Can anyone identify this plant seen in Southern California and advise whether is can be grown in Florida?
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Douglas Hunt on Jan 06, 2012Tom, I am 99 percent sure that is a euphorbia, possibly "Red Martin." It is said to be hardy from zones 6 to 9. You will probably have to do some mail-order browsing to find it. Plant Delights carries a number of euphorbias including "Red Rudolph," which seems to have less uniform red coloration than yours. Here is where I found "Red Martin," but they do not do mail order: http://nativeson.com/annotated_catalog/ecatalog.htmHelpful Reply
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Erica Glasener on Jan 06, 2012@ Douglas and Tom, yes it looks like a Euphorbia but I am fairly certain it is a Aeonium arboreum, check out this link to a write up in Fine Gardening magazine. Hardy to Zone 9, definitely worth a try in Florida http://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/aeonium-arboreum-zwartkop-black-rose.aspxHelpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jan 06, 2012I think you are on the money, Erica. But if so, Tom, I think hardiness in Lady Lake would be dicey. You would definitely have to be prepared to give it some protection on nights like we've just had.Helpful Reply
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Tom B on Jan 06, 2012Thank you both. :-)Helpful Reply
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Deborah C on Jan 08, 2012I have one that I keep in my greenhouse. I just love the way they look. I just had to treat it for mealybugs. I bought mine from a vender @ my local farmers market.Helpful Reply
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Doerr Landscape Design on Jan 13, 2012Botanical Name: Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' Very easy to grow in California, and take a frost . The Aeonium family is huge with so many different colors .Helpful Reply
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Erica Glasener on Jan 15, 2012thanks for confirming what I told Tom earlier this month. They are beautiful.Helpful Reply
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Valerie on Jun 04, 2014Erica is right - they are Aeonium arboreum. The rust colored one is 'Atropurpureum'. They are available in a kind of lime-green color, as well as the one in your photograph. If you can get a piece (with a stem) they root very easily so you should be able to propagate your own. Perhaps you could get one from Drought Smart Plants?Helpful Reply
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Carole on Jul 01, 2014Aenoium " Schwarzkopf" I have had these in my garden in the past and have two cuttings growing now. They go very black/chocolate colour in full sun and lime green in the centre. If they are in the shade, the colour is not so black. They are a type of succulent and easily propagated from a cutting/rosette or piece of the stem. They do send out roots from along the stems at various points into the ground and spread in that manner - self propagating. They do well in pots in a cacti/succulent mix and also in well drained soils.Helpful Reply
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Carole on Jul 01, 2014BTW, Schwarzkopf (or Zwartkopf as someone else here has used that spelling) is I think German for black head as the rosettes are almost black. Schwarz meaning black and kopf meaning head if I remember my high school German correctly.Helpful Reply
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KT on Jul 08, 2014black rose. we have them in our green houseHelpful Reply
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Kathy Echevarria on Jul 29, 2014They grow in Florida and do better in the cooler months. I keep them in pots. They can get too wet etc. and then have a rapid demise.Helpful Reply
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Jessie on Aug 17, 2014I started with one small start now I have many, I just break off a branch and stick it in the soil here in California , they do better in shade.Helpful Reply
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Rosanne Cannon-Schiedel on Aug 17, 2014When you see succulents that you like, be a good gardener and touch it to admire, make sure no one is looking and steal or appropriate some of the leaves, stick in wet sand when you get home. It will root and then you replant. Always stop to admire succulents you like!Helpful Reply
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Kim keller on Aug 26, 2014It's related to hens and chicks.Helpful Reply
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Brenda Webster on Jan 19, 2015Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop'. Follow these link http://www.finegardening.com/black-rose-aeonium-arboreum%C2%A0-zwartkop and http://florafinder.com/Species/Aeonium_arboreum_Zwartkop.phpHelpful Reply
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Dayna Gibson on Mar 11, 2015Don't pick the leaves off the succulents, but if you see some that have fallen off, I say "free game"!Helpful Reply
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Dj31771879 on Jun 03, 2015succulant plant,come from a hotsandy humid stateHelpful Reply
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Judithcausey on Sep 02, 2015We just bought one at Whole Foods in Cambridge, MA, this past wknd. Easy care succulent.Helpful Reply
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Jessie on Sep 03, 2015Likes partial shade in California ,I just break off a stem and plant it and they grow . I got my first plant as a small stem sample about 5 yrs ago and have shared dozens from that sample. They do not like frost.Helpful Reply
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Kathy Echevarria on Sep 03, 2015Yes. I have owned that plant but conditions in Florida make some succulents hard to grow. That was one I didn't succeed with.Helpful Reply
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Brenda Webster on Sep 03, 2015You're welcome, Jessie! It's a lovely plant!Helpful Reply
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Hana Smith on Oct 09, 2015Its an Echeveria, a succulent..Helpful Reply
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Eva Kiefer-Ferrara on Jan 13, 2016USC Riverside Botanical garden program can help with any type of plant you want to learn about....Helpful Reply
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Tom B on Jan 13, 2016Thank you.Helpful Reply
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