Succulents are exceptional choices for indoor gardening due to their adaptability, low maintenance needs, and diverse range of colors, shapes, and textures. Their ability to store water in their leaves allows them to thrive in environments where other houseplants may struggle, such as in dry indoor air or places where watering is often overlooked. Many…
Succulents are hardy plants known for their resilience and unique beauty. Growing healthy succulents is not difficult if you simply provide the right conditions and care. Understanding their natural habitat—typically arid environments with minimal rainfall—can guide you in creating the ideal indoor setting to mimic those conditions. By following some best practices, such as choosing…
Aptenia, also known as baby sun rose or heartleaf ice plant, is a low-growing succulent plant that is native to South Africa. It has thick, fleshy green leaves that are heart-shaped and glossy, and produces vibrant pink or purple daisy-like flowers that bloom in abundance during the spring and summer months. Aptenia is a genus…
Mesembryanthemum, commonly known as Ice Plant, is a low-growing, succulent plant native to South Africa. It’s admired for its fleshy leaves that often shimmer with a silvery, crystalline sheen, making them appear as if they are covered in ice—hence the common name. Mesembryanthemum is also known for its vibrant, daisy-like flowers that come in various…
Euphorbia is a genus of more than 2,000 species; about 200 are succulents. Euphorbia succulents have green bodies, and some have spines. But Euphorbias, even with spines, are not cacti; Euphorbias do not have areoles. (Cacti have areoles; aereoles are modified branches from which spines grow.) Euphorias succulents are generally distinguished by their strong, sculptural…
Sempervivum is a genus of thick, mat-forming evergreen succulents that bear rosettes of thick, pointed leaves sometimes covered with white hairs and flat, branching terminal panicle-like cymes of star-shaped white yellow, red, or purple flowers borne on upright stems. Sempervivum blooms in summer. The rosettes die after flowering but are replaced by new, offset rosettes…
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