Difractens, also known as Shattering Echeveria, is a tender perennial succulent native to Mexico and Central America. This variety has red, purple, and grey mounding foliage with rosettes 2" tall and 4" wide. Tall stalks grow out of the center of mature rosettes in summer, blooming with orange flowers in fall and winter. Perennial and evergreen in zone 10, this plant flourishes as a houseplant or can overwinter in a sunny window in colder climates. Echeveria is low-maintenance, requiring occasional water and full sun with afternoon shade or bright, indirect light to succeed. Add this plant's unique foliage to a container or houseplant collection.
Difractens Selling Tips
Sell Difractens to customers looking for a low-maintenance succulent to give to a friend or add to a container or houseplant collection. Customers will love this plant's mounding, red-purple and grey rosettes. Echeveria flourishes indoors or outside in zone 9-11, in full sun with afternoon shade or in bright, indirect light. Overwinter containers inside or grow as a houseplant in a sunny window. Create an attractive succulent garden by growing Echeveria alongside Sempervivum, Blue Fescue, Sedum, Kalanchoe, and Delosperma.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 5-6" apart in a medium of peat, sand, and perlite, like a typical cactus or succulent mixture.
2. Water thoroughly when the soil is dry. Underwatering is okay while overwatering can lead to root rot.
3. You may need to try a few different lighting locations indoors, but gradually expose this plant to increased light to prevent leaf drops or burning. Direct sunlight in the afternoon can burn leaves. This plant grows best in indirect light or 5-6 hours of full sun in the morning with afternoon shade.
General Growing Tips For Your Rooted Cutting Liner
For best results with Difractens, plant one rooted liner per 4-inch container or three per gallon container. Use a well-drained mix of peat, sand, and perlite with a pH of 5.6-6.0, EC of 0.6-0.8, temperatures of 72-85 daytime and 60-75 nighttime, and light feed (75-125 ppm N). Water minimally and provide light between 5,000-7,500 fc. This plant isn't prone to disease, but overwatering can lead to root rot. This plant doesn't require pinching or PGRs. You may see aphids, mealybugs, and spider mites.
Flowering
Orange flowers bloom on tall stems in fall and winter.
Pinching
This plant doesn't require pinching.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration around the soil level of each plant.
Height Control
This plant doesn't need PGRs.
Pests
You may see aphids, mealybugs, and spider mites.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease, but overwatering can lead to root rot. Water when the soil is dry.
Planting Difractens Liners
We recommend planting one rooted liner per 4-inch container or three per gallon container. Use a well-drained succulent soil made from peat, sand, and perlite. Completely bury the ellepot in the center or evenly spaced in the container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Echeveria Difractens Quick Reference Guide
| 4 Inch crop time | 7-9 Weeks |
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| 10 Inch crop time | 8-10 Weeks |
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| Bloom Period | Fall, Winter |
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| Color | Orange |
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| Habit | Mounding |
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| Height | 2 inches |
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| Light | Bright Indirect/Filtered, Full Sun |
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| Minimum Temp | 60 |
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| Perennial Zone | 10-12 |
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| Water Needs | Light |
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| Patented Plant | No |
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