I always think I’ll get my containers planted by Memorial Day, but that doesn’t happen often, so I shoot for the Fourth of July. My goal each season is to come up with fresh combinations that are easy care and will still be looking sweet in September. Of course, I use a lot of succulents because they always deliver. Here are the end of June images. Check back for the end of September shots.
Grasses gone wild pot…Stipa tenuissima, Carex flagellifera , Chocolate Cosmos, Heuchera ‘Champagne’, Oregano ‘Kent Beauty’ and Sedum ‘Angelina’
Iron urns…succulent mix of Beschorneria, Aeonium, Sedum mackinoi ‘Ogon’, Crassula and String of Pearls Senecio
Succulents in Embossed Terra Cotta: Crassula argentea variegata, Sedum adolphi, Graptosedum ‘Alpenglow’ and Senecio ‘MIni Blue’ with sedum mackinoi ‘Ogon’
Hypertufa Low Planter with Succulents: Echeveria imbricata and ‘Black Prince’, Senecio lineare, Sedum mackinoi, and x Sedeveria ‘Hummelli’
Under the Sign Pot (a hot neglected area): Succulent mix…Aeonium ‘Kiwi’, Sticks on Fire Euphorbia, Senecio cylindricus, Aeonium ‘Zwartkopf’ and ‘Lilypad’, String of Bananas Senecio and Sedum mackinoi ‘Ogon’
Drum pot with Phormium ‘Evening Glow’and assorted succulents
Succulent Detail: Echeveria ‘Swirl’ with Aeonium , x Graptoveria ‘Debby , Graptopetalum hybrid and Blue Leaved String of Bananas
Tall Pot with Melianthus major, Kalanchoe behartii, Senecio cylindricus, Echeveria hybrid, Aeonium urbicum and Dichondra ‘Silver Falls’
Out of the way pot (always forget to water!): Sansevieria, Aeoniums ‘Kiwi’ and ‘Tip Top’ with Tradescantia ‘Pale Puma’
35″ Zen Bowl with Succulents (as always.)..but with a new mix.
For hummers and part shade: Abutilon ‘Kentish Bell’, Fuchsia ‘Debron ‘Black Cherry’, Phygelius ‘Sunshine’, Euphorbia ‘Ascot Rainbow’, Heuchera ‘Steel City’ and Hedera ‘Amber Waves’
Also for pt. shade: a new white Begonia boliviensis from seed, plus Eyelash Begonia and Asparagus Fern (Plumosa)
For a Shady spot (gets a little early morning sun) Asparagus densiflorus myersii and densiflorus ‘Cwebe’ with a short Silver Sansevieria, Begonia ‘Concorde’ and trailing purple Alternanthera….
These plantings are stellar, superb, splendid! I need to go succulent shopping to plant some as a group, in a very big pot.
Thank you for the enticing and stimulating combinations and ideas. Not to mention the photography, the containers themselves aren’t bad, either!
~ abigail
thank you Abigail!
Your muted, gray palette is so refreshing for our hot, humid summers, as is the dry surface of the succulents. And even though you use a lot of tropicals, there’s something very New England about these plantings. They would have looked right at home in 1880, or 1780.
You’ve made me think about gray, white, and muted rosy red for next summer. Plus, I want that classical urn!!!
what a nice compliment, margery!
What an eye you have, Kathy! Love the phygelius.
wow Katherine, I particularly love the echeveria w/ phormium piece. I notice you are able to create height w/ some succulents; are they on mounded soil or some other trick?or is it just that aeonium have tall stems?
best,
mindy
Thanks Mindy! The Aeonium definitely add some height, but sometimes I will mound the soil to get a little more.
Living art! ?
Lovely – so much inspiration – thanks for posting!
Can we see the “after” shots ? I’m curious how well the plants did with the ultra hot summer.
Thanks!
Gary
will post real soon, need to take few more shots.