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-Succulents have BEAUTIFUL FORMS-
Aloe and agave look like stars. Aeonium
and Echeveria look like roses.
-A variety of forms, colors, textures make pretty combinations.
-MIX TEXTURES combining a large size
leaf plant with a medium size leaf plant
with small size leaf plant. Use upright
spiky plants as accents or mass upright spiky plants in colonies.
-AVOID A JUMBLED MEDLEY using too
many different kinds of plants all
together. Do not use one of
everything. It is best to MASS AND
REPEAT just a few species.
-NEVER MIX YELLOWISH GREEN WITH
GRAY FOLIAGE or something looks sick.
Mix yellowish green foliage with dark
green and warm colored foliage. Mix
gray foliage with dark green, blue,
purple, cool colored foliage.
-COMBINE SUCCULENTS WITH OTHER
TYPES OF PLANTS, but plan carefully.
Not all plants look right with them. In
nature we see succulents or cacti
combined with trees and shrubs. Make
sure other plants have similar water
requirements.
-FLOWER BED, FLOWER BORDERS,
retaining walls need TALL VARIETIES
like Kalanchoe, Hylotelephium,
Euphorbia.
-BEST SHOWY FLOWERS- Try Sedum
Telephium, Aloe, Crassula, Hoya,
Kalanchoe.
-BOLD IMPACT FAST-Try Sedum
'Autumn Joy', Bilbergia, Bulbinella,
Cotyledon Macrantha, Cotyledon
Orbiculata, Crassula multicava- fast
colonizers, fast offsets, tons of babies
for fast growth for cuttings to spread
around. More bang for your bucks-
a little goes a longway.
-USE LOW KINDS like Sedum, Crassula,
ice plant, Echeveria, some Senecio,
Sempervivum, in rock gardens, at the
border front and between stepping
stones on paths.
PROBLEM AREAS
-For DRY SLOPES where water runs off
without soaking in, erosion control,
try ice plants and most succulents.
-For EUCALYPTUS FOREST FLOORS
where nothing grows, try Jade,
Echeveria, Aeoniums, Aloe, Yucca,
Cotyledon, Crassula tetragona, Agave
and all without summer irrigation!
-GREAT FOR SEASIDES! Tolerant of
ocean spray, wind, salt.
-FOR POOL AREAS requiring little
litter to blow in the water.
SUCCULENTS ENHANCE DIVERSE LANDSCAPE STYLES-Not just desert!
- MEDITERRANEAN STYLE- Try gray and dark green
succulents with Rosemary, Lavender, Olives.
- ENGLISH COTTAGE GARDENS- Try Sedum, Senecio,
Echeveria, Sempervivums with Salvias, bulbs, Heuchera, Penstemon, Achillea- beautiful low water flowers.
- SOUTH AFRICAN STYLE- Try Aeoniums, Acacia, Aloe,
Crassula, Kalanchoe, Euphorbia, Portulacaria.
-MEXICAN HACIENDA, TROPICAL, JUNGLE, MADAGASCAR
STYLE- Try large bold-leafed, lime green and warm colored
varieties like Cotyledon macrantha, Aeoniums, Crassula.
-SOUTHWESTERN, XERISCAPE, DESERT OASIS STYLE- Try
Agave, Yucca, cactus, dark green and gray species.
- PRAIRIE STYLE- Try rosettes of Yucca flacida, colonies of
Bulbinella, Sedum 'Autumn Joy', grasses, perennials.
-MODERN STYLE- Try plants with unique foliage, striking
shapes, contrasting colors.
