you may enjoy your own succulent air hole garden regardless of how little blank you have . Here ’s how to create a mini succulent garden in a pot .

Succulents are known for their vivacious colouration and delicate textures . practice thesedrought - resistant plantsto create a miniature succulent garden that mime a full - size desert landscape . This lush garden DIY is arrant for an outdoor centerpiece . To produce this bright container garden , we used a few rock ‘n’ roll , dozens of succulent , and surface covers with various texture and colours . Because this display relies on succulent plants , it ’s loose to care for , too !

What You’ll Need

Materials

Instructions

How to Make a Mini Succulent Garden

Prep Pot

satisfy the pot nearly to the top with cactus mix potting soil — itprovides the amount of drainage succulents require . you could find oneself a cactus mixture for your lush garden deal at any baby’s room or garden center .

Place Rocks

put an curious figure ( three or five)fist - size rockson the soil ’s Earth’s surface . Put them snug to each other and off - pith to suggest natural terrain .

Start Planting

sum a high industrial plant , also off - meat , into the container garden . We advocate a dwarfEuphorbia miliicultivar , but there are muckle of other pick you may try out .

Fill Container

Tuck in modest rooted succulent and cuttings so they appear to have farm among the rocks . alter the plant colors and textures , and arrange them so no soil shows .

Finish Succulent Garden

Add contrasting chromaticity of black lava rock and white pumice tocover remain bare soil , then add crushed , tumbled Methedrine atop the pumice for glister in the upmost bed .

Succulent Garden Plant Care

Give the succulent garden half a twenty-four hour period of sun in all but desert area , orkeep it in dappled shade . Water it thoroughly twice a month and protect it from extravagant rain lest the plants moulder . Overwinter the potted succulent garden indoorsif temperatures in your field shake off below freeze . Gradually introduce it to great sunlight in spring to debar erythema solare .

Mini succulent container

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woman holding soil in container on table at garden

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woman placing stones on soil in container at garden

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woman standing by potted plants on table in garden

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woman trimming succulents to put in planter

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woman pouring gravel in container with succulent plants on table

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