Succulents are perfect plants for any kind of plant arrangement because of the appearance of their diversity. You will get various kinds of succulent plants that have various colors, sizes, shapes, and textures. So, you can choose many amazing succulents from these varieties. But which succulents should have to choose for planting together to get a better arrangement? Read on to know about the perfect succulents combination to get beautiful succulent arrangements.
Tips for better succulents combination
Any kind of succulents can be planted together, but you should have to consider some things at the time of making proper succulent arrangements.
At the time of planting succulents together, the most important things are the growth period and the caring requirements. If the care requirements and growth period of all succulents in an arrangement become the same, they will grow together properly.
Other considerations like color, texture, and shape are also very much important in creating attractive succulent arrangements. These requirements should have to be maintained at the time of succulent selection. However, you can find many types of succulents on the market, and also you can buy succulents online.
Care requirements
The caring process of succulents is too much easy. Because, they have the ability to store water into their parts such as stems, leaves, roots, and also drought-tolerant.
However, all of these plants have different care requirements. Some of these succulents need more water than the other succulents. Some of them grow well in full sun, others need shade. Some are summer-dormant while some succulents are winter-dormant. On the other hand, Hardy succulents prefer freezing temperatures and frost, while some of them are less tolerant in this kind of harsh conditions.
During planting succulents together, you need to consider some things. Such as: –
- Requirements for water.
- Temperature
- Requirements of light
- Growth period
For example, the succulents that have thicker leaves usually need less water than the thin-leaved succulents. If you plant all of them at the same place and supply the same amount of water, one of those succulent’s growth will be hampered. There also have the risk of losing one of them.
Color
Color is one of the most attractive features of succulents. Any kinds of color are available in between succulents except deep blue. Many of them are able to change their color according to environmental conditions such as sunlight exposure, hot temperature, etc. For this characteristic, their demand is higher than the others.
Although every succulent is so beautiful itself and planting them together, you can make a colorful arrangement. But, using basic color principles is the best way for creating a perfect succulent arrangement.
You can make your succulents combination with complementary colors such as orange and blue, red and green, yellow, and purple. Green and red are very common succulent combinations. So, you can avoid this combination to create a unique arrangement.
You can also use an analogous color scheme that contains three different colors next to each other into the color wheel. Such as yellow, yellow-green, and green. This type of color scheme will provide you more options for choosing succulents.
Variegated succulents that have some type of markings will give an extra attractive look to your succulent arrangement. So, you can pick it to make your arrangement more interesting.
Texture and shape
The variation of succulent arrangements also come with different shapes, heights, textures of plants. You can pick upward-growing tall plants such as Aeonium, Senecio, Sempervivum, Echeveria and the options are endless.
To make a more interesting design, you can choose succulents of different heights. Otherwise, you can also make a uniform design by using the same height succulents.
You can play with the texture of succulents. Some of them provide great texture. Such as Gasteria, Haworthiagive, Aloe have an attractive texture with white markings. You can add Cacti because of having an amazing texture with spines and stems.
Although succulents are attractive for having their chubby leaves and beautiful stems, some of these produce amazing flowers. You can include these flowering succulents that will provide a beautiful display at the blooming time.
According to this way, you can choose the succulents that will go together.
