The echeveria doris taylor succulent is very beautiful, unique, and popular. Very well known succulent all because it is in the beautiful, popular echeveria succulent family.
This succulent has an amazing look to it. It’s known as a hybrid, it has green leaves which are covered with white hairs. The cute white hairs give this succulent a fuzzy appearance which looks really great. When it’s happily stressed, this succulent will produce a red color on the edges of the leaves.
The echeveria doris taylor succulent is fairly fast growing, and will grow all the way up to 5 inches tall and 8 inches wide. It doesn’t really get that large, so don’t get discouraged if it doesn’t get that big.
You can grow this succulent indoors or outdoors, it’s your choice. It will definitely grow larger outdoors than indoors, but more and more growers are growing it indoors than outdoors. This is because they make an amazing, beautiful houseplant!
This succulent isn’t cold hardy, so don’t even try to grow it outdoors during the cold winter season. Come winter time, just move the succulent indoors, so it can stay safe. Once the weather warms up go ahead and move the succulent back outdoors if you’d like!
The echeveria doris taylor succulent is very easy to grow and care for. By the end of this article, you will know all of the exact grow and care requirements for growing healthy and happy echeveria doris taylor succulents.
Echeveria Doris Taylor Care
SOIL FOR ECHEVERIA DORIS TAYLOR
This soil is the most perfect soil for the Echeveria Doris Taylor. This succulent soil has 2 of the fastest draining ingredients out there sand and perlite. Sand and perlite will protect your Echeveria Doris Taylor from root rot. Root rot is known as the #1 most common reason why a succulent will die and it happens a lot.
This soil will help your Echeveria Doris Taylor grow healthy, happy, and of course protect it from root rot which is much needed. This soil is also loaded with 60+ minerals and nutrients from seaweed fertilizer. Your Echeveria Doris Taylor will grow bigger, faster, and stronger in this soil because it will be absorbing many nutrients from the seaweed in the soil.
This is amazing soil for your Echeveria Doris Taylor and you should definitely consider it when growing this succulent. Your Echeveria Doris Taylor will just simply love it and will grow super healthy, faster, bigger, and happier when grown in this soil.
WATERING
You should water the Echeveria Doris Taylor 1-3 days a week or when the soil looks or feels very dry. You must make sure to avoid overwatering so root rot does not occur and kill your succulent plant. It's important to use the 'soak and dry' method and only water when the soil looks or feels very dry. Be on the lookout for underwatering and overwatering.
POT FOR ECHEVERIA DORIS TAYLOR
It's important to use a succulent pot with a drainage hole. This will allow the excess water to drain out of the bottom of the drainage hole, keeping the soil dry and preventing overwatering and root rot. It's very important that your succulent pot has a drainage hole, most experience succulent growers know that having a succulent pot with a drainage hole is a must when growing any succulent. If your succulent pot doesn't have a drainage hole no problem! Check out our article on how to grow succulents in pots without drainage holes.
WHERE TO PLANT THE ECHEVERIA DORIS TAYLOR
The Echeveria Doris Taylor isn't cold hardy, so make sure you avoid growing this succulent outdoors during the cold winter season. Avoid growing in temperatures under 30° F (-1.1° C) it will die in cold and freezing temperatures. Make sure to move and grow this succulent indoors during the cold winter season. You can then move it back outdoors once the weather gets warmer. Make sure to grow it outdoors in a succulent pot or container so you can easily move it when you need to.
Plant in an area that gets at least 6 hours of sunlight every single day. Make sure this succulent gets enough sun so it can grow healthy, produce its colors, and avoid etiolation. If growing indoors make sure to place it where it gets enough sunlight. If your house doesn't get enough sunlight, try investing into some grow lights.
HOW TO PROPAGATE THE ECHEVERIA DORIS TAYLOR
Leaves:
For leaf propagation, gently just twist and pull the leaf very gently off the stem. It’s very important that you get the full leaf and not let part of the leaf stay on the stem. To make sure you get a very precise cut you can get some trimmers and cut the leaf off. After you cut your leaves off the stem you must make sure you let them sit out for 2-4 days so they can form a callus. After the leaves have formed a callus, go ahead and plant them in well-drained succulent soil.
Cuttings:
Same thing as for leaf propagation, but this time you will need trimmers to get a clean cut of the cuttings. Cut off the cutting at an angle with trimmers, and make sure there’s enough room to plant the cuttings. Let the cutting form a callus by waiting 2-4 days. After a callus forms then go ahead and plant the cutting in well-drained succulent soil.
Offsets:
Same thing as cuttings, make sure that you cut off the offsets at a sharp angle. Then wait 2-4 days for a callus to form, then go ahead and plant the offset in well-drained succulent soil, and water right away.
The echeveria doris taylor succulent is a very unique, beautiful succulent that every single succulent lover should grow. It is very popular as well, more and more succulent lovers are growing this succulent every single day.
With its beautiful green leaves with white fuzzy hairs, this succulent will make a great newest addition to your lovely succulent garden. Indoor or outdoors, it will look amazing with your other succulent plants.
The echeveria doris taylor succulent is very easy to grow and care for. You now know all of the exact grow and care requirements for growing this succulent indoors or outdoors. Best of luck growing and caring for this beautiful succulent!