One of the best parts of living along the coast in Santa Cruz is Aeoniums! Come check out my plants!

These super strange ‘goth succulents’ love living outdoors in Santa Cruz, CA. They thrive on our winter rains and dry Mediterranean summers. [I may slowly be collecting them all.]

There’s not a ton of information about these strange succulent flowers online. The rosettes change color and shape so often that it’s hard to know what to expect!

These “tree houseleeks” are from the Crassulaceae family and many originate from the Canary Islands.

Mystery Aeonium #1

This creature changes colors daily.

Mystery Aeonium #2

This giant lime green creature was a $10 steal from Succulent Gardens in Moss Landing, CA. Now it needs to be moved using an office chair.

Blushing Beauty Aeonium & Mystery Aeonium #4

These poor creatures absorbed the brunt of my learning curve. But look how they’ve rebounded! Lessons learned: bigger pots, more drainage, more water.

Blushing Beauty Aeonium

This color changing beauty is such a chameleon, I hardly recognize it!

Aeonium Arboreum 'Atropurpureum' OR Purple Aeonium OR Goth Aeonium

These little rosettes just keep getting bigger.

Aeonium arboreum

var. atropurpureum forma cristata

Isn’t this the strangest? A fin shaped aeonium. I’ve only spotted this once, and apparently the internet isn’t quite sure what it is either.

Mystery Aeonium #6

This beauty started off lime green and has subtly changed ever since. It has not gone purple like its brethren.

Emerald Ice Aeoniums

Aren’t these fractals so soothing?

Mardi Gras Aeonium

This stunner changes color with sun exposure, deepening to a magenta on the tips

Sunburst Aeonium

I love the cream and olive green stripes on this creature. And of course it blushes pretty pink in the sun, which is quite endearing.

Aeonium Leucoblepharum

This green and dusty pink rosette is distinguished by a central stripe along the succulent’s leaves.

Wow, thank you for checking out all my Aeoniums!