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Echeveria
Echeveria elegans
Non-toxic to cats and dogs
A rosette succulent that wants as much sun as you can give it. Water only when fully dry, at the soil not the leaves.
Toxicity
Safe
Not known to be toxic to cats.
Safe
Not known to be toxic to dogs.
Source — ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, toxic and non-toxic plant list; read from this species' own page
Pet-safety information is a general guide from the ASPCA's toxic-plant database and covers cats and dogs only. "If eaten" summarises the symptoms ASPCA lists for that plant; how an animal actually reacts depends on how much it ate and on the animal. It isn't exhaustive, isn't veterinary advice, and individual animals vary — never rely on it as the sole basis for a decision about your pet. If you think your pet has eaten a harmful plant, contact a vet immediately.
Care
- WaterEvery 14–21 days
- LightDirect sun
- HumidityLow humidity
- Temperature15–27 °C
The same interval the Sabz app schedules reminders from. In autumn and winter the app stretches it; see houseplants in autumn.
Common problems
Echeveria stretching
A rosette that has grown tall with gaps between the leaves, leaning to one side, is an echeveria short of light — it wants direct sun, a south or west sill. It will not shrink back; cut the top off and re-root it in dry compost as a new, compact plant, and put it somewhere brighter.
Echeveria lower leaves soft and mushy
Soft, translucent lower leaves and a dark base are overwatering: it stores water and wants a drink every two to three weeks in summer, hardly at all in winter, in gritty compost. Stop watering, pull off the soft leaves, and if the stem is soft too, cut above the rot and re-root the healthy top.
Echeveria leaves wrinkled
Wrinkled, thinning leaves are the plant using its stored water — it has been dry for a long time, which it tolerates well. One thorough soak, drained fully, and the leaves plump up within a week or two. Then back to occasional watering.
Similar plants
- Blue Echeveria safeEcheveria glauca
- Wax Rosette safeEcheveria gilva
- Aloe Vera toxicAloe vera
- Snake Plant toxicDracaena trifasciata
In the app
Add a echeveria to Sabz and the watering interval above becomes a reminder, the toxicity verdict sits on the plant's own page, and when a leaf turns, the Check-up reads what you have actually logged to say why.
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