echeveria cara
About echeveria cara
There are hundreds of plants belonging to the Echeveria genus, each with its own unique colors and patterns.The wild species are native to Central America and were named after the botanical illustrator Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy. They're super easy to grow as long as they get lots of sunlight. ☀️ They can be easily propagated by stem or leaf, making it easy to catch 'em all!
Taxonomy
Echeveria 'Cara'
Echeveria
Crassulaceae
Saxifragales
How to care for echeveria cara
How often to water your echeveria cara
echeveria cara needs 0.5 cups of water every 12 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
12
Finding light for echeveria cara in your home
echeveria cara love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
echeveria cara does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of echeveria cara in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize echeveria cara
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your echeveria cara after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
-
From bright green to dark red/purple My black prince went from a bright green color to a dark red, almost purple shade over the course of the Summer. Is this normal or something to be concerned about? #Echeveria
-
#freshleaffriday My #echeveria and #kalanchoe "flapjacks" love this window! #succulentsquad #succulentlove
-
Unfortunately I had to say goodbye to not one but 2 of my Echeveria💔this week. I kinda have the feeling I overwatered which lead to their decline😭these were the first succulents I’d bought so I keep telling myself I’m still learning but it’s definitely heartbreaking losing them #SadPlantDay #Echeveria #sadplantparent
-
It's been a chaotic Tuesday and I'm in need of some relaxation. My Chroma is gonna drive me mad with this flower stalk. The buds are this beautiful neon pink and I really need it to go ahead and bloom. Cannot wait to see what the flowers are gonna look like. The Graptoveria 'Debbie' I chopped and propped this summer is really coming into its own. Cooler nights and full sun have done it a ton of favors. 🩷🩷 Lastly, my Pinwheel is growing the cutest little pup; look at the dainty tips on it! Please ignore the soil, I had just watered it. While I don't have my Melaco listed on Greg, it's colors are worth showing off. I'm in love with the reds coming out. ❤️❤️ #whatthesuccwednesday #whatthesucc #succulentsquad #succulentlove #succulents #succulent #echeveria #graptoveria #planttherapy
-
How often should I rotate my Echeveria's pot? Should I rotate it a little bit every day or a quarter a week? I currently rotate it a quarter a week. #echeveria #succulentsquad #succulentlove #succulents
-
Should I cut this back? It’s getting new shoots around its base and also see new shoots at the top. Can this be re-rooted if cut back? #Echeveria
-
I know that often with succulents, the advice is to look for signs of thirst in the leaves because they’ll wrinkle or change color, and if you’ve been told that but you’re like “what does that even look like!” “I can’t tell if there’s a change!” I like taking visual guides. I have two examples, before and after of my haworthia and Echeveria. I let them get real thirsty, and you can see if you look closely at the haworthia leaves that they’re super concave, the edges curl inward (and although the lighting isn’t the same, she was darker/not as bright colored before getting watered). After watering, she has filled her leaves out a little bit, they’re not as severely dented in, and she’s brighter! The Echeveria is more obvious in that the bottom side of her leaves were getting wrinkly, especially if I pushed on them to encourage the wrinkles to show. No wrinkles after water, only plump goodness! 🙂🌱 #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #SucculentLove #PlantTherapy #GrowLights #SucculentSquad #Succulents #Haworthia #Echeveria
-
My plant corner on my back porch is looking awesome! When I see how many plants I have.. I realize that I’m for sure a #PlaAddict as well as #SuccerForSucculents 😅🪴 I also wanted to share an arrangement I made this morning! (Photo 3) Another arrangement from a couple weeks ago that I didn’t get to post, my baby yoda planter contains one Graptosedum ‘Cali Sunset’ & 2 Golden Sedum. The last arrangement I did a while back in august, but I’m not sure if I ever posted it 😅 #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #NewGrowth #SucculentLove #Succulents #SucculSquad #Succulent #succulentarrangements #GrowingSuccs #OutdoorGrowing #OutsidePlants #PlantShelfie #PlantCorner #GregGang #WhatTheSucc #Echeveria #Sedum #Sedeveria
-
Happy Friday! I hope everyone is doing okay. My weekend started off not great due to some car troubles. :( I just got this car a month ago because I was in a wreck and totaled my car. So it’s extremely frustrating to go through this again. I hoping everything will be resolved soon, send good vibes’! Here are some pics I took this morning while I tried to get my mind off of things for a bit. Plants are always a relaxing way to silence my super loud brain.. lol. 😅🪴 #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #SucculentSquad #SucculentLove #Succulents #Succulent #GrowingSuccs #Pachyveria #Echeveria #clavatum #PlantTherapy #Sedeveria #OutdoorGrowing
-
#succulentsaturday More pics of my beautiful babies! I got pics off all my plants so I could update the pictures on Greg. So here are som up close pics. Number 5 are two of the echeverias I won from @vvvelo ‘s give away as cuttings! They are now plants 😊 1. Echeveria ‘Arctic ice’ 2. Graptoveria ‘Debbie’ 3. Kalanchoe tomentosa ‘chocolate soldier’ 4. Echeveria ‘Atlantis’ 5. Echeveria ‘Lola’, Echeveria ‘Dusty Rose’, & a prop of my super donkey tail! #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #succulent #SucculentSquad #Succulents #SucculentLove #SuccerForSucculents #Echeveria #EcheveriaLola #Graptoveria #Propagation #PropDontShop #Kalanchoe #ChocolateSoldier #NewGrowth #GrowingSuccs
Care Summary for echeveria cara
echeveria cara
Greg recommends:
0.5 cups every 12 days
< 1ft from a window
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.