11 Different Types of Echeveria (Photos)

Echeverias is a Central American succulent that grows in a rosette shape with fleshy leaves. They are a favorite in terrariums, artwork, and other places because their shape resembles a flower. They may flower and set leaves many times throughout their lives. Some bloom only once a year, usually in late winter or early spring, but others bloom more frequently.

These succulents look great in a rock garden, and they require very little care. Most thrive in direct sunlight, and they are very drought tolerant.

There are over 150 species, but in this article will take a look at 11 popular options. With so many different choices, you can easily find options to grow as houseplants and outside.

Echeveria ‘Afterglow’

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Don Worth created this hybrid by crossing echeveria cante and echeveria shaviana. This succulent that can have a 16-inch diameter and grows up to 24-inches tall produces orange-red flowers in the summer and has broad pinkish-lavender leaves bordered in pink. It will not survive if it does not get at least six hours of sunlight daily.

Echeveria ‘Black Prince’

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This hybrid was created by crossing echeveria affinis x echeveria shaviana. When fully mature, this succulent usually has a 3-to-6-inch diameter and can be up to 8-inches tall. New leaves start green, but they soon turn deep brown/black. If the plant is grown in full sun and gets very little water, then the leaves can turn coppery orange.

Echeveria ‘Blue Atoll’

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Also called Mexican hen and chicks, this echeveria can have up to a 10-inch diameter and can be up to 5-inches tall. It regularly puts off baby echeverias without any human intervention. The blue-green leaves are cupped, and in the plant’s center is often found a stalk with a hanging, bell-shaped, orange-yellow flower.

Ruffled Echeveria

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This echeveria can grow up to 12-inches tall and have a 10-inch diameter. It has numerous ruffled grey-green leaves bordered in pink. In the late summer, if this plant gets plenty of sun, then the pink turns into a bright red. This plant produces tall stalks bearing red-orange flowers in later summer.

Echeveria ‘Tippy’

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The slightly cupped, blue-green leaves on this echeveria have a pinkish tip. A white-powdery substance covers each leaf. This plant can grow up to 6-inches tall, and it can have a 10-inch diameter. It produces orange, bell-shaped flowers on a stalk during the spring and summer.

Echeveria agavoides ‘Ebony’

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The gray-green leaves on this succulent have a border around their top half. While the border is red near where it starts, it becomes chocolate-colored or deep purple near the tip where each leaf has a spine. This plant grows to be six-inches tall and has a 12-inch diameter. This succulent puts on reddish-pink flowers tipped in yellow in the late winter.

Echeveria derenbergii

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This Southern Mexico native can grow up to 3 inches in diameter and up to 4-inches tall. Its dusky-green, triangular leaves have red margins and are covered in a waxy substance, called farina. This succulent produces multiple bloom stalks that are under 4-inches tall with each stalk containing up to six yellow, star-shaped flowers.

Echeveria elegans ( Mexican Snowball)

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The echeveria elegans can grow up to 8-inches tall and 4-inches wide. It offsets easily, making it useful as a groundcover. The spoon-shaped leaves on this succulent are silvery green. In the early spring, this echeveria sends up red shoots with pink flowers tipped in yellow.

Echeveria nodulosa (Painted Echeveria)

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This Central Mexico native can grow up to 8-inches tall and have an 8-inch diameter. In late summer or early spring, it produces stalks that can be up to 12-inches tall containing a pink star-shaped flower. Its broad, olive-green leaves have red markings along their borders in the spring, but these markings spread to the middle of the leave by mid-summer.

Echeveria peacockii

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This echeveria grows up to 5-inches tall in a rosette shape with about a 4-inch diameter. It has bluish-green leaves covered in a waxy substance designed to protect it from the hot summer sun. This plant has pink tips on some leaves. It sends up an arching bloom stalk with coral, bell-shaped flowers in early summer.

Graptoveria ‘Moonglow’

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Light-green leaves are found on this plant that grows up to 6-inches tall. Each rosette that can be up to 10-inches in diameter often puts off offspring that stay very close to the parent plant. This plant blooms in late winter with upright orange-yellow flowers appearing on short branches.