Graptoveria 'Debbie Crestata'

Graptoveria 'Debbi' var Cristata: Nice rosette with medium length leaves. Shades of pink and gray. They grow outdoors in frost free areas. Cold climates must bring them indoors. Very attractive plant. Tender soft succulent - will not tolerate frost. Graptoveria are hybrid crosses between Graptopetalum and Echeveria. Due to this mixed parentage they form a diverse genus, but most are low growing, cultivated for their beautiful shapes and colours. They produce stemless, clump-forming rosettes with thick leaves. Graptoveria need good drainage. Tender soft succulent - will not tolerate frost.

xGraptoveria Debbi Cristata, Graptoveria 'Debbi Crested Form' in GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Synonyms:

• х Graptoveria cv. Fred Ives f. cristata

Description: Graptoveria 'Fred Ives' is a cross between Graptopetalum paraguayense and Echeveria gibbiflora. It is a large shrub-forming cultivar and a very vigorous grower in the garden, that offsets to produce a clump and can take over an area if let alone.
Rosettes: It produces rosettes up to 20 cm tall by nearly 20-30 cm wide atop short 10-30 cm tall stems
Leaves: Broad, stiff, overlapping each other, with concave upper surface, rubbery to the touch, waxy pearly-bronze to purplish yellow-orange to blue green (depending on time of year and growing conditons). Often shading from grey-blue at the centre out to orange-bronze-purple. The purple blush is fairly consistent throughout the seasons. Higher light and heat seem to increase the purple a bit, though.
Flowers: 30-50 cm long arching branched inflorescence bearing red-orange centred pale yellow flowers
Blooming season: Summer.
Remarks: The cultivar “Fred Ives” has given rise to a beautiful crested form with sunset colours & wonderful habit. It creates dense round mounds of tightly packed smaller leaves.

x Graptoveria cv. Fred Ives f. cristata (llifle.com)