How to Care for Echeveria Derenbergii

Echeveria derenbergii is a native of Mexico. It grows as a rosette with blue-green succulent foliage with hot pink tips. Also known as painted lady, it adds color to a rock garden or dish garden. Grow it outdoors within zones 9b through 11 on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Hardiness Zone Map. Echeveria derenbergii has few care requirements, whether growing indoors or out.

Cactus potting mix
Sand
Pumice
Redwood compost
Peat moss
Fertilizer

Instructions

- 1
  Grow the Echeveria derenbergii in full sun. If you live in an area with hot summer sun, provide afternoon shade for the E. derenbergii.
- 2
  Plant the succulent in a cactus mix or other fast-draining soil. You can make your own mix by combining 2 parts of sand and 2 parts of pumice with 1 part each of redwood compost and peat moss.
- 3
  Provide the E. derenbergii with water when the soil feels dry to the touch in spring and summer. Withhold water in winter. Although this plant resembles a cactus, it grows in high elevations in nature and requires more water than a desert cactus.
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  Fertilize the E. derenbergii in the spring with a cactus and succulent fertilizer, diluted to half the strength recommended on the package. Too much fertilizer will harm this echeveria.

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