Mini-garden of succulents

Succulents are simply created to compose plant compositions, their appearance, shape and color of leaves are so diverse.

Succulents are plants with succulent, fleshy stems and leaves. They are undemanding to watering, withstand overheating well, and are distinguished by exquisite decorativeness. This is a great option for “landscaping” window sills.

For compositions, it is very profitable to use the so-called mixes of succulents, and they can often be found on sale. You should choose plants of the most diverse color and shape, among which small cacti must be present. Usually all these varieties are quite unpretentious, only plants with variegated leaves, or those with a reddish color, need full sunlight. If there is no drainage hole in the bowl, then a layer of drainage is poured to remove excess moisture from the root zone to the bottom.

It is believed that people with a tendency to grow flowers are very lucky if their windows look to the sunny side. Their cherokans will not suffer from a lack of light, so it is quite easy to choose a plant to your liking. But on the other hand, in summer, too much light passes through the sunny windows, as a result of which the soil in the pots dries out quickly and, if the plants are not watered in time, they can be lost. Especially, this danger is aggravated on weekends, when many plant lovers go to the country, leaving flowers unattended in the apartment for two or three days. Watering with a margin does not always save, especially since it harms some crops.

But there is another way out. You can simply change the range of plants that develop on your windowsill.

Among the plants, beautiful, but at the same time hardy, include various succulent varieties. These are fat women, hare cabbage, aeoniums, echeverias, euphorbia, aloe, sansevieria and a large number of others, including epiphytic and terrestrial cacti. They can be planted in pots, like indoor plants, but they will be much more interesting in combination with each other when they are planted in the same container. These plants are organically integrated into any mini-garden that arises in your imagination. They have a fairly varied appearance, color, leaf shape and type of growth. Between them there are erect, ceilinging, ground cover, rosettes. All this is very important – many of them are miniature, slow-growing, so the created compositions keep their architecture for a long time.

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There are several important rules that are not at all difficult to follow when planting succulents and caring for them.

1. When planting plants, you need to choose wide and low pots, you can do without holes for drainage

2. You should water very little in winter and one to three times a week in summer (depending on the weather)

3. Sunlight is good

4. The substrate should not consist of peat alone, it is imperative to add turf (even with clay) and sand.

Succulents are also attractive for the ability to easily take root by cuttings. This quality is very useful with dense planting in the composition – there is no need to look for adult plants with roots that are difficult to place in a small container – small fragments of shoots or small rosettes are enough. Even the tops of cut cacti, after preparatory work, take root well in the substrate, as do children away from the bush. But even here there are small nuances that will save the planted shoots from various problems.

Firstly, the cut off, and more often pinched off parts of the shoots should be kept in the air for two to three hours before planting (for small specimens) and 1-3 days for large (euphorbia, cactus) plants. The milky juice secreted by milkweed should be immediately washed off with water, and only then put the shoots to dry. During this time, the cuts will be tightened with a crust, which will not allow the shoot to rot after planting in the ground.

The second serious point is watering the planted pannons. It is better to postpone this procedure for two or three days, and sometimes, depending on the weather, even more. It is better to moisten the substrate prepared for planting plants a little beforehand (but not so that it sticks together into a lump when squeezed in your hand). The principle here is as follows – dry is better than too wet.

The best pots for a succulent garden are wide ceramic bowls of various shapes. On sale you can find low pots specially designed for such plants, but other ceramic dishes, even salad bowls for food, are also suitable. Very beautiful compositions can be created in special containers for the life of dwarf trees in the bonsai style.

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The main principle of choosing plants for compositions is the variety of colors and shapes. Otherwise, everyone can be guided by their taste.

The final touch that gives the composition completeness is a backfill of burrow on the surface of the substrate. If you take care of a succulent garden according to all the rules, it can live for years. If there is a need to replace a plant, it can be done with the least labor costs. It’s just that the old plant is cut out of the soil, fresh substrate is poured into the hole and a shoot of a new plant is planted.

With these small scoops, it is convenient to add substrate between plants. The brush is needed to sweep away soil particles or digging that have fallen on plants during planting. In a small bowl, about ten centimeters across, you should not plant more than three plants. Planting bowls can be completely different in shape and texture, but it is better to stop at skull products. Compositions can be supplemented with rough pebbles…

… or shells This composition with echeveria, crassula and gasteria is dominated by a cactus with bright thorns that are already burning In summer, the composition feels great on a glazed sunny balcony, where they can be until the onset of cold weather, you just need to reduce watering. But, in cold autumn, with rains and clouds, it is better to bring a mini-garden of succulents into the room.

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