Aeonium arboreum

Aeonium arboreum 'zwartkop'

  • Aeonium arboreum
  • Aeonium arboreum
  • Aeonium arboreum
  • Aeonium arboreum
  • Flower name
    Aeonium arboreum
  • Scientific name
    Aeonium arboreum 'zwartkop'
  • Alias黒法師, Aeonium arboreum, アエオニウム・アルボレウム, Purple crest aeonium
  • Place of origingarden plant
  • Place of floweringGarden
  • Flowering seasonFebruary, March, April, May, June

What is Aeonium arboreum

Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' , is a half-hardy evergreen perennial succulent plant of the department Crassulaceae Aeonium genus. Expand radially, with ring stem fleshy leaves shiny black. ' Zwartkop' is a garden variety. Stretch the stalk from the axils of stem in panicles chrysanthemums to give the dense flower-like. The origin of the name is at Zwartkop arboreum aionios Greece language: permanently, the species epithet: trees, Garden cultivar name: Netherlands, black head (face). Are the plants enjoy the blossoms, black leaves.

Common name: Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' , scientific name:Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop', origin: horticultural varieties and species of Spain and Portugal which Western Mediterranean, living type: Evergreen succulent shrub, height: 20-100 cm, leaf quality: thick glossy, leaf color: dark purple, leaf: Rosetta-small leaf: spatula-shaped Leaf: 4-7 cm, leaf width:1.5-2.5 cm, leaf arrangement: whorled, ornamental period: anniversary, flowering period: February-June, flower color: yellow, white and pink, flower shape: Chrysanthemum-shaped, flower inflorescence: panicles (collectors), inflorescence size: 3-5 cm, fruit: bag fruits (ripe follicle, and torn skin, releasing the seeds), Propagation: cuttings, use: potted plants and rock garden plants.


  • Order
    Saxifragales
  • Family
    Crassulaceae
  • Genus
    Aeonium
  • Species
    A. arboreum
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cone / Compound inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Multi-petaled
  • Leaf type
    Spatula-shaped
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typean evergreen shrub/perennial succulents
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height20.0 ~ 100.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower3.0 ~ 5.0 cm

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