page_title: Echeveria
section_title: Cultivation
hierarchical_section_title: Echeveria / Cultivation
caption_attribution_description: English: Echeveria lavi, Botanical Garden Berlin, Germany
context_page_description: Echeveria is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, native to semi-desert areas of Central America, Mexico and northwestern South America.
context_section_description: Many Echeveria species are popular as ornamental garden plants. They are drought-resistant, although they do better with regular deep watering and fertilizing. Most will tolerate shade and some frost, although hybrids tend to be less tolerant. Most lose their lower leaves in winter; as a result, after a few years, the plants lose their compact appearance and need to be re-rooted or propagated. In addition, if not removed, the shed leaves may decay, harboring fungus that can then infect the plant.
caption: Echeveria laui - a species with round, glaucous leaves
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