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A key determination,

Itineraries aeoniums to see in their natural environment.

THE AEONIUMS

Their name comes from the Greek "aeonion" which means eternal.

Plants succulent subtropical shrub or perennial acaules.

Species acaules are monocarpiques.

Family : Crassulaceae

The kind aeonium contains 35 species.

Broadleaf, flower actinomorphic (regular), dialypétales (each of the petals and isolation fits directly on the container), ovary supère (or free, there is a whole level above the sprawl of the flower).

Tige at least woody at the base.

The inflorescence is a panicle or cyme.

Flowers yellow, white, greenish-white, pink or red.

WHERE TO FIND THEM ?

THEIR CULTURE

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AUTHORS

Jacques Garnault

Jacques Garnault impassions himself since strong a long time for aeoniums. During many years it made push the most common species in its garden in Lauragais, close to Toulouse (France). Since 2002 it accomplished several trips to the Canary islands and Madeira, in order to appreciate its favorite plants on sites and to make photographs of exception.

 

Nathalie and Marc Mougin

It is him which is at the origin and the webmaster of the site "aeonium.info". Nathalie and Marc Mougin live in the Minervois (France), Mediterranean land wedged between the black mountain and Alaric. They fell in love with the Canaries islands with Joel Lodé who made them discover the botanical wonders of Tenerife in 2000. Since then, the seven islands were visited several times, and the emphasis was on aeoniums, gender highly prized by their friend Jacques. The monanthes and the euphorbias are part of the plants that they also appreciate enormously.