Echeveria 'Captain Hay': A classic cultivar with a nice form and easy growth. This variety has a soft blue tone and can show a bright red outline along its leaf edges. The foliage is covered with a powdery coating a of natural wax (farina). The plant can send up a tall bloom stalk with yellow, bell-shaped flowers.

Echeveria need bright sunlight to maintain their colors and compact rosette form. They will not survive a hard frost, but if there is a risk of freezing temperatures they can be brought indoors to grow on a sunny window sill or under a grow light.

Like most succulents, they need great drainage and infrequent water to prevent rot. Pick containers with drainage holes and use well-draining cactus and succulent soil with 50% to 70% mineral grit such as coarse sand, pumice, or perlite. Water deeply enough for water to run out the drainage hole, then wait for the soil to fully dry before watering again.

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