Picture courtesy of Milada Vigerova
Succulents are tremendous in style proper now, and it’s straightforward to see why. They’re pretty hardy and simple to look after. And as many indoor gardeners are discovering, they arrive in a ton of various varieties, which suggests you possibly can study new issues about them on a regular basis.
So I’m sharing with you a number of the issues I’ve realized concerning the range of succulents. Test it out.
Shock! Not all succulents are cacti…
Okay, we’ve obtained to let this one out of the bag proper initially. Sure, a cactus is a sort of succulent. However not each succulent is a cactus. Succulents are crops that retailer water for lengthy intervals of time of their thick leaves and stems, and so they are available many lovely varieties.
“5 Issues You Did not Know About Succulents – Aeonium Arboreum Atropurpureum” by Succulent Addict
A few of them have tree-like branches
Succulents aren’t all low to the bottom or all-green cacti. The are available a wide range of shapes, sizes, and colours. And a few of them look a bit like small timber, just like the aeonium arboreum atropurpureum pictured above. It’s additionally referred to as the Purple Aeonium for brief.
“5 Issues You Did not Know About Succulents – Aeonium Arboreum Atropurpureum” by Succulent Addict
Succulents don’t all the time want full solar
Though many succulents are tailored to residing in heat, dry environments, not all of them should have full daylight to thrive. Actually, the Purple Aeonium prefers to be grown in considerably shady situations, however it would additionally survive in full daylight. In the event you preserve it in full solar, it would develop a greener shade, as pictured.
Be aware that how a lot warmth and light-weight a succulent wants or tolerates relies upon upon the species.
You may flip them into residing, rising jewellery
Not even kidding right here. These crops are so low-maintenance that they’ll develop round your arm, finger, or neck. Or in your hair. Right here’s a take a look at just a few items:
Jewellery by Susan McLeary
You may regenerate your succulents
That’s, you possibly can develop new crops out of your outdated crops with cuttings. Reduce off a bit of your plant and put it in daylight till it grows tiny roots. Then put it on high of some soil and provides it extra solar and occasional tiny bits of water. Quickly you’ll have a complete new succulent.
And these tiny cuttings are excellent for jewellery items. Simply make sure you retailer them in a sunny window reasonably than your jewellery field. Be happy to share this concept with your mates!
A few of them bloom lovely flowers
Like many crops, succulents (together with cacti) bloom flowers with the intention to reproduce. That being mentioned, it may be tough to get your succulent to bloom. First, it must be the correct age for plant replica. And second, it wants perfect situations earlier than it would attempt to reproduce (which is the aim of flowering). For a lot of succulents, this implies offering rather more daylight.
The place can I discover these superb crops!?
We repeatedly carry a wide range of fascinating succulents at The Tye-Dyed Iguana. Are available in and take a look at the choice.
