How would I take care of an Echeveria Plant?
There’s quite a diverse range of Echeverias today, including many hybrids, with slight differences in care requirements. They’re succulents, and store water in their leaves, telling you a little about the drier conditions they naturally come from. Overall, they all like very well draining positions, and don’t like tons of water, otherwise they can easily rot. Use a gritty potting soil, if grown indoors, otherwise outdoors add plenty of grit to their planting position – if it is a somewhat damp area, consider raising the soil a little, to counteract this. Indoors keep water off their leaves, and allow them to dry out a little, before watering again. Outdoors they like temperatures above 60F, and like reasonably good light conditions – for most of the group – some like a little shade. Many of them have striking foliage colors and patterns, and these will be better developed in good light. Many of them will die with freezing temperatures. If you’re going to keep it indoors, choose a brigh
