Echeveria 'Dark Vader', also known as Echeveria 'Darkness Power', is an unusual succulent that forms rosettes of green leaves that deepen to pink, red, or burgundy in bright sunlight Cacti & Succulent Care. Many people tend to think that cacti and succulents are too difficult to care for and decide against even buying them. As it turns out, many people are simply caring for them too much or too often. Cacti and succulents will do quite well under the same conditions which would be considered neglect with other plants. Watering. The most common problem people have with cacti and succulent plants is overwatering. They are 'water storing' plants and will do better with less water than they will with more. Since every situation is considerably different, there is not set time interval for when to water cacti and succulents. Many factors play a role in the timing (such as humidity, light, and temperature). General Rule: Water Cacti and succulents thoroughly and allow them to dry out completely between watering.
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Succulent Dormancy Table and discussion. Learn which succulents go dormant when, why and how to care for them. Recognizing succulent dormancy is essential.
Cacti and succulents that hang or trail include Othonna capensis ‘Ruby Necklace’, Echinopsis Chamaecereus ‘Peanut Cactus’, Hildewintera Colademononis.......
Over the last few years, succulent has become a trendy item in many households. You can easily find tons of pics of Succulents as home decor flooded over Instagram and Facebook. But if you are someone who tends to forget to give much attention to plants or not an everyday-new-flower kind of person, then growing your succulents in water might be the thing for you.
Adenia perrieri (Bottle Tree) is an impressive caudiciform plant with a caudex that develops into a stem that produces green, vine-like ...
Learn how to propagate succulents from leaves. Complete guide to leaf propagation, including how to remove the leaf to ensure success.
Crassula orbicularis var. rosularis is a clumping succulent with flat green leaves, purple on the lower face, with ciliate margins and...
If you're looking for rare and unique succulents, here is a list of the interesting succulent plants that are worth exploring.
Pruning succulents helps prevent rot, encourage new growth, and help your succulents thrive. Discover how and when to prune your succulents here!
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Any healthy succulent is a candidate for propagation, especially those with central trunk-like stems. If propagating from a rosette-shaped...
Like most caudiciforms, this plant enjoys fast-draining potting soil. Avoid peat if possible, and amend the soil with drainage material ...
With these Beautiful Kalanchoe Types, you can bring the charm of gorgeous flowers and stunning foliage indoors by growing the most incredible houseplants!
Hoyas do not ask for much beyond the well-draining soil and the warm, humid conditions that many tropical flowers crave. They do not...
Your Christmas cactus may not be a Christmas cactus at all. Here's how to identify your plant, plus how to care for holiday cacti and get more blooms.
3 easy methods to identify what types of succulents you own -- Not all succulents are created equal :) so identify your succulent to give it the best care!
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Kalanchoes are popular succulent houseplants w/ long lasting blooms. Here's how to care for flowering kalanchoes & get them to bloom again.
If you have ever admired a pretty succulent bowl but thought they looked too tricky to make one at home (or that you’d kill it anyway) I have good news! Succulent bowls are super-easy to put together; and even if you’re a total black thumb with plants, you can keep one alive and thriving, I promise. Now I’m no gardening expert and I’m sure there will be lots of right
Succulents in winter require a bit of extra care. Here's how to keep both tender and hardy succulents thriving throughout the season.
Repotting succulents used to involve a lot of swearing on my part. Succulents involve a very “Gritty” potting mix, kind of gravelly, which makes filling the pot and then “making …
This cactus is perfect for the beginner's succulent garden. Its tubes form dense green and orange clusters, with light yellow or pink flowers in the Spring.
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Succulents are among the easiest plants to propagate. It's also important to propagate so they stay healthy and can easily regenerate. Try one of our techniques and you'll be hooked!
Sedum treleasei is a succulent subshrub with erect, procumbent or pendulous stems and thick, fleshy, pale blue-green leaves. The stems ...
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Your garden is getting crowded, but you can’t stop buying new succulents and cacti. So, now is the time to make trailing succulents and cacti. Here's a guide.
Succulent plants have many qualities that make them ideal plants for the brown-thumbed gardener. One great quality of succulent plants is their ability to propagate themselves from cuttings and "pup" plants. Agave Americana, otherwise known as the century plant, is practically impossible to kill, and will even try to fill your garden with its offspring. An adult plant, about 2-3 years old. Agave are incredibly resilient, but some of those adaptations make them difficult to place in a garden. While agave start out small, they can grow six feet in width and height! Because of this, agave should not be planted within six feet of walkways. If you do plant an agave americana nearer to a walkway than this, you will have to prune the plant to prevent the blade-like leaves from reaching the pathway. Both of the adult agaves in my garden were planted close to walkways which means pruning to maintain safety! When weeding one evening, I felt a sharp pain in a buttock. Turning around slowly, expecting to see a hideous insect, I saw that an agave leaf-tip had stabbed through my pants and into my skin! One amazingly easy thing to do to make your agave more people-friendly is to use garden shears, clippers, or even household scissors to nip off the needle-sharp tip of each leaf. This is simple and does not require that one get very close to the leaves, which have spikes along their edges as well. This agave pup has already started growing its own roots. An agave will produce pups either at the base, or if there is no access to the top of the soil near the plant, it will grow a rhizome (root stalk) until it finds a point where the new plant will be able to access sunlight. The rhizome is bulbous and "jointed" and easily "pops" apart at each joint where the leaf meets the base of the root. A way to think of it is as an umbilicus that connects the new plant to the parent plant. Nearly hidden under a shredded leaf, this tiny pup is the only one that's grown at the plant's base. After being surprised by a pup from my less than one foot wide agave americana marginata, I decided to take a closer look at my blue plant, and yup, there was a pup nestled at the base under a trimmed leaf! If I hadn't pruned the plant, I probably wouldn't have given it room to grow at the base. After removing the pup I carefully placed the decorative (and functional) rocks so that the soil was covered again. A very young agave pup has already grown roots at its base. To pull out a pup, dig underneath it enough to expose the rhizome before you pull. One or two quick jerks should break the rhizome at a joint and free the pup from the parent plant. At this point you either throw away the weed-pup, or if wanted, some quick surgery will give your agave pup an independent life. Slice as much of the rhizome away as you can. The plant's roots should be directly beneath its body, not off to the side. The rhizome needs to be trimmed so that the roots grow properly. Surprisingly, unlike some other pups I've pulled, this tiny base pup had already grown its own roots, which made my work worry-free. When slicing a plant free you create a huge open wound, which should usually be left to heal itself closed, or callous. This prevents infection, like a scab on a flesh wound. I'm not sure why I sliced the rhizome at an angle; I want to say it's recommended by I'm not sure it actually matters if you want the end to callous. Because my blue agave is so prolific, I'm not worried about a pup or two dying, and haven't worried about letting the pups callous after trimming their rhizomes. The plant is now independent. I put the pup immediately in the dirt after slicing the rhizome. This will make a total of six agave pups I've replanted, and four that I've thrown away. As the agave grows older, owners might want to save some pups in order to replace the agave once it blooms. After an agave blooms it dies, and apparently the bloom itself will contain many new plants. This pup is about 2 months old. The mature agave pup in the second picture has now grown quite a bit! I pulled it out of the ground to do some experimental surgery. Not only did I snip off the sharp ends, but I also "shaved" the spikes on the leaf edges. Maybe I can carefully grow a "safer" agave. The pup after a trim. A final note on agaves is about the end of their lifespan. A century plant will live for about a decade before blooming and dying. As might be guessed, the colloquial name derives from the incredibly long wait until the plant flowers. Once an agave dies, you must remove it. An adult agave will have a tough, heavy trunk, and a blooming agave also has a ten to twenty foot flower stalk! When you plant an agave, do keep in mind that in a matter of a few years it will have to be dug out and discarded. This is important to keep in mind when planning which plants to surround the agave with.
Often people think you don't need to fertilize succulents, however they will benefit from regular fertilizing. Click to learn about succulent fertilizer!
This beautiful trailing succulent is easily propagated. It's perfect for hanging baskets, and can be grown indoors if given proper sunlight.
Crassula rupestris 'High Voltage' is a beautiful succulent shrublet with attractive triangular leaves that develop pink to red edges in ...
The jade plant, care for these small, sturdy succulents is simple and the Crassula (real name) is a great beginner houseplant, along with the spider plant.
Succulent Dormancy Table and discussion. Learn which succulents go dormant when, why and how to care for them. Recognizing succulent dormancy is essential.
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Congratulations on your recent acquisition! We’re sure you two will get along just fine. Here are some general tips for succulents. Please note that while
