Aeonium Decorum
The Aeonium Decorum is an elegant and refined succulent that truly lives up to its name. This species stands out with its compact rosettes displaying changing colors, carried on branching stems forming a bushy structure. Ideal for lovers of sculptural plants, it integrates perfectly in pots or dry garden beds.
Its foliage ranges from light green to dark red depending on exposure and water stress. The rosettes are smaller than those of giant Aeoniums but are numerous, creating a dense and harmonious visual effect. Aeonium Decorum can form small shrubs 30 to 50 cm tall and gradually spreads, creating a colorful living carpet.
When flowering, it produces a yellow or cream flower stalk adorned with many small star-shaped blooms. Like other Aeoniums, the rosette dies after flowering, but the plant continues developing thanks to multiple offsets.
☀️ Full sun: Ideal for intense color and compact growth.
🌤️ Partial shade: Possible in very hot regions.
⚠️ Too much shade leads to elongated stems and looser rosettes.
🌱 Spring / Autumn: Every 2–3 weeks depending on heat.
☀️ Summer: Very moderate watering during dormancy.
❄️ Winter: Reduce significantly, especially if sheltered.
⚠️ Allow soil to dry between waterings.
🌡️ Ideal: 15–25 °C.
❄️ Limit: Down to 5 °C when dry.
🏠 Bring indoors below 8 °C.
🌼 Flowers: Light yellow to cream in airy clusters.
⚠️ The flowering rosette dies but offsets quickly replace it.
