If youโve ever considered adding a few accents of nature to your modern glam home, then look no further!ย Succulents are the perfect way to bring that naturalistic element into your home. By placing them around your home and choosing some of the more unique varieties, you can bring a touch of the wild indoors or biophilic design without really doing much work! Read more on how succulents can add naturalistic element to your glam home.
How to Select the Best Succulentsย
Succulents are low-maintenance plants that make excellent houseplants. These kinds of plants make excellent houseplants or outdoor plants even for individuals without a green thumb. However, before you cultivate succulents, you must first learn just what you have to watch out for while purchasing. When shopping for succulents online, checkout the best places to buy succulents. Check the reviews and look for succulent plants available for purchase with minimal damage at the best and excellent/convenient return policy. Check for symptoms of rot using a magnifying glass, particularly if the pots lack drainage holes. You can find succulents at Home Depot, Lowes, Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Garden Stores and even your local grocery stores that has a garden center.
Search for plants that have more than just a single plant inside a container if feasible. These plants may be divided into many containers, giving you more value for your money.
When purchasing succulents, try to avoid plants with readily falling off leaves, fading foliage, black stems, or translucent leaves.
These live succulents below, have excellent reviews. Click links on photos below or check all of them out here.
Best Succulent Plants For Indoors
The best succulents for indoors include the String of Hearts and String of Pearls as shown below, will thrive in both low and high light. They make great hanging plants and creatively displayed in pots like these or even macramรฉ hanging planters.
The Haworthia, Cactus, and Gasteria are low light and excellent for indoors. These come ready in there own pots and ready for you to add to your home design.
Best Placement for Your Succulents
Succulents are elegant plants that have thick, fleshy portions that are meant to keep moisture inside of them. These unique plants are used in certain homes to give visual relief as well as to enhance the glam appearance of the house.
Keep in mind, succulents look the best when they are positioned in the background of any room, rather than in the foreground. These plants are more like a supporting element that boosts overall mood while remaining inconspicuous. Succulents look great in places like the back of your living area.
It is challenging, but not unattainable, to place succulents correctly for excellent modern glam home decor.
You must place the succulents in the proper room and close to a good source of light.
The location of your succulent plants is critical for excellent glam decor and optimal impact. Instead of being at the heart of everything in the room, they should quietly increase the vitality of a room overall. You should also think about the room that youโll be putting the succulents in.
Each room in your home has its perfect succulents for it. For example, the bedroom is a space of intimacy. You donโt want a spiky cactus on your bedside table since it may emit bad energy and ruin the overall glam style of the room. Similarly, a kitchen seems to be a balanced environment for creation and passion. The incorrect succulent might ruin the roomโs glam.
Potting Your Succulents
Make sure youโre equipped with all of the things youโll want before you start potting your succulents. It involves selecting a planter or pot that is appropriate for the succulents you have. Youโre able to begin potting when youโve acquired all of the necessary supplies. Find planter ideas for your succulents here.
The very first procedure for effective succulent planting would be to start removing the nursery container and all the soil that you can get rid of. Try to get as much nursery soil from the succulents that you can remove, you should make your succulent roots the healthiest they can be. Remove as much dirt as possible from the succulent roots while also being careful with your succulents. When youโre planting the succulent on its own, you would like to keep the succulentโs roots as undamaged as feasible.
Fill the container almost to the brim with the right soil before placing your succulent inside of it. Allow a little space so that the roots can fit comfortably, so you can place extra dirt later. To keep the larger bits of dirt from falling through the drainage holes, wrap them with mesh tape.
You may now place it within the soil either centered or off-center. Bury part of the succulentโs roots within the dirt to give them a jumpstart in development.
Finally, you should allow a small amount of space between the surface of the soil as well as the containerโs top. To ensure rot doesnโt occur, ensure that the succulent leaves are entirely above the surface of the soil.
Allow your newly-potted succulent to rest for one or two days after it has been potted before watering it. The rest interval allows the succulent roots to repair before they begin absorbing water, which serves to protect them from root rot.
How to DIY a Succulent Bowlย ย
It is quite simple to make a DIY succulent bowl. First, fill a big terra cotta dish halfway with potting mix. Succulents dislike moist soil, so search for a soil mix that includes sand or perlite to aid drainage. Create a hole in the middle of the soil and insert your largest succulent. Youโll be able to find that your succulents may have such a densely compacted root ball when you remove them from their nursery pots. Before placing the succulents in the dirt, carefully separate the roots with your fingers. It will motivate them to produce new growth.
Itโs critical to allow each plant enough space to stretch out as it grows. Position the plants approximately three inches away from each other in the bowl.ย
Carefully water the succulents in your succulent bowl immediately after planting them. Doing so helps to minimize air pockets surrounding their roots and also provides them with a drink after transplanting. Succulents love to be watered anytime the soil seems dry when you touch them once theyโve established into the succulent bowl.
Succulents adore the sun. As a result, it is critical to position your completed succulent bowl in a spot that gets at least six to eight hours of bright sun every day. Also, remember that so many succulents really arenโt cold-resistant, so take them inside and place them inside a sunny location before their first frost.
I found these angel wing planters at Ross for only $5 each. So I planted some live succulents in both in memory of my younger sister. They are still alive and thriving 3 years later. I used a moisture control soil and topped with seashells.
Where Is The Best Place For Succulents โ Succulent Placement
Succulents are plants that donโt need much maintenance and they make a strong houseplant, plus caring for your succulents (and not killing them) is simple once you have the know-how.
Let your succulents get six or more hours of direct sunlight every day. This may be pretty simple if youโre looking for outdoor succulents. However, if you own a succulent meant for indoors, the best place would be near the sun, therefore keeping it by a window; however, avoiding cold drafty windows. Find the best place for your succulent as close to sunlight as you can get it.
The quantity of water that succulents require varies according to the current season, so be prepared to know however much water the succulents need at the various seasons.ย Make sure they have adequate water.
Use the appropriate soil mix and pot. Outdoor succulents require a container with a special drainage hole. Indoor succulents, on the other hand, require soil that drains water well such as โmoisture controlโ soil.
Remember to give your succulents fertilizer. If you notice that the soil may benefit from some help, apply a small amount of fertilizer.
The best succulent care tips I can provide is to examine your plants often. Check your plants regularly to ensure they are clear of gnats and mealybugs. Applying rubbing alcohol on your succulent leaves and soil is a great way to kill mealybugs along with their eggs.
Succulents For Dummies or Brown-Thumbsย ย
Although succulents are one the most easiest plants to care for, there are those who still manage to kill them! No worries, thereโs a fix for that! Succulents are plants of steel and you can practically forget about them for months. Most brown thumbers over-water them or are probably not keeping them in the sun which they love. Also, you have to bring them inside when the temps drops below 50 degrees.
As for the fix I mentioned early, itโs just as simple are faux realistic succulent plants. You can make these yourself or buy them arranged and ready for your placement. Many of them look so real, no one would know theyโre fake! You can place these anywhere and get more creative with their placement in your home.
DIY Faux Succulent Arrangements
Hobby Lobby and Michaels store has a range of artificial succulent plants you can purchase to create your own succulent arrangements in ceramic planters with good drainage. Another DIY you could do with your succulents is a DIY Succulent terrarium kit. Both Michaels and Hobby Lobby deliver to most places, however, here are a few from Amazon, if neither stores deliver to your address.
A simple coastal succulent vase I did using a faux succulent, a large seashell and some moss. Easy peasy!
These table terrariums are a great focal point for your office or family room. Check out more of them here.
Check out this quick DIY Dollar Tree Succulent Video below. She details how easy it is for you to create your own faux succulent planter. This look would make a elegant centeripiece on your coffee table, dining room table and even on your bathroom counter.
Succulents and Petsย ย
Fortunately, many succulents are deemed non-toxic for animals and wonโt harm your pets. Others include skin irritants which can cause small skin irritations, while others can produce mild symptoms if consumed.
So thatโs all folks! Hope youโve been inspired and learned more on how succulents can make your glam home look more naturalist. Keep all youโve read here in mind so that your glam home can become more naturalistic one succulent at a time!
