Re: Aeonium 'Mint Saucer'



david feix wrote:

> Jan,
>
> I am pretty sure this is the same Aeonium that I have
> in my garden, which San Marcos Growers sells as
> Aeonium 'Mint Saucer', and mentions that they couldn't
> pin down the actual identity either, although they
> thought it had affinities with A. canariensis.  I
> stopped by one of our local nurseries in Berkeley
> today, and saw an A. undulatum from SMG that is almost
> 2 foot in diameter!
>
> Here is the website link with photo of A. 'Mint
> Saucer'
>
> http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=47

David,

Can you hear my "Aha!" all the way up there?
My aeonium is not at all pubescent either, rather shiny as a matter of
fact! The picture (of A. subplanum) in the book I mentioned does not
show any pubescence and does not mention it in the too short
description.

San Marcos' A. 'Mint Saucer' looks very like mine which off-sets as
freely as yours, so from now on I'm calling it that. Thanks so much. My
cutting came from a dry garden up above Avalon, Catalina Island (not the
botanic garden). Isn't it amazing how far and wide a good plant can
travel if it's an easily propagated succulent?

Now I must see A. undulatum. Several nurseries down here buy from San
Marcos, so I shouldn't have a problem.

Thanks too to Jane for clearing up the "A. tabulaeforme/Pseudo . . ."
tangle.
You all are the best!   Jan

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