Outdoor Succulent Container
An Unique, Low-Maintenance Planter for a Hot and Sunny Spot
If you have a hot, sunny spot next to a driveway or walkway, and are in need of a low-maintenance pop of color, this succulent container is the perfect solution. Succulents of different heights, leaf shapes, colors and textures weave together to create dynamic, eye-catching drama. Say goodbye to the ordinary and embrace the extraordinary with this easy-care, water-wise arrangement.
Choose a concrete or faux-concrete container with a large drainage hole, and fill it with fast-draining potting soil (a potting mix made specifically for succulents and cacti works well). Add a selection of succulents, of varying heights, textures and colors. Pop in a flowering annual or perennial, to soften up the arrangement and provide color contrast (keep reading for the planter recipe, as pictured).
While succulents are low-maintenance and drought tolerant, this container still needs regular monitoring of the soil to keep it looking its best. Rainfall may not provide sufficient water for these plants - when the top of the soil feels dry and dusty, it’s time to water.
Not all succulents are suited for hot, sunny conditions, especially haworthia, gasteria, lithops, and euphorbia.
Outdoor Succulent Container Recipe:
Materials:
16-inch by 8-inch round lightweight faux concrete planter, with drainage holes
Succulent potting soil
Plants (clockwise, from left):
Sedum ‘Lemon Coral’
Delosperma ‘Sunstone’
Crassula orbicularis var. rosularis
Pericallis ‘Baby Senetti’
Sedum ‘Neon’
Sedum spurium ‘John Creech’
Sedum album ‘Coral Carpet’
Delosperma cooperi
Sempervivum ‘Black’
Lemon coral sedum, hardy ice plant, John Creech sedum and black hens and chicks weave together to create a dynamic look.