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Posted by Catharine Howard on September 11, 2011

Aeonium schwarzkopf  has wierd twisty stems and succulent slabs of leaves in polished black.  The  cauliflour inflorescences of acid yellow are produced in early summer.  These mount up like crazy towers above the rest of the plant.

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