How to Create Your Own Indoor Succulent Garden

How to Create Your Own Indoor Succulent Garden

                            

CHOOSING YOUR DESIGN

        An easy way to start off your succulent garden is by finding a simple glass or ceramic container. Which ever way you decide to arrange and decorate these it will come out beautifully. 

        Pinterest has so many different designs to choose from if you decide you want to purchase a planter, or make a DIY planter. Just browse around and find something that matches your home, whether it be modern and minimalistic, or colorful and abstract. Pinterest allows you to save time finding something specific through its search engine that uses key terms to show you specific items in the fastest way to skim possible; by giving you a summary of the article through a detailed image. By clicking on the image you would be redirected to the purchase site or the instructions blog site.  

THE PERFECT SOIL MIXTURE

        The perfect soil mixture should allow for good drainage. Succulents are gaining popularity during these drought seasons because they use less water. Succulents are meant to grow in areas where water is scarce. This is what makes them so easy to grow, but people tend to forget that over watering your succulent is also a bad thing. The main reason succulents die is due to root rot. Overwatering your succulent and not having the ideal draining system causes your plants roots to sit in a bath of water to rot. This is why the ideal soil consists of very porous components (referring to rocks or other materials with very small sponge like holes that allow for water or air to pass through).

        Between the soil and the moss, you provide some moisture to the roots to keep them hydrated. The charcoal adds nutrients, and the stones and sand allow for proper drainage. At the bottom of your planter be sure to place a loose cloth to prevent the sand and stones from falling out from the water draining holes.

PLANTER LAYOUT

        Succulents can be categorized into 3 main groups:

1. Thrillers: tall, attention grabbing succulents which become the centerpiece of your arrangement. 
2. Fillers: grounded succulents which grow outwards and tend to propagate (create smaller “baby” versions of themselves) faster. They are called fillers because they fill the top of the soil to cover any open/empty spaces. 
3. Spillers: succulents which grow in a vein-like manner. Imagine a necklace full of beads. These add a bit of chaos to your arrangement so it doesn’t look too clean and it makes your arrangement  look more natural. Spillers tend to drip over the edges of the planter. 

        To create an appealing arrangement your planter should include these three basic types of succulents. In a similar arrangement as shown in the images below. 

Image credit:
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