1. Generally the thinner the leaf the wetter the conditions the plant can tolerate.
2. Succulent plantings…to figure out how close to plant them in the ground, you’ll want to know both growth rate and the plant’s ultimate, mature size.
3. If you want to get seasonality with succulents, select ones that will change color with the seasons. Try Graptoveria ‘Fred Ives.’
4. Some succulents change colors when they are stressed.
5. Watch out for fast growing succulents smothering and/or rotting-out slower growing ones.
**For example, ice plant smothering slower growing barrel cactus. This can cause issues of dampness, and taking away light, both of which can weaken the slower growing plant. In this case, the barrel cactus. 🙁
6. Ask questions and learn from local sources because succulents can grow at different rates depending upon your soil and local climate.
7. Variegated succulents tend to bruise easier and need more care. For example, Aeonium haworthii.
8. Cacti, which are stem succulents, are native to desert regions. They require less water than popular leafy succulents like Echeverias and Aeoniums. (Lead photo is an Aeonium)
9. Echeveria leaves have developed plantlets from the leaves. In most cases, multiple plantlets emerge from a single leaf base.
10. Air plants, aka Tillandsia, are known as succulent bromeliads.