After soaking the soil, it will drain a little slower, keeping Aeonium moist, unlike the regular succulent soil. The soil used to plant succulents in big box stores is often not ideal. I have a few offshoots that I have removed from the mother plant and they are growing nicely on their own. Euphorbia tirucalli: 'Fire Sticks. Stick On Fire. Red Pencil Tree.' Different growing conditions. To learn more about how to make Senecio rowsleynus thrive, visit our previously published care guide.

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