Bonsai Jack succulents are not the cheapest, but they are the best. Our team includes some of the most skilled designers, specialists nurseries, and private succulent gardens. You can find succulents and cacti seeds in your local garden center or plant nurseries. Then videos. Then I remembered some of you had requested a tour in my garden. If I had time, I'd redo my early videos. 2. Pots are great for succulents which, in the garden might be engulfed, or trampled. Indoor plants have many advantages! Because they are exposed outside to different types of conditions, outdoor succulents need slightly different watering needs than indoor plants. Watering is another important thing to remember during winter. You might be surprised to find that the skin of your cactus is split. You can also propagate a Christmas Cactus by seed if you are looking for a more difficult propagation task. Many people mistake them for Christmas cactus. I have been an avid gardener for many years and a long time member of the Carmichael Cactus & Succulent Society. What if I answered your question nine years later?

There are many things to be proud, but there are also many things I would have done differently. Even those who aren't interested in gardening or have little knowledge can successfully grow plants outdoors and indoors. It is a good idea to give your plant a name to make it easier for you to remember how to care. The Sempervivum family is easy to care for and non-toxic to reptiles. The Succulent Care Basics webpage will help you locate what you are looking right away. Echeveria harmsii does not like prolonged droughts, so it's important that you find the right balance. It is important to understand the differences between euphorbia and cacti if you want to plant them in your garden. Rainwater must also contain ammonium forms and nitrate. Rainwater should be used to water your succulents. My books are still the best resource for choosing, growing and using succulents.

It is possible to root cuttings from young shoots without flowering, or by using leaf nodes on older stems with patience. To test the effects of rooting hormone, and other home remedies such as honey and cinnamon, I conducted a controlled experiment. Octopus agaves, rosea ice plant and yuccas tough it out on the garden's steep, sunbaked, streetside bank. Mountain Crest Garden offers a 1 lb bag of unrooted Sempervivums that you can use to plant something similar. Have fun with the adenium and enjoy the process. It can be grown indoors and thrives on 4 to 6-hours of direct sunlight. However, it will not tolerate humidity. If you are a proud owner of a healthy plant, repotting should be a regular activity. It is a learning curve, and I find videography the most challenging of all my endeavors. It is essential that your plant gets at least six hours sunlight per day. The Whale's Tongue succulent can be found in northeastern Mexico. This region is known for its severe winter frosts. This cactus thrives in extreme environments and is native to Peru.

Look for a well-balanced houseplant fertilizer or one specifically designed for cactus and succulents. You should insist that others look. 4. When safely framed in pots, cacti and small-sized agaves can be fascinating to view. 5. Pots make it easy to transport precious succulents. Nothing I have tried seems to make any difference. Make sure you don't apply too much soil to it. This will prevent soil from getting out of your colander while still allowing water drainage. Oasis Water Efficient Gardens Nursery was where we set it up. As a Sunset contributor and other publications, I've covered beautiful but achievable residential gardens for many years. Laura asked me to make a short video showing her creating one her pocket gardens. Seven years ago, Laura Eubanks of San Diego was an amazing succulent designer. She demonstrated and explained her techniques well. Before I realized it, I had started looking for photos from "before" to show how things had changed over the years.

You will learn how to use lava rocks for plants to choose and combine succulents into a blue pot. If you haven’t been to it yet, I recommend you do. You can make them by the dozen if you have the right knowledge. There are two possible ways to create the succulent garden that you desire. Timber Press' channel shows you how to plant a succulent container garden (6:13 min. and 400K views). The resulting releases: How to Create a Succulent Pocket Garden with Laura Eubanks (12:37 min., 347K views) and Laura Eubanks' Succulent Garden Design Secrets (3:40 min., 323K views) are among my channel's most popular. Laura also mentions "Make an Succulent-Topped Apple," a YouTube how to that Laura Eubanks and I created back when succulents were a relatively new addition to pumpkins. Since then, Laura has gone on to become a garden celebrity---deservedly so---and to create her own hugely popular YouTube channel. It's amazing to see the garden in the video. The video came as a result of my half-acre garden looking gorgeous after April rains.