These beautiful plants make wonderful additions to vertical succulent gardens and fairy gardens. You have many options when it comes to small succulents. It can be very expensive to purchase enough succulents to fill your entire yard. However, propagating plants is an affordable way to grow large gardens. Succulents and cacti come in all shapes and sizes, making them the perfect plants for any garden. Succulents are capable of storing large amounts of water in their leaves because many of them originally come from hot and dry environments.