GardenSMART :: A Multitude Of Ways To Decorate With Mini Succulents
A Multitude Of Ways To Decorate With Mini Succulents
By Altman Plants
Photographs and videos courtesy of Altman Plants
We plant obsessives may not have as much room to garden as our parents and grandparents did. The millennials among us, especially, are said to be sticking to tighter quarters these days — condos, apartments, small houses very close to their neighbors’ small houses. If that is more or less on the money, it’s no wonder that mini succulents seem to be all the rage. They fit in so many spaces, in all manner of planters, from funky novelty ones (so many that it’s hard to pick an example…children’s cowboy boots! Toy cars! Soda cans!) to classic planter bowls filled with a dozen or more.
While there doesn’t seem to be any published standard for what constitutes a “mini succulent,” we generally go with plants from growers in 2″ or smaller pots. Your own cuttings and babies (offsets/pups) can count as well, unless we’re talking about, say, a foot-long “sprig” from a 10′ landscape cactus.
Check out our video about inspirational DIY ideas with 2″ succulents, including adorable burlap wraps and car planters.
We turned to mini succulents to create our Flight of Succulents — six 1.75″ succulent plants in a planter reminiscent of paddle-shaped samplers that are popular at, um, craft beverage establishments.
“Next door” is a 2″ succulent in burlap wrap. Other ways to have a ball with juicy little buddies: turning toy animal figurines into novelty planters and creating fairy gardens. True, you can create a fairy garden with larger succulents, but with miniature ones, you can more easily create detailed, dense living dioramas for tight spaces like windowsills.
Watch our DIY videos for the toy planter and fairy garden gnome pool party, respectively, below.
A holiday succulent wreath would count as a mini-succulent project too. Here’s one that a succulent-loving creative designed for our 2018 holiday contest.
By Delilah Onofrey, Suntory Flowers
Photographs courtesy of Suntory Flowers
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