As you're going to figure out a lot of the succulents I have are from cuttings that may or or may not have been permitted. I feel like I may have redeemed myself by giving lots of plants away, but who is to say.
I got my first Aeonium Urbicum from a cutting I "took" from my friends Chris's old house in 2008, when he was editing Anavan's Traumatology video.
That's the first cutting on the left. You can see it already started shooting out little babies underneath the main head.
I'd give you technical terms but my books are down in the garage...
ANAVAN "Traumatology" from ANAVAN on Vimeo.
The aeonium urbicum grows low to the ground and forms clusters. Like must succulents and aeonium you can just snap one off the main plant, stick it in the ground and it will take off. If you plant cuttings in early spring they will grow like CRAZY because it's cool enough for them to root right away. Now I have these aeoniums all over the yards.
[top] February 2010
[bottom] Front Garden July 2010, Huge mounds from the cuttings I planted in the spring
It took me a while to get this because I really got into gardening during the summer of 2008. So I learned a lot about plants getting sun burn and taking too long to root because it's hot. The aeonium urbicum will sun burn, so if you plant one in the summer put it in a partially sunny spot. Water planted ones that are in full sun regularly to prevent burning. Like other aeoniums the urbicum will grow a lot of "air roots." These are roots that are on the stems of the plants above the ground that allow the plant to take in extra moisture from the air. So on the note of air I'll leave you with a song I've been really into lately Air by Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera.
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