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Succulent Garden Ideas

kwie2011
9 years ago

I would like to condense some of my potted succulents into some larger pots as succulent gardens, but I'd like help deciding which ones would do best together (summer-dormant vs. winter-dormant, water, sun & fertilizer needs, which plants might crowd out others, etc.)

Background:
I'm in grey western Oregon. They will be on a south-facing balcony most of the winter except I'll bring them in in front of a southern window when it's too cold (or if I just want their company). Planting medium will be something very similar to Al's gritty mix. I don't intend to use soil at all. I think the only winter-dormant succulents I have are my Echeveria.

Plants I'm considering for succulent gardens (pots):

Aeonium arboretum atropupureum
Aeonium kiwi
Aeonium 'ruby' or 'voodoo'
Aloe 'wonderkind'
Crassula tetragona jade
Crassula argentium / ovata 'Hobbit'
Crassula ovata jade
Crassula undulatifolia jade
Crassula marginalis rubra 'variegata' cuttings
Crassula 'red pagoda' cuttings
Echeveria pulvinata
Echeveria 'Perle von Nurnberg'
Echeveria runyonii 'Topsy Turvey'
Graptoveria 'Debi'
Kalanchoi tomentosa 'Chocolate Soldier'
Pachyveria glauca 'Little Jewel'
Portulacaria afra variegata (variegated jade)
Sansevieria trifisciata 'Bantel's Sensation'
Sansevieria trifisciata ancestral form? Big! Sedeveria 'Jet Beads'
Sedum rubrotinctum 'Jelly Beans'
Sedum morganianum 'Burro's tail'
Sedum adolphii(?)

Insight from more experienced succulent growers into which of these plants will do best together would be appreciated!