25 Best Echeveria Types | Echeveria Succulent Varieties

These plants can be a wonderful addition to the houseplant collection of succulent lovers! Here are the Best Echeveria Types you can grow!

What makes so popular is their ease of growing and stylish appearance. Echeverias are one of the most attractive succulents, coming in many shapes and colors Native to mountainous ranges of Central and South America the species have nearly 150 recognized types that can make it hard for you to select the best one. Here are the Best Echeveria Types you can grow!

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The Best Echeveria Types to Grow

1. Topsy Turvy Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria runyonii

Size: 8 to 10 inches

Popular for its unique spoon-shaped, blue-green leaves with a touch of silver hue. This fast-growing succulent does well only in a warm climate.

2. Blue Frills Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Blue Frills

Size: 8 to 1 inches

The blue-green leaves of this Echeveria have ruffled edges, with symmetrical coral margins. It produces pink-orange flowers during summers.

3. Lipstick Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria agavoides

Size: 10-12 inches

This species of Echeveria can be identified by its agave-shaped, green leaves with bright red edges. Grows red flowers.

4. Mexican Snowball Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria elegant

Size: 8 to 10 inches

This species can be characterized by a rounded green rosette, having a tint of silvery hues. It attains a beautiful pink shade when kept in the sun.

5. Glaucous Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria secunda var. glauca

Size: 12-16 inches

It produces large rosettes with glaucous leaves that has a powder blue shade. The plant produces pink-yellow flowers in summer.

6. Ghost Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria lilacina

Size: 6-10 inches

This variety can be distinguished by its silver-grey rosette formed by spoon-shaped leaves, which resembles a lot to the artichoke head.

7. Lindsayana Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria colorata f. lindsayana

Size: 12-14 inches

This echeveria has a soothing salmon color with magenta leaf tips. Looks magnificent when paired with dark-colored succulents.

8. Taurus Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Taurus

Size: 4-5 inches

The green, pink, and red colored triangular leaves form a perfect rosette. The color of the rosette keeps getting darker with the exposure of sunlight.

9. Painted Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Nodulsa

Size: 4-6 inches

This variety can be differentiated by its green rosette marked with vivid red vertical stripes. It grows coral pink flowers.

10. Neon Breakers Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Neon Breakers

Size: 4-5 inches

Another famous hybrid variety of Echeveria that forms purple rosette with pink edges. It gets brighter under direct sunlight.

11. Tarantula Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Tarantual

Size: 8-10 inches

This Echeveria type can be characterized by the lots of tiny hair present on its leaves. It is a compact type that forms a clumped rosette.

12. Perle Von Nurnberg Echeveria

Scientific Name:Echeveria Perle von Nürnberg

Size: 4-6 inches

This species can be distinguished by its solitary green rosette. It turns purple and pink under direct sunlight. This variety is popular in floral decorations because of its lovely colors.

13. Black Hens and Chicks Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Black Prince

Size: 4-6 inches

It has a dark purple-brown rosette formed by triangular leaves. During fall and winter, the plant produces stunning dark red flowers.

14. Dusty Rose Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Dusty Rose

Size: 6-8 inches

It s a hybrid variety that can be distinguished by its powdery violet rosettes. It s less frost-tolerant as compared to the other species and grows vivid orange flowers.

15. Compton Carousel Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Compton Carousel

Size: 6-8 inches

Compton Carousel can be identified by its cream-colored leaves with green centers. The rosettes form a balled shape because of the cupped leaves.

16. Woolly Rose Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Doris Taylor

Size: 3-5 inches

The species is amongst the most popular Echeveria hybrid varieties. It can be identified by its green-fuzzy rosette that looks quite astonishing!

17. Cana Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Cana

Size: 6-10 inches

This species has a plump, cylindrical, blue-green leaves. The rosettes of Echeveria Cana form small columns upon maturity.

18. Tippy Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Tippy

Size: 6-8 inches

Identified by its blue-green, spoon-shape leaves, having pink edges that form an elegant rosette.

19. Violet Queen Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Violet Queen

Size: 5-8 inches

This charming fast-growing Echeveria is a hardy that features a light silver-green, curvy, slightly upward leaves. It interestingly gets a violet edge on the leaves when stressed.

20. Afterglow Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Afterglow

Size: 12-16 inches

This beautiful variety forms a large, blue rosette. The wide, powdery purple-pink leaves are adorned with pink edges. It grows orange flowers in summer.

21. Raindrops Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Raindrops

Size: 6-8 inches

This extraordinary Echeveria variety features droplet-like globular bumps near the tips of light-green leaves with red margins. It turns red or pink in bright light and cold weather.

22. Cubic Frost Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Cubic Frost

Size: 8-10 inches

This stunning Echeveria exhibits a gorgeous shade of lilac-pink leaves. They are upturned and pointy, forming a symmetrical shape. It grows orange, bell-shaped flowers in summer.

23. Lime and Chili Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Lime n Chili

Size: 5-7 inches

It features frosty lime-green rosettes of stout leaves. The tips are beautifully blushed in red shade. It grows Bright tangerine flowers that also attract hummingbirds!

24. Bittersweet Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Bittersweet

Size: 8-12 inches

Echeveria Bittersweet shows off a short stem with a rosette of light, mahogany-red leaves with undulated edges. It grows flowers in urn shape.

25. Melaco Brown Rose Echeveria

Scientific Name: Echeveria Melaco Brown Rose

Size: 6-8 inches

Echeveria Melaco Brown Rose features green leaves with a tint of copper red, and forms a molasses rosette. It grows bell-shaped orange flowers in mid-summer.