Eight reasons why I fall in love with succulent plants how to raise charming succulent potted plants

I like to see all kinds of interesting and lovely succulent plants whose leaves can grow like flowers, even like lotus flowers, rose flowers, peonies and so on. They can reproduce with leaves and branches, and often forget to water them. These are very lovable.

Such as the micro-landscape of succulent plants above, the very tall aloe, the red dragon blood Sedum, the white and pink obscure moon and the black prince succulent and so on.

Succulent plants are also suitable for landscaping plants, with some rusty or simple containers will be especially fresh and beautiful, the north can cultivate long-growing grass, obscure moon or eight treasure Sedum cold-tolerant succulent plants.

1. Succulent plants do not need to be taken care of often

Succulent plants like sandy soil that drains well. Peat and granular stone (perlite) can be mixed at 1:1 to keep it loose and breathable, which is best used to cultivate succulent plants.

Rhodiola paniculata

Succulent plants grow in desert or semi-desert areas, the maintenance of succulent plants need very little water, in the summer watering places basically do not need watering.

Succulent plants can also grow well in some arid places. Cultivating succulent plants in flowerpots is the choice of most flower friends, and it is crucial to choose containers with large drainage holes.

Songta Sedum and Blue Pine

Show off this is a larger container with succulent plant landscape, next to some creeping succulent plants, such as the common sedum.

From a distance, it is also good, planting in this position has a good drainage, basically without management.

Do not sprinkle directly on it when watering. It is necessary to control watering in summer, reduce watering frequency in winter, and stop watering when it is cold.

Too much watering can easily cause yellow leaves, rotten stems, long leaf spots, fallen leaves and so on.

If the novice maintenance of succulent plants is not sure when to water the succulent plants, they can wait for some wrinkled or shrunken leaves before watering, so that the succulent plants can be kept alive and the watering frequency can be easily mastered after a period of maintenance.

2. Succulent plants like to bask in the sun

As long as you make sure that the basin soil of succulent plants has good drainage, peat soil mixed with sand or perlite can generally raise a lot of meat.

Succulent plants especially like light, where there is plenty of light, they can grow better, with sufficient sunshine and appropriate temperature difference, such as plants will show a variety of good-looking colors, such as the common green, pink, red and black.

Dragon Blood Sedum, misty Moon and Aloe Vera raised on unicycles

4. the succulent form is rich.

Succulent plants have many forms, size and color are different, can be planted in a variety of environments, can be cultivated in a variety of containers, the most important thing is to keep the container with good drainage.

There are many varieties of succulent plants. If you like to collect various forms of succulent plants, you can choose different forms to match them. Here is the landscape of succulent plants made from an abandoned stone mill.

Succulent plants can also produce beautiful flowers if they are properly maintained. Most succulent plants can produce beautiful flowers, but they can only maintain the difficulty. The following spider silk rolls and silk succulent plants are very popular and produce great flowers.

An abandoned mop basket with a bucket becomes a fascinating landscape of succulent plants.

4. Succulent plants are cheap.

As long as you do not buy those particularly rare or rare succulent plants, the vast majority of succulent plants are very cheap, and even a few small ones can be bought for a few yuan. The most important thing is that succulent plants can reproduce with leaves. It is not a wrong choice to buy your own leaves for reproduction.

Maintenance of succulent plants can choose well drained and loose breathable red pottery pots, their prices are also very low, succulent plants can also continue to reproduce, the extra potted plants can also be given to friends.

5. Rich in varieties

At the beginning of raising succulent plants, it is particularly easy to become addicted to them. There are too many varieties. If you raise a few varieties, you want to buy other varieties that you do not have. The key is that they are all cheap, but if you do not raise them well at the beginning, it is very difficult for succulent plants to survive the winter and die easily in summer.

Succulent plants in summer to avoid exposure, pay attention to proper shading, avoid stagnant water, to maintain good drainage of the soil is also very important.

Longxuejingtian matches with cups

If it is a common warm and dry time, you can plant succulent plants in the yard at will, but you should do a good job of drainage, choose loose and breathable soil, and plant in rock crevices where there is little soil. you can choose varieties such as evergreen grass that have a strong ability to adapt to the environment.

The obscure moon growing on the stone mill is very exuberant.

6. Succulent plants can be used as indoor potted plants

Some succulent plants can also grow in places with less sunlight, most of them like adequate light, reduce the amount of water in places with less light, and can be maintained on windowsills with proper light, without frequent watering.

7. Succulent plants are particularly resistant to drought

As long as you avoid frequent watering and maintain a well-ventilated and sunny environment, they can survive without regular management and are very suitable for lazy people or people who travel and travel frequently.

Succulent plants are very tolerant perennials, and beginners can choose varieties that are difficult to raise to death, such as the common obscure moon, evergreen grass, dragon blood Sedum, and so on.

Changshengcao (top) and Rhodiola (lower) are particularly hardy varieties, which can survive in the ice and snow, and the color of the leaves will become very attractive.

8. Can reproduce continuously

Succulent plants can propagate continuously through leaf and branch cuttings, which is very interesting. Sometimes accidentally knocked off leaves can sprout by themselves in the soil.

The cut branches are about 4cm long and the cuttings can take root and sprout in the soil. At the beginning of the cutting, they cannot be watered. They should be kept in a well-ventilated and brightly lit position for 5 to 7 days before they can be watered.

In addition to very good drought tolerance, succulent plants also have relatively cold-tolerant varieties, such as common dragon blood sedum, blue spruce, evergreen grass, succulent snow mountain, obscure moon, special jade lotus and so on.