Posts Tagged ‘colorful succulents’
Colorful Winter Succulents
How many of these colorful winter succulents can you ID? These and others are great for adding color and interest to dry-climate gardens. This is how aloes and more look midwinter
Read More150 Ideas for Pots of Rosette Succulents
Enjoy and find inspiration in my idea gallery of 150+ floral-style, potted arrangements featuring rosette succulents. Each is a living bouquet!
Read MorePlant a Pot with Colorful Rosette Succulents
It’s easy to plant a pot with colorful rosette succulents that makes people gasp when they see it. A sure-fire way to make one appealing is to combine succulents that are similar yet different
Read MoreSucculents Grown for Bright Flowers: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Supermarket kalanchoes (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) are succulents you grow mainly for their flowers. They have been hybridized and sold as flowering plants long before succulents in general became popular. Succulents are plants that look like flowers, and although all succulents produce them, they’re generally not the reason people buy them. Yet this one succulent has been commercially…
Read MoreSpring in My Succulent Garden
See numerous low-water flowering plants that thrive with minimal care in my Zone 9b Southern CA garden. My spring garden’s most vivid blooms are those of succulent ice plants. Aloes, bulbine and numerous arid-climate companions are bright and beautiful from March through mid-May. Increasing temps tend to put the kibosh on delicate spring flowers. If…
Read MoreSucculent Color Wheel Centerpiece
For the rainbow centerpiece, you’ll need: 18-inch pot saucer. Mine is terracotta. No worries; drain holes aren’t needed. It’s so shallow that water simply evaporates. Approximately six plants in 4-inch pots for each pie-shaped section. Potting soil to fill gaps Succulents come in all colors Enjoy browsing and selecting them at your local garden center…
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