Mexican Snowball
4.5 out of 5 (475 experiences)
Survivor
Fast grower
About Mexican Snowball
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 elegans
Echeveria
Crassulaceae
Saxifragales
Also known as
Pearl Echeveria, Pearl Echeveria, Hens and Chicks, White Mexican Rose, Mexican Gem, Succulent, Lone Star, Echeveria 'Angel Kissed', Echeveria Angel Kissed, Raspberry Ice, Ruby slippers, Red Crystal Sugar, Snow Angel Jelly Heart, Queen butterfly, Echeveria, Echeveria Mexican Snowball, Mexicsn Snowball, White Farm, Echeveria White Farm, Korean White Farm, Pink Lady, Mexican snowball gods throne, Mexican gem white Mexican rose and Mala Madre
How to care for Mexican Snowball
How often to water your Mexican Snowball
every 12
Mexican Snowball 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 Pearl Echeveria in your home
a window
Mexican Snowball love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Mexican Snowball does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Mexican Snowball in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Mexican Snowball
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 Mexican Snowball after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Can I use plant lights for my succulents as I don't have windows that recieve direct sunlight? #Echeveria
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Why is my app having me water it every 4 days? On the plants details it says this should be watered every 2 weeks, but i’ve been getting notifications to water it every 4 days? I’m confused can anyone help?! #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #NewPlantMom #
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See any growth difference? I honestly don’t. So I had accidentally started to propagate these two that fell off of their mother succulent when I was potting it, and the same happened with another succulent -that had two leaves with rosettes growing too ironically- but I don’t see any difference with these two other than their main leaf is shriveling. Whereas with the other succulent that I had accidentally started to propagate as well has a bunch of growth. I’ll put a pic of the other succulent in the comments so you can see the difference, they were pretty much the same size too, and I had once again posted them on the same exact day Left is when I first got it. #PropagationStation #Propagation #SucculentSquad #SucculentLove #Succulents #Succulent #help
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I was wondering if I move it from the soil it came in to a bigger pot?? Or should I wait I have never had a plant. #Echeveria
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How do I plant these little guys? Can I put them in one pot? #Echeveria
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Can I put my plant outside? #Echeveria
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Hey yall! I got my echeveria a few months back and it wasn’t doing too hot then. It looks better now but I’m not completely sure if it’s thriving because of the shriveled leaves and white webbing on the leaves. Does anybody have any advice? Thank you! #Echeveria
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Help me name my plant
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Help me name my plant I don’t know for sure if I got the type of plant it it but it’s what the GregID gave me
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#newgrowth #Echeverih How do I propagate babies from this plant.
Care Summary for Mexican Snowball
Mexican Snowball
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 12 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Survivor 287
Fast grower 138
Easy to propagate 132
Large, lush leaves 72
Blooms easily 53
Browns easily 45
Pest magnet 6
04/06/2022
He is great indoors, in a freezing cold office. Have had him since Christmas Day. He’s absolutely adorable.
Survivor
Large, lush leaves
Fast grower
04/04/2022
Love it!
04/03/2022
super chill just give them lots of sun and a little water and just let it do it’s thing
Survivor
Blooms easily
03/28/2022
I am in love with this plant. It can take the cold and hot and sure does love her sun! I have her in a pot with another plant and they get along great. U water her and just let her go. Only have to water every 2 weeks or so. She can handle being very dry.
Easy to propagate
Survivor
02/23/2022
This is a low maintenance succulent. It loves a sunny window.
Survivor
01/28/2022
Cool
01/21/2022
the offspring echeveria are so cute <3
Easy to propagate
Survivor
01/20/2022
Beautiful and easy to look after.
Fast grower
Survivor
01/13/2022
This plant is one of the easiest to propagate, and to keep the plant looking even you can rotate it every couple days
Easy to propagate
Survivor
01/10/2022
Hard to take care of but still pretty
Browns easily
12/30/2021
I got mine as a tiny baby from Walmart and it has doubled in size since I moved it to a slightly larger Bulbasaur planter. It is growing still and it is leaning out of the planter now. I love that it didn’t die when I transplanted it, my track record is bad.
Survivor
Fast grower
12/28/2021
They are easy to take care of and I probably shouldn’t say this but I would go weeks with out watering and it would be fine!
Blooms easily
Survivor
Easy to propagate
Fast grower
12/27/2021
Succulent so just give it a lot of light and it will be happy.
Easy to propagate
11/04/2021
Not too much water.
10/29/2021
Easy to take care of
Survivor
10/23/2021
This is my friends plant that I am taking care of right now ! It’s so pretty and I would like to try to propitiate it so I can have one as well !! 10/10 would recommend to anyone who is starting out with taking care of plants
Fast grower
Blooms easily
10/21/2021
It’s a good plant but for some reason browns really fast
Large, lush leaves
Blooms easily
10/20/2021
Such beautiful leaves and so many colours
Large, lush leaves
10/17/2021
If you drop it, don't worry it can regrow its roots.
Survivor
Easy to propagate
10/08/2021
I love the colors .. don’t need that much water
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