Muddy Boots Top 10: Succulents

Succulents - a huge number of varieties, succulents are easy to grow and add colour and interest to any garden. 

Succulents prefer an open, well drained soil and grow well in pots. Succulents are low maintenance and don’t require a lot of water.

Today we hear what Keith’s Top 10 Succulents are:

1.Tree Aloe, Aloe Barberae, - grows up to 6-9 metres x 3-6 meters. Long straight trunk with a huge succulent head. Pest and disease free.

2. Kalanchoe beharensis, sometimes known as Elephant Ear Kalanchoe or Felt bush. Large felty leaves up to 40cm

3.Cussonia paniculata - growis up to 5 meters with large sculptured and textured leaves. 

4.Century Plant, Agave attenuata, has beautiful smooth soft silver foliage in a big rosette. 

5. Burbank’s Spineless, Opuntia ficus-indica, . This is a non-invasive form of the prickly pear. 

6.Blue Chalk, Senecio serpens, is a beautiful grey groundcover with its cylindrical blue chalks that produces branches of fluffy creamy-white flowers.

7.Australian Pig Face, Carpobrotus rossii is an Australian native that grows in sand along coastlines. The leaves are dark green and it produces a pinky-purple flower with a yellow center that becomes an edible fig. 

8. Cotyledon orbiculate ‘Sliver Waves’ is a stunning sculptural plant with large powdery silver leaves and is perfect with pastel coloured plants.

9.Aeonium arboretum ‘Schwarzkopf’ - a stunning plant of black-maroon leaves. It will produce large heads of yellow which contrast beautifully with the dark leaves.

10. Dwarf flowering Aloe - produces masses of single coloured flower stalks. These come in a multitude of colours from yellow, orange, white, red and multi coloured forms. 

Happy gardening!

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