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How to Prune and Take Cuttings of Aeonium arboreum - The Tree Aeonium

https://www.nurseriesonline.com.au/pl... Aeonium arboreum are are a stem forming succulent commonly called the tree Aeonium. You can easily take cuttings and this method of propagation works with A. schwarzkopf, Aeonium Sunburst and Aeonium arboreum atropurpureum As the common name suggests, over time these plants can form long stems and will require pruning, you will also need to prune away the spent flowers heads as these die right back. It is very easy to prune these plants and we show you how. All varieties prefer a mediterranean type climate, however as long as you can protect them from frosts and freezes, and extreme summer heat, they are easy to grow. So in very cold or very hot climates, you can always move them indoors or undercover to avoid the extremes of temperature. The best time to take cuttings is in when the weather starts to cool, this is when they root very easily. The spent flower heads are simply pruned back as far as possible, the flowers stems will naturally die back to a branch or to the ground. Tall stems can also be pruned, and at this time you can also propagate new plants from the cuttings. Any stem with a rosette on it will usually grow if placed into a cactus and succulent potting mix. The rosette can be planted with the whole stem in the potting mix. The stems that you prune will reshoot with multiple branches. With the cuttings, they will grow and the stem will get taller, as it does you may decide to keep it short, simply cut the head off and it will reshoot. On the stems of some plants you will see adventitious roots, these are indicating that they are just waiting to be pruned. In nature they would end up falling with the weight of the foliage, where they the ground roots would form and a new plant would start. You can prune this off and plant them, however often these are a little to tall for our liking. Aeonium Varieties A succulent plant known with green foliage as well as purple to black and increasingly popular for varieties such as Velour and Zwartkop, Voodo and Atropurpureum. With all of the dark leafed varieties the colour of the foliage will depend on how much sun they receive, in very shaded positions and indoors these type can have the foliage begin to turn green. Mardi Gras is a new cultivar with yellow and green foliage which will add some vivid pink in good light. Big Bang is another new cultivar, deep purple to black with splashes of green.