How To Design A Small Succulent Garden
Notice how the white pea gravel acts as the rice while the plants and the pebbles act as the main dish.
How to design a small succulent garden. For smaller planter pots insert only a single small succulent. When choosing your plants be aware they might have varying light and care requirements. Look for words such as cactus mix or succulent mix on the packaging.
A most unique and beautiful pot or pots for your growing succulents. Blend equal parts regular potting soil coarse sand and perlite or pumice for an ideal mix. If stones have shallow depressions that hold soil tuck succulents into that spot for a head turning planting.
One of the most effective ways to create a succulent garden design is to blend these quirky plants with rocks. Showcase succulents against a backdrop of rocks or tuck them between and behind rocks. Then fill the pots with potting soil and voila.
Then separate the contents of the pots in an orderly manner. If need be paint the pots beforehand to cover any exposed terracotta pot areas with the matching seashell color.