🌱 Morphology: Variegated cultivar with a shrubby habit, featuring short, branched stems that end in compact, fleshy, almost flower-like rosettes up to about 30 cm in size. The spatulate, slightly ciliate leaves have a green center combined with cream, reddish, pink, and purple areas. In bright light and cool temperatures, the colors intensify, reaching burgundy and purple tones. It produces offsets easily and can form clumps of several “roses”.

🌍 Distribution and habitat: It is a British horticultural hybrid. The original ‘Cornish Rose’ was found by Surreal Succulents in 2015 growing on a cliff in Cornwall (United Kingdom), apparently the result of a natural hybridization of undetermined origin, and was introduced into cultivation in 2017. The variegated form is a later selection, also marketed as ‘Chanel’.

Family: Crassulaceae.

❄️ Hardiness: USDA approximately 9b–11b. For cultivation in Spain, we recommend keeping it above 5 °C and especially dry during cold nights. It can tolerate occasional drops to near 0 °C when dry, but not frost.

☀️ Lighting: Target approximately 15–25 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹ of PAR-DLI during growth. It needs plenty of light to retain its variegation and develop its red, pink, and purple tones. In Madrid, protect it from intense midday sun during heatwaves.

💧 Cycle and watering: Grows mainly from autumn to spring, with growth slowing significantly during summer. ‘Cornish Rose’ has the particularity of partially closing its rosettes during the summer heat as a protective mechanism. During growth, water abundantly and allow the substrate to dry out completely before watering again. During summer, reduce watering considerably.

🌸 Flowering: Flowering of the variegated form is poorly documented. If it flowers, expect the small yellow flowers characteristic of Aeonium. The plant can continue to grow thanks to its offsets.

🌿 Nutrition: During growth, use Desert CHOICE at a moderate dose. Reduce or suspend feeding during the summer dormancy period.