When you first start caring for your succulent plants, make sure to be prepared to battle diseases and pests. As extreme heat-resistant and drought-resistant plants, they are ideal for beginners. You should water your plants with extreme caution if your planter does not have a drainage hole. Plants that don't have direct light on them won't get as hot, and will not burn or become too hot. It is not long before succulents start to show signs of heat stress or excessive sunlight. On the other hand most cacti can handle direct sunlight with no shade during the day.

Echeveria Elegans Mexican Snowball (Echeveria elegans) is not cold hardy. If you live in a region that receives below 20deg F (-6.7deg Celsius), it is best to plant the succulent in a container which can be brought indoors. The wrong pot can cause your plants to become waterlogged and even hinder their growth. Century Plants: What You Must Know (2:50). Big Blue's last starring role. The plants are still very delicate and cannot tolerate the full sun. Shade is essential for plants that are sensitive to the sun. Otherwise they will become dry and brittle.

Aloe has spike-shaped, vertical leaves. Kalanchoe, on the other hand, is a small succulent which produces flowers during its blooming season. It will mature in about two to three years. The cactus produces a flower spike that is 6 feet tall and has a lot of branches. These flowers produce beautiful yellow flowers, but it has a very faint fragrance. The cactus can produce stunning bright red flowers when the conditions are right. Jeremy Spath is an expert in varieties and cultivars that do well in gardens, are beautiful, and don't grow too big.

Portulaca Molokiniensis (‘Ihi’) is an unusual succulent with corky, upright stems that bear fleshy, round pale green leaves. Orbea semota, a thick-branched succulent, forms a thick fleshy mat of procumbent or erect stems with strong conical teeth. Plectranthus prostratus (Pillow Plant), small succulent that has many-branched and creeping stems. It bears small, dark green, leafy leaves. Notechidnopsis.tessellata, a succulent plants with sparingly branching stems from a decumbent. Rhodiola coccinea, a cushion-forming succulent, has a centrally branched caudex.