonium Arboreum velor often only blooms when the plant has many older rosettes. Very warm summers can also cause the Aeonium Arboreum velor to bloom here.