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-potted succulents
Succulents and cacti are delightfully easy to grow in pots. They don’t mind
being neglected, don’t need much watering, come in all sorts of astounding
colours, and when the cacti burst into bloom they are quite simply, astonishing.
The variety in form of succulents from rosettes, hanging or trailing, to compact and
knobbly, vertical and prickly, means you have an assortment of interesting plants to
assemble in any way you please. I love being stopped in my tracks by
something beautiful, like an almost impossible arrangement of old weathered
pots with succulents filling every inch of soil.
The textures of succulents and cacti are also such a highlight, from the velvety
leaves of a Kalanchoe, to the soft and hairy Peruvian cactus, almost translucent
leaves of some Haworthias, and the hanging beads of Senecio rowleyanus.
S.C (pics Pixabay)
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