Seasonal Wild Flowers

Tree Aeonium

Aeonium arboreum

Cliff Pasty, Houseleek Tree

Crassulaceae

April to August

It is found in the Scilly islands and the far Southwest.

See the BSBI distribution map for Tree Aeonium

It is a naturalised escape from gardens and botanical

gardens.

It is a neophyte from the Canary Islands.

In the Scillies it grows on walls and colonises rocky, grassy

shores and waste ground.

Although attractive, it is an invasive alien.

Tree Aeonium grows up to 1.5m.

The individual flowers resemble other stonecrops and form

a multiflowered, yellow pyramid in spring.

The leaves are succulent and fleshy and range in colour

from green to purple.

The rootstock is large and survives the winter.

Aeoniums are susceptiple to frost, which limits their

UK distribution.

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Tree Aeonium on a stony shore, Bryher, Scillies

Invading the shore

Attached to a wall

Pyramid of flowers

Individual stonecrop-type flowers

Basal leaves

Leafy flower stem