Planning
&Caring for
Succulent Arrangements
Using succulents or cacti of various types, colors, and textures can result in beautiful arrangements. The key is to ensure the plants are compatible with each other when it comes to soil, watering, and light exposure. If you notice one or more of your plants is not performing well, you can remove it and replace it with a plant that requires similar care as the others.
All You
Need to Know About
Growing Succulents
Watering
Watering your succulents or cacti will depend on their location and amount of sun exposure. Succulents are desert natives, and while they do not get much rainfall in their ancestral habitats when it does rain, it pours.
Succulents do better with periodic long, deep drinks that soak their soil to the bottom of the pot than regular but timid waterings that wet the top inch or two of the soil in the container.
So, when your succulent's soil is bone dry, drench it. Let the soil dry out completely, then drench it again. Dry out. Drench. Dry out. Drench.
Follow that pattern, and you'll have perfectly watered succulents.
We recommend the soil moisture tester below:
Environment
Succulents and cacti can be grown as indoor as well as outdoor plants. Most succulents require a bright surrounding, but not completely in full sun. A lightly shaded patio outside or a bright, sunny indoor location would be enough for them to grow.
Succulents love light and need about six hours of sun per day, depending on the type of succulent. Newly planted succulents can scorch in direct sunlight, so you may need to introduce them gradually to full sun exposure or provide shade with a sheer curtain.
Exposing colorful succulents to bright sunlight can help the plant maintain or enhance its color. Given the right circumstances, they can thrive in areas where most other plants suffer.
