Sunburst aeonium

Aeonium ‘Sunburst’

Description

A bold and colorful cultivar with 6-8 in. dia. yellow and green foliage rosettes. Summer flowers match the light yellow foliage color. This succulent grows with a sprawling habit 1-2 ft. high and 2-3 ft. across.

Sunburst Aeonium is one of the most attractive variegated foliage plants that is often best displayed in containers for accent character. It pairs nicely with other succulents and perennials with blue-green foliage. Additionally, it grows well in rock gardens and on banks among other succulents to achieve a diverse color planting.

Plant Type: Succulent
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Upright, Clumping
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage Color: Yellow foliage variegation
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Season: Winter, Spring
Soil Adaptations: Well-draining soil, Clay
Exposure Adaptations: Morning sun, Partial sun
Function: Residential spaces, Raised planters, Near pools and water features, Foliage accent plant, Container plant, Borders
Height: 1 ft. – 2 ft.
Width: 2 ft. – 3 ft.

Watering Schedule: Low 2

For most situations, we recommend watering deeply every 2 weeks after establishment.

Learn how to apply this watering schedule to your landscape on our How to water waterwise and California native plants page.

Important Notes

These are general guidelines. Always observe and adjust as necessary for your landscape.
If it rains over 1” you will likely not need to water for at least another two weeks. Before watering again, check the soil. It should be significantly dry at least 4” below the soil surface before watering.
To save water, in many cases you can go longer in between waterings during the winter, often up to 3-4 weeks between watering for well-established plants. Two weeks after watering, check the soil approximately 4” below the surface. If it is still significantly moist, you can wait longer before watering again.
In most cases, if you have a “smart timer” or weather sensitive irrigation controller, you may use these features to save some water in in the fall and winter. If you are using automatic weather adjusting functions, continue to allow the timer to run every two weeks. It will adjust the number of minutes it runs to account for the cooler weather.
It is important to group plants with the same water needs together in the landscape to avoid needing to over or under water plants when running your irrigation system.

Aeoniums are generally low maintenance. Every few years, if plants become too tall and “leggy” looking for the space, stems can be cut about four inches below the leaves, left in the shade for a few days for the cut to “scab” and be re-rooted back in their desired location after the rest of old stems and roots have been cleared out. Aeoniums will send out new roots from the buried stems. Fall is the ideal time to take on this task because Aeoniums tend not to actively grow in the heat of summer (S). References