Posted by mark in Garden Blog
on November 24th, 2012 | Comments Off on CUSHY SUCCULENTS
SUCCULENTS
I must have about fifteen different succulents and the odd thing is, when I think of the dozens of plants I’ve managed to kill over the years, I’ve barely lost one. I love them outside in bowls in summer, but particularly I love them now, indoors on the window sill. They include include several sedums, stonecrops, agaves, aeoniums, echeverias and more. Each bowl is a garden in its own right.
They cope with drought by storing water in their leaves. They are sun loving, and come in subtle shades of blue grey green.
I started with an echeveria which I bought by chance, because I liked the...