Can you tell that Echeveria 'Afterglow' is my wife's favorite succulent. It is definitely their time here in the Inland Valley. Today it's 100 degrees and humid (shock) and they still look perky. I've learned to make new plants using the inflorescence, so more is better.
Enjoy, Dennis

That one is beautiful, Dennis! I have no luck at all with Echeverias. How often do you water them when it's hot?

When it's an extended heat for like at least a week I water every 3 or 4 days. I think that they're very happy with the temperature that hot for a few days but the intense amount of sunlight can give them sunburn fairly easily. If I move a plant that seems to need a break to a shady umbrella table that recover really quickly. Plants inside my shade house seem to love the heat on a day like today especially if they have had a drink recently..

I'll have to try again with them.I must have overwatered the ones I've tried.

Lovely garden landscaping there Dennis!

Yes, I do similarly with my echeverias here, giving them frequent watering during these heat wave days. Not just them, but all of my succulents, otherwise they will really get dry roasted even in shade
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They look amazing
It would not be possible to do what you have done here in the UK
All i can do is watch in awe at what you guys can do and achieve in your gardens. Even in a greenhouse situation I am not sure we would ever get the same level of prolonged light intensity in the summer.

Steve

Southern California does have an incredible climate. I wasn't into gardening when we lived there. It would have been so much fun.

It is great growing weather for many succulents but at times it can be frustrating. Today I noticed my largest Echeveria, a Zorro planted in the ground is really showing stress from our heat wave. It is 25 -26 inches wide and has been a real beauty. The largest leaves are yellowing out now and it appears to be rushing out the biggest Echeveria offsets I've ever seen. I tried for a photo but they weren't very good, too bright. I'll try again later in the day. I'll see if I can also remove an offset as well.

Went out for a photo of my Echeveria 'Zorro' that's planted in the ground and it's looking a little beat up after 4 days of 100 degree weather. I had notice that the plant had made some offsets maybe 2 weeks ago but they were nestle into the body of the rosette. When I checked the plant today it was obviously not thriving. I will probably end up beheading it and leave it in the ground and then hopefully have a new plant party in the not too distant future. The photo of the plant offset, I cut off the 'Zorro' trunk, is slightly bigger then an 1 inch across at the point I removed it from the Zorro. It is sitting in a 6 in. pot and looks to be 12 - 14 ins. tall. Before you say to yourself, hey wait a minute that's a flower inflorescence but in fact it is an offset. My 'Zorro's all flowered in Sept to early Nov. I have never had any Echeveria planted in the ground get this large and that may be why it produced seed and offset replacements. The infloresence in the forward are the flowers of Echeveria 'Swan Lake' which the 'Zorro swallowed about 2 mons. ago. I plan on cutting of the offset about 4-5 inches down and plant the offset and then try to root the stem to see if new offsets will form at the leaf joints. Who said Echeveria aren't exciting.....