Scientific Name: Echeveria 'Lola'

Scientific Classification

Family: Crassulaceae

Subfamily: Sedoideae

Tribe: Sedeae

Subtribe: Sedinae

Genus: Echeveria

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Echeveria 'Lola' is a beautiful, succulent plant up to 6 inches (15 cm) tall. It forms a sculpted rosette, up to 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter, with a somewhat "rosebud" shape. The leaves are alabaster marble with a delicate blush of pinkish-violet and tipped with rose. The flowers are yellow or coral pink, bell-shaped and appear on short stems in spring. E. 'Lola' and Echeveria 'Derenceana' are fairly similar. Differences in young plants often are not distinct and the flowers of both hybrids are the same. Older plants can be distinguished because of their size. The rosette of E. 'Lola' is larger and more open than that of E. 'Derenceana'.

'Lola' (bred by famed Echeveria hybridizer Dick Wright): A gorgeous result of the cross E. lilacina x E. 'Deresina'. Its thick layer of farina (epicuticular wax) gives this sturdy rosette the appearance of pearlescent marble with rosy, blushing undertones.

Grow 'Lola' in a windowsill pot or outdoors when the temperatures stay above freezing. Pick a sunny spot with excellent drainage and all this beauty will need from you is a deep watering when the soil is completely dry. Each spring, a rosette can send up a 6.0" bloom stalk from which hang yellow and pink, bell-shaped flowers.

This Echeveria is easy to propagate from leaves and it will also produce a few offsets around its base that can be left in place or transplanted. After 2-3 years of growth, the bare stem under the rosette can be quite long. To keep the plant compact, simply lop off the rosette, leave it to dry 3-5 days, and lay it on moist, gritty soil to re-grow roots (more info). The old stem can also produce offsets after being cut.