I've never had much of a green thumb. Mostly I'm a plant killer, but I figured out something I am a little good at, I think, most of the time: Succulents. As long as I don't look at them wrong, or think about them too much.
They can be a little picky. It is best to mostly ignore them and enjoy their natural beauty. Here are just a few of my favorites. Just a heads up, I have MANY! I have been finding it harder to find surface space in my home under the grow light...
Topsy Turvy -- sent to me in my Succulent Studios subscription box
Crasssula Hummel's Sunset - Succulent Studio Subscription
Thanksgiving Cactus (variety of the Christmas cactus)
I mixed these beauties all myself. It includes Flapjacks (on the left), Jelly Bean Sedum (front right). Not sure of the other three's identifications... I thought I had them written down, I don't. :/
Still trying to find an id on this one. Got it at Walmart, but the flowers on top are fake lol
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Golden Barrel Cactus - got this one from Walmart |
Gollum Jade Crassula and Dancing Bones Hatiora Salicornioides
Variegated Joseph's Coat Cactus
Tiger Tooth Aloe Juvenna
Mardia Gras Rosettes
Crassula Tom Thumb Perforata (in the llama pot)
Anacampseros Telephiasterum
Echeveria Lola
Crassula Nadicaulis Var Herri (back right), Baby Toes Fenestvaria (front right), Ice Plant Corpusscularia Lehmannii (back left) -- all from
Succulent Box
Opuntia Subulata "Eve's Needle"
purchased from Walmart
If you are looking to add a little something to your home, succulents are amazing. They do need more light then I thought they did and I can't put them in the window that I thought I could, but I am LOVING my collection.
What do you collect? What do you think of my collection? Any succulents you think I should look into?