Succulents and sedums on the stairs of our front stoop.
They are incredibly easy to grow.
Once you have them established start moving them around and blend them in pots together.
Or plant them together all at once. I like to get to know mine individually first.
Or plant them together all at once. I like to get to know mine individually first.
These stay out here all year because of our mild winters.
Nor do they require a lot of watering.
A definite plus in the terrible summer heat.
Creeping Jenny (not a sedum or a succulent) with a child's toy we found in the soil.
Cut Creeping Jenny back in fall and it comes back just fine in spring.
This dark sedum is called "Voodoo."
The gray succulents (I cannot recall their name) are bloomimg now.
See the bloom on left in the above collage.
If you did not catch my Succulent Spheres post please check it out here.
They are beautiful and I do wish I could take credit for them.
They are beautiful and I do wish I could take credit for them.
I have more succulents and sedums co-mingled in the flower garden and on the side of the house.
I attempted to grow a succulent wreath on the front door and our birds kept picking at it.
I declared it a failure.
It happens.
happy gardening
Olive
Maybe a blue spruce sedum! Love voodoo and angelina too!
ReplyDeleteI got them EVERYWHERE! Just bought more this past weekend too.:) My favorite thing about them is when they just kinda take on a life of their own sprawling and dropping. They are almost indestructible.
ReplyDeleteI once planted autumn sedum (I believe it was called), but it did not survive many years. It is gone now. I was sad that it didn't because I saw it in other neighbors yards and it grew so full and lush. I have no idea why mine died. I have noticed that succulents have become very popular for indoor decorating (which I love). But still, I don't have any. Yours look very pretty.
ReplyDeleteI did grow them at our house , they were so easy like you said and I was constantly giving some to friends, one particular one called hens and chickens was a real spreader!
ReplyDeleteooops, forgot to say how much I enjoyed your photos, your plants are beautiful,
ReplyDeleteThese are such beautiful and interesting plants...maybe if I brought them indoors over the winter I could try growing them!
ReplyDeleteOlive..yours are so lovely. these are one of my favorite groups of plants...I have increased my sedum gardening this year...so easy and rewarding....maybe I need to feature all of mine in a future blog..hmm.great post and pictures...
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Your plants look great. I have not had much luck with those, but may try some more.
ReplyDeleteThey look beautiful! I do grow succulents, but do not grow sedum. They grow wild along the edges of the road, and I always mean to dig some up and place them in my garden. This was a good reminder! They look so pretty together and on your steps!
ReplyDeleteI love succulents and sedum. They are so easy to grow, like you say. I've got about six or seven pots of them outside my front door. Yours are gorgeous. I love the colour combinations you've got.
ReplyDeleteYour sedum and succulents are looking great. I love the little one in the third photo..Ogon? and the large one in the first two photos. Your creeping jenny is so cute with the little figure in it.
ReplyDeleteI'm filing this in the memory banks for next year! ~ Maureen
ReplyDeleteOlive, I am so ashamed. I bought a hen/chicks this spring and it's still in it's little pot. Blast... I need to find just the right container to start them, or get it in the ground. I love all of your pots. Smiles, xo, Susie
ReplyDeleteYup - I do and my MIL is always dismayed by how small my hens and chicks are - but hey - it gets super-duper cold here - I am just happy they survive!!
ReplyDeleteYour succulents look quite nice! I like the voodoo. I think I grow sedums, but they don't look anything like yours. I did cut back my petunias as per your suggestion. It took awhile but they are blooming again! Yay! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWonderful J.
DeleteJust the thing for a dry summer! I have only one sedum, given to me by a neighbour years ago.
ReplyDeleteOlive, your images are so beautiful... you captured succulents at their best!
ReplyDeleteI love the combination of these. I have hen and chicks in the ground and some creeping jenny in the rocks under my window boxes.
ReplyDeleteI don't have any succulents, but I do have some sedum that are doing well. I love yours...they are pretty!
ReplyDeletelots of cuteness!
ReplyDeleteI have huge sedum that was actually falling over. I had to circle it with twine to hold it up. I guess I should have cut it back? Anyway, it's full of buds so I sure hope it blooms!
ReplyDeleteHi Olive, I love sedums for the reasons you stated. They are so drought and heat resistant, and they add a pretty texture and flowers in the garden. Your pots have so many lovely varieties.
ReplyDeleteMary Alice
"co-mingling" sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos Olive! I don't have any succulents. No idea why. LOL
ReplyDeleteYour succulents are beautiful. A friend of mine loves succulents. She's told me how easy they are to grow, but I'm doubtful. I've got poison in my fingers. I managed to kill a mother-in-law's tongue. They're said to be indestructible. I also killed my grandmother's 30 year old fern after I'd had it for 2 years. But that same friend gave us some creeping Jenny. Since I don't get close to it, it is thriving in it's spot in the yard.
ReplyDeleteI really want to put a plants like this on my little balcony at my condo.
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