Category: Aeonium

Aeonium haworthii ‘Kiwi’ goes by a BUNCH of other names. Why? I have no idea, but here they are:

Aeonium haworthii ‘Dream Color’  Mak 2003.
Aeonium haworthii ‘Variegata’ Mottram, Whitestone 1998 Aeonium ‘Keweonium’ Kobayashi, 2004
Aeonium ‘Keweonium’ Sato,  2004
Aeonium haworthii ‘Tricolor’ Schulz,  2007
Aeonium haworthii ‘Kiwi’ Schulz, 2007 (in synonymy of Aeonium haworthii ‘Tricolor’)
(source: ICN)

Now that that’s all out of the way, I’m going to stick with calling this one Aeonium haworthii ‘Kiwi’ because that’s what most people call it. 

To maintain the beautiful variegation on Aeonium haworthii ‘Kiwi’ it needs to be in full sunfull sun direct sunlight for at least 8 hours of the day. Too much shade and it will revert back to its un-variegatedvariegated A naturally occurring or viral induced mutation, which appears as stripes or whole sections of tissue that are without chlorophyll. Variegated varieties are often prized for the attractiveness of the markings caused by the mutation. green color. 

Propagation is as simple as taking cuttings and sticking the stem in dry succulent soil. Only do this during the growing season in the cooler fall months so you have the best survival success with your cuttings.  

Aeonium haworthii ‘Kiwi’ is a monocarpicmonocarpic A succulent that dies after one bloom. Examples are Sempervivum and Agave species. succulent and the rosette will die after it blooms. Not to worry, though, it usually produces lots of offsets before it blooms.