Introduction to Greenhouse Foliage Flower Varieties and Their Characteristics

Foliage leaf-type flowers are plants whose main ornamental part is the leaves, including leaf color and shape. They mostly refer to plants that stay evergreen year-round in a greenhouse environment, with beautiful and unique leaf shapes, rarely flowering, and even when they do flower, the flowers have little ornamental value. Below are several recommended varieties.

1. Large-flowered Asarum: A perennial herb in the Aristolochiaceae family, Asarum genus.

Compact plant form. The rhizome is yellow with numerous fleshy roots; typically 2 leaves grow at the top, leaves are large, thick in texture, ovate-elliptical, sharply pointed at the tip, heart-shaped at the base, with white variegation on the leaf surface; the petiole is fleshy and sparsely covered with short downy hairs; flowers are large, solitary at the stem tip, up to 6 cm in diameter, purple-brown.

Habits: Distributed in areas south of the Yangtze River basin in China. Prefers warm, humid and shaded environments, avoids direct strong light, requires humus-rich, well-drained soil.

2. Agave: A perennial evergreen plant in the Agavaceae family, Agave genus.

Tall plant. Leaf color gray-green or blue-gray, up to 1.7 m long, 20 cm wide, arranged in a rosette at the base. The marginal spines are initially brown, later turning gray-white, with terminal spines up to 3 cm long. The flower stalk emerges from the center of the rosette, flowers yellow-green.

Habits: Native to the desert regions of the Americas. Prefers warm, well-lit environments, growth temperature 15-25°C; extremely drought-tolerant, requires loose, permeable soil.

3. Peach-leaved Aucuba: An evergreen shrub in the Cornaceae family, young branches green, covered with soft hairs, older branches with white lenticels. Leaves opposite, thinly leathery, long elliptical to obovate-lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, leaf tip with a tail-like point, leaf base cutate, entire margin or with sparse teeth in the upper middle portion, leaf surface with stiff hairs, petiole about 3 cm long, flowers purple, arranged in racemes, drupe berry-like, dark red when ripe.

Habits: Distributed in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China. Prefers warm and humid environments, strongly shade-tolerant, not cold-tolerant, requires fertile, moist, well-drained soil.

4. Aspidistra: Also known as cast-iron plant, a perennial evergreen herb in the Liliaceae family. Rhizome thick and horizontal. Leaves solitary, with long petioles, hard and upright, 5-35 cm long; leaf blade long elliptical-lanceolate or broad lanceolate, 22-46 cm long, about 10 cm wide, gradually pointed at the top, wedge-shaped at the base, wavy at the margin, dark green and glossy. The flower scape emerges from the rhizome.

Habits: Native to the southern provinces of China, often growing under forests or beside streams. Prefers shady, humid and warm environments, avoids dryness and direct sunlight, requires loose and well-drained soil.

5. Purple Velvet Gynura: Asteraceae family, Gynura genus, also known as purple velvet plant.

Perennial herb or shrub. Initially grows upright, later becomes prostrate and trailing. Plant height 50-100 cm, much branched, stems succulent, stems and leaves covered with purple down. Leaves opposite, in two colors of dark green and purple, leaf length 15 cm, leaf margin with toothed shallow lobes, long ovate. Panicle inflorescence, calyx tubular, flowers orange-yellow. Habits: Native to tropical regions of Asia such as Indonesia. Prefers well-lit, high-temperature and high-humidity environments, but avoids direct strong light. Requires nutrient-rich soil.

6. Asparagus Fern: Also known as pine-leaf asparagus, a perennial tuberous herb in the Liliaceae family.

Fleshy roots spindle-shaped, stems upright and clustered, potted plant height about 30-80 cm, leaves like five-needle pine, clustered into pom-pom shapes, growing on branchlets; branches short, new leaf-like branches bright green, turning powdery green when mature. Flowers white.

Habits: Native to southern Africa. Prefers warm, sunny environments, avoids direct strong light, not cold-tolerant, requires humus-rich, well-drained sandy loam.

7. Coleus: Also known as painted nettle, a perennial herb in the Lamiaceae family, often grown as an annual or biennial, plant height 50-80 cm, entire plant hairy, stems four-angled and woody at the base. Leaves opposite, ovate, pointed at the tip, toothed at the margin, leaf colors include yellow, red, white, brown and many other colors, often arranged irregularly or as borders. Raceme terminal, corolla two-lipped, upper lip white, lower lip blue, two pairs of stamens.

Habits: Native to Indonesia, prefers warm, humid, sunny and well-ventilated environments, growth temperature 15-30°C, optimal temperature 20-25°C, requires loose, fertile and well-drained soil.

Types and varieties: According to propagation methods, coleus can be divided into two types:

7.1 Seed propagation type: Seed propagation can maintain the superior traits of the variety. This type has the following five leaf-type varieties:

Large-leaf type, with large ovate leaves, tall plants, few branches, uneven leaf surface.

Variegated-leaf type, small leaves, long elliptical, pointed at the tip, smooth leaf surface, leaf colors include red, orange-red, yellow-green, white with green spots, etc.

Crinkled-edge type, leaf margin lobed and wavy, with great variation in lobes and waves, leaf colors also very diverse.

Willow-leaf type, leaves slender, willow-leaf-shaped, leaf margin with irregular lobes and serrations.

Yellow-green leaf type, small leaves, yellow-green, resistant to sunscald, plants short and much branched.

7.2 Vegetative propagation type: Some varieties that are sterile, low-fertility, or cannot maintain variety traits through seed propagation. A common horticultural variety is the five-colored coleus, with light yellow, peach-red, vermilion, dark red and other colored markings on the leaves.

8. Daphne: A perennial evergreen shrub in the Thymelaeaceae family.

Potted plant height generally not exceeding 1 m. Branches slender, smooth and hairless, leaves alternate, long elliptical to oblanceolate, 5-8 cm long, tip shield-shaped or short-pointed, base narrowly wedge-shaped, entire margin, leathery, surface dark green and glossy; petiole short. Perianth white or tinged with pale red-purple, fragrant, in terminal capitate inflorescences with a common peduncle; drupe fleshy, spherical, red. Flowering period around the Spring Festival.

Habits: Native to the Yangtze River basin in China. Prefers shade, avoids direct sun exposure; poor cold tolerance, requires well-drained acidic soil. Common varieties include white-flowered daphne: flowers pure white. Golden-edged daphne: leaf margin golden yellow, flowers extremely fragrant.

9. Water Daphne: The inner side of the perianth lobes is white, the outer side slightly pink.

Hairy daphne about 0.5-1 m tall, branches dark purple; outer side of perianth covered with gray-yellow silky hairs. Crystal Anthurium: Araceae family perennial evergreen plant. Relatively short plant. Leaves numerous, densely growing on the stem. Leaf blade relatively large, heart-shaped or broadly ovate, 40-50 cm long, 30 cm wide, young leaves purple, later becoming velvety glossy emerald green, veins relatively thick, appearing clear silvery-white, leaf underside pale rose-red. Spathe slender and narrow, slightly brown, spadix cylindrical, green.

Habits: Prefers warm, humid and semi-shaded environments, avoids direct sunlight and exposure, not cold-tolerant, requires fertile, well-drained and breathable soil.

10. Beautiful Kaempferia: Also known as purple-flowered kaempferia, a perennial herb in the Zingiberaceae family, Kaempferia genus.

Rhizome block-like, fibrous roots slender. Leaves basal, 2-4 in a cluster, leaf blade oblong, 13-15 cm long, 5-8 cm wide, sharply pointed at the tip, rounded at the base, leaf surface green, both sides of the midrib pale brown. Capitate inflorescence with short peduncle, bracts green, oblong-lanceolate, about 5 cm long, petals 4, pale purple.

Habits: Native to Thailand, prefers warm and humid environments, growth temperature 22-30°C, humidity 75-80%, requires loose, fertile, well-drained soil.

11. White Nerve Plant: Acanthaceae family perennial evergreen herbaceous flower

Habits: Native to Peru and the tropical rainforests of South America. Prefers high-temperature and high-humidity and semi-shaded environments, avoids cold and drought, optimal growth temperature 20-25°C. Not demanding about soil, but loose, fertile, water-retentive soil is preferable.

Common species and varieties:

Small-leaved white nerve plant: branches slanting, not upright. Leaves relatively small, 15-2 cm long, veins silvery-white. Red nerve plant: leaves with crisscrossing brick-red veins. Small-leaved red nerve plant: leaves slightly smaller, veins brick-red.

"Daisy": leaves relatively large and flat, leaf color light green, veins gray-white, compared with other varieties the veins are less conspicuous, leaf margin near the leaf base has white markings, other areas near the leaf margin occasionally show white spots.

12. Silver-edged Liriope: Liliaceae family, Liriope genus perennial evergreen herb. Underground it has slender creeping stolons, enlarged at the tip or middle into spindle-shaped tuberous roots. Leaves grass-like and clustered, 30-60 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, strap-shaped, upright growth. Leaf blade green, leaf margin with longitudinal white stripes. Raceme inflorescence, about 10 cm long, berries purple.

Habits: Native to East Asia, also distributed in China. Prefers warm, semi-shaded, well-ventilated environments, requires loose, fertile, well-drained and breathable soil.

13. Pilea genus: Urticaceae family perennial herbaceous flower. Stems upright or creeping, green, rooting at nodes, much branched, leaves elliptical, leaf green, with silvery-white patches between the veins, veins sunken, leaf blade slightly wrinkled, leaf underside pale green. Cyme inflorescence axillary

Habits: Native to Southeast Asia. Prefers warm, humid and semi-shaded environments, avoids direct sunlight and drought, optimal growth temperature 15-25°C, winter temperature not below 5°C. Not demanding about soil but grows best in loose soil.

14. Butcher's Broom: An evergreen grass-like small shrub in the Liliaceae family, clustered. Plant height generally 20-40 cm, with horizontal, fleshy roots, stems green, with linear ridges, branched. Leaves reduced to dry membranous small scales, 2-4 mm long, from the axils of the scales grow ovate, leathery green "leaf-like branches", about 1.5 cm long, with basal arcuate veins, apex sharply pointed and spine-like. They replace the leaves both in morphology and function. Flowers white, small, growing on the middle-lower part of the midrib of the leaf-like branches, with 3 tepals in each of the inner and outer whorls, base with triangular bracts, small berry spherical, about 1 cm in diameter, red when ripe.

Habits: Native to Western Europe and the Mediterranean coastal regions. Prefers warm, humid and well-lit environments, not cold-tolerant, drought-tolerant, avoids strong light, requires slightly acidic sandy loam. Propagated by division.

15. Peace Lily: Also known as spathiphyllum, a perennial herb in the Araceae family. Plant height 25-35 cm, leaves basal, leaf blade long elliptical or lanceolate, with a long point, dark green, glossy. Spathe broad ovate, white, rising above the leaves, large and conspicuous; spadix cream-yellow, slender.

Habits: Native to Colombia and other places. Prefers cool, humid and shaded environments, avoids drought, high temperature, direct sunlight and cold. Not demanding about soil, but humus-rich sandy loam is preferable.

16. Silver-veined Aphelandra: Acanthaceae family, Aphelandra genus perennial herb or shrub. Leaves about 15-20 cm long, about 10 cm wide; leaf tip pointed, leaf blade dark green and glossy, leaf surface with conspicuous white stripe-like veins, leaf margin wavy. Flowers terminal or axillary, flower clusters pyramid-shaped, golden yellow. Bracts very large, overlapping like roof tiles. Flowers two-lipped, sepals 5, pale yellow.

Habits: Native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Prefers humid, well-lit semi-shaded environments, optimal growth temperature 18-25°C, requires loose fertile soil.

17. Japanese Aralia: Araliaceae family, Fatsia genus evergreen shrub. Plant height up to 2 m, internodes short, generally the stem dies from the rhizome portion, and the above-ground parts do not branch further. Leaves palmately lobed, usually 7-9 lobes, lobes long elliptical, new leaves brown felt-like, later gradually becoming smooth leathery, very glossy, central veins clear. Petiole long and hard, leaf blade dark green, 20-40 cm in diameter. Umbel inflorescence, flowers small, pale green to cream, berries black.

Habits: Native to Japan and Taiwan, China. Prefers warm and humid environments, extremely shade-tolerant, avoids strong light. Not drought-tolerant, requires fertile, well-drained sandy soil. Varieties: Variegated Japanese aralia, leaf surface has yellow patches in addition to green. Leaf margin has yellow-green patches, with corners cream-yellow. White-edged Japanese aralia, leaf margin white. Netted Japanese aralia, leaf surface with yellow net-like markings.

18. Miniature Coconut: Arecaceae family small evergreen shrub, plant form short, generally not exceeding 1 m, stem solitary and unbranched, upright, with irregular ring markings. Leaves pinnately parted, each segment lanceolate, leaves dark green, leathery, glossy. Spadix inflorescence, flowers yellow in small spheres, dioecious, fruit orange-red.

Habits: Native to Mexico and Guatemala. Prefers high-temperature, humid and semi-shaded environments, avoids drought, fears cold, optimal growth temperature 20-30°C, requires loose, breathable, well-drained sandy soil.

19. Fishtail Palm: Arecaceae family, Caryota genus perennial evergreen tree. Plant height 50-200 cm. Stem upright and unbranched, leaves large, bipinnately parted, resembling fish tails, leaves thick and hard, leaf margin with irregular serrations. Spadix inflorescence pendulous, small flowers yellow.

Habits: Native to tropical, subtropical and Oceanian regions. Prefers warm, humid and well-lit environments, also tolerates semi-shade, avoids direct strong light and exposure, not cold-tolerant. Requires well-drained, loose fertile soil.

20. Date Palm: Also known as Canary Island date palm, Phoenix genus perennial evergreen tree, potted up to 3-5 m. Stem thick and short, leaves green, pinnately parted. Segments lanceolate, symmetrical, pointed at the tip. The pinnae at the base transform into spines. The upper part of the stem bears a terminal spadix inflorescence with numerous small flowers. Fruit reddish-brown.

Habits: Native to the Canary Islands. Prefers high-temperature, dry and well-lit environments, strongly salt-alkali tolerant, avoids waterlogging. Optimal growth temperature 15-25°C. Requires light, well-drained sandy soil.

21. Goldfish Vine: Gesneriaceae family perennial herb or semi-shrub evergreen plant, entire plant densely covered with red hairs. From the base grow densely slender stems, epiphytic, up to more than 1 m long, with aerial roots at the nodes. Leaf blade ovate, dark green, opposite, leaves thick and leathery. Flowers large, solitary in leaf axils, about 8 cm long, red, divided into upper and lower lips, corolla tube cylindrical, throat with yellow spots.

Habits: Native to Central America. Prefers warm, humid and semi-shaded environments, avoids heat and drought, and is not cold-tolerant. Requires loose, fertile, well-breathable soil.

22. Lipstick Plant: Also known as flower vine grass, a perennial vine in the Gesneriaceae family, Aeschynanthus genus. Plant trailing, branches pendulous, up to 30-100 cm long, stems green. Leaves opposite, long ovate, leaf surface deep green, leaf underside pale green. Inflorescences mostly axillary or terminal, calyx tubular, black-purple with downy hairs, corolla tubular, bright red, extending from the calyx.

Habits: Native to tropical regions from Indonesia to eastern India. Prefers mild, well-lit semi-shaded environments, but avoids direct sunlight. Optimal growth temperature around 25°C, night temperature minimum 15-18°C. Requires well-drained, slightly acidic soil.

Types:

Black Pagoda lipstick plant: stems purple-brown. Leaves ovate and opposite, dark green and glossy, leaf margin purple. Calyx tubular, covered with white down, flower tubular, bright red, corolla with creamy-white stripes.

Zebra lipstick plant: leaves ovate, thick, opposite, leaf color emerald green, leaf surface with regular dark red zebra stripes, leaf underside markings purple. Flowers small, pale yellow-green.

Slender-calyx lipstick plant: leaf color emerald green and glossy, flowers dark red tubular.

Beautiful lipstick plant: leaves relatively large, calyx pale green, corolla orange. The lipstick plant is an excellent trailing plant introduced to China in recent years, with both flowers and leaves having high ornamental value.

23. Dieffenbachia: Araceae family perennial herb. Plant height generally 50-300 cm, stems thick, succulent, unbranched, leaves alternate, elliptical.

Habits: Native to tropical regions of Central and South America. Prefers high-temperature, high-humidity and semi-shaded environments.

Common varieties include

June Snow Dieffenbachia: plant height up to 1 m, stems thick, leaf blade long elliptical, broad, 50-60 cm long, 20 cm wide, dark green, with irregular spots of green and cream-white markings distributed between each lateral vein.

Star Point Dieffenbachia: perennial evergreen shrub-like herb, a hybrid. Stems dark green, petiole 20 cm long, leaf blade yellow-green, with dark green and white spots, leaf margin dark green.

24. Billbergia: Bromeliaceae family, Billbergia genus perennial stemless herb, leaves long and wide, about 50 cm long, up to 6 cm wide, strap-shaped lanceolate, margin with fine spines, underside with transverse stripes, leaves spirally arranged into a tube, flower scape emerging from the tube, about 30 cm tall, upright, covered with white powder, bracts red, numerous, lanceolate. Petals red, tip blue, calyx pale red, covered with white powder.

Habits: Native to tropical America, epiphytic on trees in tropical forests or in humus. Prefers warm, humid and sunny environments, requires relatively high air humidity, avoids direct strong light, optimal growth temperature 20-28°C, requires loose, well-drained slightly acidic soil.

Commonly cultivated species and varieties:

A variety similar to Billbergia is the Torch Billbergia, similar to Billbergia but with petals and bracts all red.

Striped Billbergia, with creamy-yellow to green longitudinal stripes on the leaves.

Beautiful-leaved Billbergia, with about 20 leaves stacked, about 25 cm long, about 6 cm wide, leaf margin densely bearing black spine-like serrations about 1 cm long. Flower scape slender and smooth, apex bearing sparse panicle inflorescence, flowers about 7 cm long. Petals green, tip blue, calyx with blue spots.

25. Painted Bract Bromeliad: A plant in the Vriesea genus (Aechmea genus). Leaves arranged in a large funnel-shaped rosette. Leaf color gray-green, glossy, leaf length 20-30 cm, width 5-8 cm, spike inflorescence growing from the center of the rosette, about 10 cm long, bracts magenta, small flowers red, linear tip slightly yellow-green.

Habits: Native to central America and tropical South America. Prefers warm, shady, humid environments, growth temperature 20-25°C, requires loose, fertile, well-drained soil.

26. Croton: Euphorbiaceae family, Codiaeum genus evergreen shrub or small tree, this genus has 6 shrub species and 1 tree species, the more commonly cultivated being croton. Plant height 50-250 cm. Leaves alternate, depending on the strain, leaf shape, color and size vary greatly. Flowers small, monoecious, racemes emerging from upper leaf axils, male flowers white, clustered in bract axils, female flowers solitary on the inflorescence axis.

Habits: Native to tropical Pacific islands and Australia. Prefers high-temperature, humid and sunny environments, not cold-tolerant, summer growth temperature should be above 30, winter daytime temperature 24-27°C, night temperature not below 15°C.

27. Desert Rose: Apocynaceae family perennial succulent, shrub-like. Fleshy stems relatively thick, epidermis smooth and brown-green, stem base enlarged nearly spherical, epidermis gray. Leaves alternate at branch tips, with short petioles, long ovate, surface dark green and glossy, leaf underside pale green and somewhat rough. 2-10 flowers form false corymb inflorescences, small flowers rose-red, flower tube relatively long.

Habits: Native to eastern Africa. Prefers warm environments, requires fertile, well-drained soil.

28. Necklace Plant: Also known as jade beads, green bells, Asteraceae family, Senecio genus evergreen perennial herbaceous flower. Stems extremely slender, creeping, trailing up to 1 m, leaves green, round like small balls, with a pale green transparent longitudinal stripe on the side of each ball, the small balls neatly arranged on the slender stems. Flowers small, white.

Habits: Native to South Africa. Naturally robust, prefers warm and semi-shaded environments, drought-tolerant, fears high temperature and humidity. Optimal growth temperature 15-22°C, prefers well-drained sandy soil.

29. Crystal Plant: Also known as treasure plant, silver wave brocade, a Liliaceae family perennial evergreen succulent plant. Plant short, height generally 5-6 cm. Leaves alternate, oblong or spoon-shaped, fleshy and thick, growing on very short stems, tightly arranged in a rosette, leaf color emerald green, leaf flesh semi-transparent, leaf surface with 8-12 dark brown stripes or brown and cyan patches in the middle, leaf margin pink, with fine serrations. Terminal raceme inflorescence, flowers very small.

Habits: Native to South Africa. Prefers warm and humid and semi-shaded environments, drought-tolerant, avoids heat, not cold-tolerant, optimal growth temperature 20-25°C, requires fertile, well-drained sandy soil.

30. String of Hearts: Asclepiadaceae family perennial trailing flower. Stems slender and pendulous, internodes about 2-8 cm long, often bearing block-like fleshy bulbils in the leaf axils. Leaves opposite, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, thick and succulent, leaf surface dark green with white stripes, leaf underside pale green. Flowers small, pale yellow or pale purple, during the bud stage the petal tips are connected together, shaped like lanterns, when fully open the petals spread out, fruit is slender and horn-shaped.

Habits: Native to South Africa. Prefers warm, humid and well-lit environments, also tolerates semi-shade, avoids heat and soil waterlogging, optimal growth temperature 18-25°C, requires loose, well-drained sandy loam.

31. Bottle Palm: Agavaceae family, Beaucarnea genus succulent plant. Plant stem upright, stem base enlarged, like a wine bottle. Linear leaves clustered on the stem, curving outward into a semicircle, interwoven, short and long alternating, leaf length up to 1 m.

Habits: Native to Mexico. Prefers warm, sunny environments. Not cold-tolerant. Not demanding about soil.

32. Buddha Belly Plant: Euphorbiaceae family perennial evergreen plant. Plant height 30-50 cm, single-stemmed or branched, stem thick and short, fleshy, enlarged at the base. Leaves leathery and heart-shaped, 3-5 lobed, leaf scars relatively large. Flowers clustered at branch tips, petals 5, orange-red.

Habits: Native to Central America and the West Indies. Prefers warm, dry and sunny environments, also tolerates semi-shade, optimal growth temperature 26-28°C, requires well-drained sandy loam.

33. Living Stone: Also known as stone flower, an Aizoaceae family, Lithops genus perennial succulent plant, stems extremely short and spherical, fleshy and thick, two opposite leaves joined into an inverted cone, top nearly ovate, slightly raised, with a gap in the middle, from the gap between the opposite stem bodies the bulbous stem produces golden-yellow flowers. Seeds tiny. Habits: Native to South Africa. Prefers warm, dry and sunny environments, optimal growth temperature 20-24°C, fears strong light and cold, requires well-drained sandy loam.

34. Tongue Leaf Plant: Aizoaceae family, Glottiphyllum genus perennial evergreen succulent plant. Leaves fleshy and thick, tongue-shaped, 6 cm long, slightly curled, leaf color bright green, leaf surface smooth and transparent, leaves tightly whorled on short stems, clasping at the base, resembling a Buddha's hand shape. Flowers golden yellow, pedicel relatively short, petals curling outward. Flowering in spring and summer.

Habits: Native to southern Africa. Prefers warm, humid and well-lit environments, also tolerates semi-shade, drought-tolerant, fears extreme heat, optimal growth temperature 18-22°C, not demanding about soil, well-drained sandy loam is preferable.

35. Squirrel's Tail: Also known as corn stonecrop, Crassulaceae family perennial succulent plant. Leaves alternate, leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, slightly pointed at the tip, about 1-2 cm long, 0.2 cm wide, succulent, easily shed, leaves crystalline and glossy, leaf color blue-green, tightly arranged. Corymb inflorescence terminal, with more than 10 small flowers, dark purple.

Habits: Native to warm and tropical regions of the Americas, Asia and Africa. Prefers warm, well-lit environments, also tolerates semi-shade, grows well under scattered light, optimal growth temperature 15-20°C, requires loose, well-drained and humus-rich soil.

36. Round-leaved Stonecrop: Crassulaceae family perennial evergreen plant. Stems slanting or pendulous, slender and round, fleshy. Leaves opposite, leaf blade round fan-shaped to round, leaf margin slightly wavy, leaf green with red, especially older leaves appearing dark purple, petiole extremely short, capitate inflorescence hemispherical, borne at the stem tip, small flowers pink.

Habits: Cool, humid and semi-shaded environments, relatively strong cold tolerance, not tolerant of summer high temperatures and sun exposure. Requires loose, fertile sandy loam.

Varieties: Variegated trailing stonecrop: stems and leaves succulent, stems yellow-green, relatively soft, pendulous. Leaf blade broad ovate, 2 cm wide, 15-25 cm long, margin green, edge slightly wavy-toothed, center bright yellow, each node bearing 3-4 clustered leaves, resembling petals. Branches initially upright, later pendulous, up to 30-40 cm.

37. Aeonium: Aeonium genus subshrub. Plant height 40-50 cm, leaves oblanceolate, with short petioles, densely arranged in a rosette, leaf color blue-green, leaf margin with white fine hairs. Flowers yellow, clustered into panicle cymes.

Habits: Native to the Canary Islands of Morocco. Prefers warm, sunny and well-ventilated environments, requires humus-rich, well-drained sandy loam.

Varieties: Aeonium 'Sunburst' is a variety of Aeonium, with bright golden-yellow patches or stripes on the leaves. Propagation is generally by division.

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