Bright green dudleya is a small, uncommon succulent rosette native to coastal southern California and Baja California, grown mainly as a drought-tolerant native plant. It is best kept sharply drained and in plenty of sun.
Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out completely between waterings; avoid summer watering in the ground.
Soil
Fast-draining mix such as cactus or gritty succulent mix, or sandy, well-drained garden soil.
Temperature
15–30 °C; tolerates mild frost briefly but protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
California (Channel Is.), Guadalupe
Climate
subtropical
About
Dudleya virens, the green liveforever or bright green dudleya, is an uncommon species of perennial, succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to several coastal southern California and Baja California locations.
How to grow it
Dudleya virens is cultivated as an ornamental plant in the specialty native plants and succulents horticulture trade. It is used in containers, drought tolerant landscapes, and habitat gardens. It prefers well-draining soil, and grows best in full sun or light shade.
Where it grows
The succulent is found growing in the Palos Verdes Hills on the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast in Los Angeles County; on several of the Channel Islands in California; and on Guadalupe Island off the northwestern Baja California Peninsula, Mexico.
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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.