Aeoniums are native to the Canary islands and grow in the cooler months of the year. That's a bit tricky in my climate because it rains in summer although I find that they don't mind the summer rain if it isn't hot and they have flourished in the cooler, wet summers we've had for the past 2 years.
Although they are supposed to be monocarpic, many of the varieties I have flower ever year and continue growing. I've heard that in the branching varieties such as these, only the head that flowers dies but I haven't noticed that either. Maybe it's because the heads branch a lot too. Who knows?
Yes they don't seem that monocarpic to me either, it looks like just the flower stems die
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I read somewhere that they should be very hard grown, if they are fertilised, they flower themselves to death
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Mine look pretty hard grown but I like that, it gives them character
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I love the little mini-tree look, especially when they also drop roots down from the stems. The smaller varieties are like natural bonsai
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Yes! Especially the first one, A. sedifolium
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Succulents never do well with fertiliser, I like to leave them in sandy mixes and let them grow slowly
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