🌿 Morphology: Compact and highly branched Aeonium cultivar, with numerous stems ending in small rosettes measuring 7–12 cm in diameter. The leaves are fleshy, spatulate, and pointed, with spectacular tricolour colouring: cream-yellow in the centre, green towards the margins, and a thin pink, red or reddish band along the edge, the intensity of which increases with light. It produces abundant side shoots and can form small bushy clumps.

🧬 Botanical origin
Family Crassulaceae. ‘Kiwi’ —also marketed as ‘Dream Color’ or ‘Tricolor’— is a horticultural cultivar with a complex historical identity. It has traditionally been considered a variegated selection of Aeonium haworthii, but there are morphological arguments for classifying it as a hybrid of A. haworthii × A. decorum. This hypothesis has not been formally proven, so for a rigorous data sheet we recommend simply calling it Aeonium ‘Kiwi’, indicating its affinity with A. haworthii.

🌎 Distribution and habitat
It has no natural distribution of its own as it is a cultivar. Aeonium haworthii, one of the species involved in its identification and possible genealogy, is endemic to Tenerife (Canary Islands), where it grows in rocky and coastal environments.

❄️ USDA and temperature
USDA approximately 9b–11b. We recommend keeping it above 5 °C, protecting it from frost. A dry and well-acclimatised specimen can withstand brief drops close to 0 °C, but in a pot it is preferable to avoid these conditions.

☀️ Lighting — DLI
During growth: 15–25 mol·m⁻²·day⁻¹ of PAR. Intense lighting maintains the tricolour pattern and promotes the characteristic reddish edge. It should be gradually acclimatised to direct sunlight to avoid burning, especially after summer.

💧 Cycle and watering
It grows mainly during the cooler seasons and is in summer dormancy when temperatures are high. Water abundantly and allow the substrate to dry out completely before watering again. During the hot summer, water very infrequently and avoid prolonged dampness.

🌸 Flowering
It produces branched inflorescences with small golden-yellow flowers, mainly during the summer. As with other Aeonium, the rosette that flowers is monocarpic, although the abundant branching allows the specimen to continue developing.

🌱 Nutrition
During active growth, use Desert CHOICE at a moderate and regular dose. Reduce or suspend fertilising during summer dormancy and when temperatures are low.

📏 The size of our basic collection xerophytes is as follows:

* As this is an online purchase, the appearance of the specimen sent may vary slightly from the product image. The description on the photo specifies the measurements of the plant, but these too may vary slightly, because it is a living thing! Each of the plants at Desert CITY has unique characteristics.