Blooming Friday: September, week 1 – So Succulent
It was very windy yesterday and none of the flowers would stand still for my camera.
Eventually I found some plants that did not move in the wind! There are no flowers at present, but the colours and textures of these succulents are so attractive.
Aeonium arboreum
Aeonium arboreum 'Black Cap'
Sempervivum 'Blood Tip'
Sempervivum 'Engle's'
Sempervivum calcareum 'Extra'
Echeveria lilacina
Echeveria 'Duchess Of Neuremberg'
They are the easiest plants to grow as long as the soil is very gritty and well drained. I grow mine in pots or a raised bed and they stay outside all year round.
In May and June they flower. Here is a Sempervivum.
Sempervivum arachnoidium 'Rubrum' in May
Well worth growing for interest all the year round.
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17 comments
I have quite a few succulents and the odd cactii. They are easy to look after. They are just the thing to grow here. I’m enjoying your blooming fridays.
It’s good to have some steady plants on those windy days..! They’re very nice too.
So many nice Houseleek viewing. I really like them.
Have a great weekend!
So succulent indeed, love to have one of those Aeonium arboreum ‘Black Cap’. Are they all yours?
I wish you a great weekend in the garden/ Tyra
The look a bit like cacti – are they from that family? They are really unusual and pretty – and I like the latin name! xxx
These are workhorses in my garden, since it gets pretty dry here.
Your hens are looking happy! Happy gardening!
Rosey
Succulents come in so many ornamental shapes and shades. Great plants! I was given an Aeonium arboreum last summer, and I’m so pleased.
Katarina
Sempervivium, love them, so usefull. That black beautie number two is really special aswell :)
I’ve been thinking of creating a planter for these out of an old birdbath that leaks. That way I can appreciate their blooms & foliage at a nice level. Yours are gorgeous, I especially love ‘Extra’ and ‘Bloodtip’.
I love the pictures of your succulents! Very nice!
What a lot of different sucis. Beautiful shades of green and exiting textures. I love them!
You have an amazing collection! I like them all…even the May blooms!
These are just wonderful plants…so versatile, since you leave them out all year round. I have forgotten that many years ago I had some of these hens with some chicks to go along with them…that’s what they are, right? I love all of yours–such variety. I’d forgotten that I could keep them in the garden all year. Mine were at another house that I lived in about 20 yrs. ago. I like Racquel’s idea to put them in an old leaky birdbath.
I love the pictures of your succulents! Have a nice weekend.. Moa
Love those succulents!Have a great weekend!//Eva
Those are as pretty as flowers. Great photos!
ciaoo
I found you through Katarina- roses and stuff.
I’m very pleased because finally I found the name of one of my succulent plants.
echeveria lilacina
or not? :))
echeveria liliacina?
baciusss
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