Succulent Garden Bed
Bamboo stalks shooting up against the wall add height to the area and finish off the zen asian style look of the garden.
Succulent garden bed. This is a succulent flower garden where the garden s stone path is surrounded with tropical plants ornamental grass and a bed of succulent plants. Do a little research on the wide variety of succulent shapes and sizes before starting a succulent garden outside. Unlike other succulents graptopetalum can survive a freeze and can revive after being in temperatures below 20 degrees.
If stones have shallow depressions that hold soil tuck succulents into that spot for a head turning planting. A diy succulent garden is not hard to get started. Some succulents are more drought tolerant than others.
Quality healthy plants are typically found at your local garden center and are normally labeled as such. Some sources recommend preparing the soil three inches 8 cm deep but others say at least six inches to eight inches 15 20 cm down is necessary. The deeper the better when adding the outdoor succulent soil to your bed.
The most important thing of all is getting a fast draining soil that does well in a container or in a succulent garden bed. Many are grown in small or shallow containers or in raised beds or hillsides and in succulent rock gardens. It is a very beautiful contemporary landscape featuring tones of succulents along with rocks and pebbles.
These drought tolerant plants are available in mounding upright and trailing forms. Consider this sample succulent garden plan which you can easily adapt to fit. Succulent garden design should consider the location soil type configuration moisture level and the types of plants.
Showcase succulents against a backdrop of rocks or tuck them between and behind rocks. In xeric dry climates they are often used in foundation plantings and shrub beds and even as lawn substitutes. The small plants feature rich tones of green and purple adding instant life to the space.