Designing with SucculentsHow to incorporate succulents and cacti into your garden design

Queen Victoria agave . Photo by : Barb Ries .

Unique for their power to store water , succulents are well suitable for climates with high temperature and low rain . Many people think of them as desert plants , but they also fly high in coastal locales . Gardeners love them for their drought resistance , architectural forms , brilliant colors and relief of maintenance . succulent are especially democratic for use in container .

Whether you ask a groundcover or a specimen works , there is a succulent for every situation . Some form small rosette , some go after up to 3 feet , while still others grow to resemble small trees . When healthy , many will produce pups or centre - catching bloom . to boot , they work well in a variety of garden stylus including forward-looking , Mediterranean , tropic , rock garden , xeriscapes and more .

Queen Victoria Agave, Agave Victoriae Reginae
“Dream Team’s” Portland Garden
The Ruth Bancroft Garden
Walnut Creek, CA

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PLANTING, CARE & DESIGN

memorize the do ’s and don’ts of planting succulent and get peak for growing them in your garden .

Discover 6 secrets for farm succulents successfully .

Debra Lee Baldwin reveals insights from two designers who use succulents to create classifiable container garden .

Queen Victoria Agave, Agave Victoriae Reginae
“Dream Team’s” Portland Garden
The Ruth Bancroft Garden
Walnut Creek, CA

TYPES OF SUCCULENTS

chance on the 15 most democratic types of succulent for your home and garden .

Boldly architectural and evilly beautiful , agaves combine insidious color and in - your - face forms .

read about grow and caring for aloe plants , admit Aloe vera , Aloe arborescensand others .

Queen Victoria Agave, Agave Victoriae Reginae
“Dream Team’s” Portland Garden
The Ruth Bancroft Garden
Walnut Creek, CA

sum people of color to indoor and outdoor quad with this easy - guardianship succulent plant .

Add character to your home and landscape painting with these delightful succulent plants .

Care and grow tips for Christmas & Thanksgiving cactus plant .

Queen Victoria Agave, Agave Victoriae Reginae
“Dream Team’s” Portland Garden
The Ruth Bancroft Garden
Walnut Creek, CA

Learn how to grow and diffuse setose pear cactus in your garden .

Growing and care selective information for these strong succulent .

Bring right luck into your domicile with these popular succulent .

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Add summer sizzle to the landscape with this carefree succulent works

Plant sedum earth hatch or tall types for color and pastime during the transition from summertime to settle .

This reliable drought - tolerant succulent bestow long - lasting color to the landscape painting .

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If you love century plant , you ’ll go sick for mangaves , an easy - maintenance relative with outstanding foliage .

Growing Succulents in Containers

Succulents are a great way to tog up a patio or porch . See how to replant and scavenge up survive succulent container show .

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Learn about gardening with succulents

produce , Designing , and craft with 100 Easy - Care Varieties ( by Debra Lee Baldwin )

Design Eye - Catching Displays with 350 Easy - Care Plants ( by Debra Lee Baldwin )

Queen Victoria Agave, Agave Victoriae Reginae
“Dream Team’s” Portland Garden
The Ruth Bancroft Garden
Walnut Creek, CA

Succulent plants offer dazzling possibilities for garden design and require only minimum maintenance to remain exuberant and alluring year rung ( by Debra Lee Baldwin )