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Blochman's liveforever

Dudleya blochmaniae

Also called Blochman's Dudleya

Blochman's liveforever
Photo: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain

Blochman's liveforever is a small, summer-deciduous succulent from coastal California and Baja California that survives dry months as underground corm-like roots. It needs excellent drainage and dry conditions, and it dislikes wet soil and heavy rain.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent, Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly while growing in the cooler, wetter months, then keep dry during summer dormancy.
Soil
Very fast-draining mineral mix, such as cactus mix with added grit or pumice.
Temperature
Tolerates mild coastal conditions; protect from hard frost, roughly below -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. California to Mexico (N. Baja California)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Dudleya blochmaniae is a summer-deciduous succulent plant known by the common names Blochman's liveforever or Blochman's dudleya. This species of Dudleya survives part of the year with no aboveground presence, surviving as underground corm-like roots in deciduous months. It is characterized by white, star-shaped and spreading flowers that emerge after sufficient rainfall. It is found along the Pacific coast of the California Floristic Province, from the vicinity of San Luis Obispo in California to Punta Colonet in Baja California.

How to grow it

This species is a corm-like succulent that flowers in late spring to early summer. It often blooms less than a year after being sowed. Plants may disappear if they are placed in locations with high rainfall.

Other Dudleya plants

Abrams' liveforever · San Bernardino Mountains liveforever · Limestone dudleya · Dudleya cymosa subsp. costatifolia · Abrams' liveforever · Vizcaino liveforever · White-flowered liveforever · Todos Santos liveforever · Anthony's Liveforever · Arizona Chalk Dudleya · Tapertip liveforever · Short Eaf Dudleya

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dudleya blochmaniae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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