Which succulents die after blooming?

Which succulents die after flowering

1. Many plants in the Crassulaceae family die after finishing blooming, and this phenomenon occurs in quite a few genera. The genus Crassula has several such species; Crassula alba grows very large and then produces an inflorescence at the top of the plant, dying after it finishes blooming. As far as the editor knows, Crassula tomentosa and Crassula barbata are also almost certain to die after finishing blooming.

2. Almost all species in the genus Orostachys die without fail after flowering. The Orostachys malacophyllus I once grew bloomed gloriously and then died with no chance of recovery.

3. The genus Sinocrassula (not Sedum, as all species in this genus originate from China) is similar to Orostachys; most species are annual or biennial and die after finishing blooming. Species such as Sinocrassula longistyla (which few people grow), Sinocrassula indica (the most famous one in this genus, "Yindika", which is biennial and dies after blooming), and Sinocrassula techinensis (which also few people grow) all die after flowering.

4. The Aeonium genus and the Greenovia genus (which has been merged away and no longer exists in some classification systems) from the Canary Islands are even more tragic: almost all species die after flowering, so you must stop them from blooming at all costs, unless you want to crossbreed and pollinate or enjoy the flowers. However, most species in these two genera are not annual or biennial. Most of their species grow for a long time, then, like agaves, produce a spectacular and majestic inflorescence and then die.

5. In the genus Sempervivum, it is said that the one that produces the inflorescence dies when it blooms. However, because the species in this genus are rather special, the plant that is blooming is certainly a large plant formed by multiple offsets joined together, and the root system of this plant does not die when it blooms, so there is no great harm.