I had an old strawberry pot sitting around and since I don’t have enough sun anymore in my backyard to grow strawberries, I thought I would make a nice succulent planter with some extra cuttings I had.
I just took the pot and filled it with some cactus soil. And next just got creative on what to add to it. Most of my succulents babies are at my parents house growing since they can provide more sun for them to thrive.
This is a picture of my little ones at my house before I took them to my parents house.
Back to the planter…..
I first added plants to the top. I wanted to use something that would really stand out so I did a cutting of an Aeonium that I had, then around it I added some sedums in different colors so that it would hang over from the edge of the pot. And for fun, I added a few kalanchoe delagoenis or also know as ‘mother of millions’. These particular succulents produce an enormous amount of buds and can become a bit of a weedy pest but they are quite pretty in my opinion.
Next, I added some random cuttings I had left lying around to the holes in the sides of the pot. They include, Echeveria, A few different Sedum species, Kalanchoe, a bromeliad, Aeonium and some Baby sun rose ‘Aptenia cordifolia’.
Since I don’t have a lot of sun in my backyard, after the plants have rooted in and are established I will put it out front of my house where it will get lots of sun. I am excited to see how everything grows in together!
Happy Planting! 🙂