Plant Database
Blue Atoll Hen and Chicks
Echeveria ‘Blue Atoll’
Blue Atoll Hen and Chicks is a serene, sea-hued jewel for the garden. Its perfectly symmetrical, open rosettes showcase a unique palette of powdery blue-green leaves elegantly edged in a vibrant, luminous green. Like a living sculpture, this cold-hardy succulent forms a captivating colony as it readily produces numerous offsets (“chicks”) around the mother plant. In response to cool temperatures and ample light, the leaf tips may blush with a delicate pink, adding seasonal charm. It is a virtually carefree plant that provides exquisite, evergreen texture and color in rock gardens, troughs, and the tightest of spaces.
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Forms stunning, open rosettes of long, spoon-shaped leaves in a distinctive powdery blue-green with bright apple-green edges.
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Exceptionally cold-hardy and drought-tolerant, thriving outdoors year-round in climates with cold winters (USDA zones 3-8).
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Readily produces a colony of offsets (“chicks”), creating a dense, ever-expanding mat of geometric beauty.
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Foliage may develop delicate pink to rose highlights on the leaf tips when exposed to cool temperatures and bright light.
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Prefers a location with afternoon shade in hot climates and excels in very well-draining soil or rock crevices.
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A slow-growing, evergreen perennial ideal for rock gardens, green roofs, containers, and as a unique groundcover.