Black Prince

A slow growing succulent that develops dark, nearly black rosettes comprised of fleshy, pointed leaves, and accented by salmon-red flowers in autumn and winter. The very dramatic foliage adds wonderful contrast to mixed succulent plantings and rock gardens. 

It is a hybrid of Excheveria Affinis and Excheveria Shaviana, but its appearance is strongly determined by its E. affinis parent. It has a fairly open rosette form, reaching about 6.0" in diameter at maturity, then produces new offsets around its base. Exposure to full, summer sun and drought can induce the plant to bleach to coppery orange. It can send up tall bloom stalks in spring and fall with bright fuchsia to red flowers.