#succulent frame

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Another of my favorites. The plant got caught in some spray paint crossfire, though... >:(

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Burlap vertical succulent planters! My new favorite :)

These planters contain a soil-perlite mix, which provides nutrients and allows water to drain more quickly.

Now available on Etsy!

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My new fave...

Available on Etsy.

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Succulent Frame

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Our Wedding Succulent Frame

Most of the little succulents in these photos were used in the centerpieces for our wedding reception. I built a 2' X 2' redwood frame and created a planter box. I initially wanted to mount the whole thing vertically on our patio somehow, but the finished product was just too big and heavy to try and hang.

The majority of the 30 plants we used at our reception were a species of graptopetalum and a species of crassula (probably 10 of each). Most of the crassula died during the first winter, which left a large blank spot in the frame in the top left hand corner. I thought it was regular old Jade plant (Crassula ovata), but apparently it was a much less cold hardy variety. A few of the crassula have survived, but they turn shockingly red during the cold of winter, and their leaves deflate and eventually fall off. Sometimes they come back and sometimes they don't.  I have been filling in the frame with various cuttings and transplants over the past couple years to help fill the blank spots left by the crassula departure. Originally there was a color scheme with the plantings, but recently it has become more freeform.

I currently have the frame propped up in my garden at about a 60 degree angle. That way it drains very well, and is much easier to observe and appreciate.