I saw a batch of Aeonium nobile grown from seed at Annie's Annuals, in Richmond, CA 2 or 3 years ago, and was interested to see that some were not single. A friend planted one of these in his garden, and it grew into a robust clump about 2 or 3 feet across. The heads look like Aeonium nobile, but because of the branching habit I thought it might be a hybrid. This year the plant flowered, and the flowers proved to be pink, whereas the single-headed plant I had seen in flower previously was bright red. Still, I can't be sure if the branching and the different flower color are evidence that the plant is a hybrid, or if it might have enough variability that there are populations with pink-flowering branching plants. . .
Brian Kemble
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