My Favorite Succulent Containers (at the moment)

We've had sunny days since Tuesday but the soil is still saturated, which limits what I can do right now.  I spent three hours working on the back slope earlier this week but, at the end of that period, I was covered in mud and had badly compressed the wet soil.  However, the Santa Ana winds kicked up yesterday, which should help the garden dry up quickly.  While I waited out that process, I spent some time admiring my succulent containers.  Many are in need of rehabs but I've highlighted some of my favorites.

This is currently my #1 favorite.  Planted last August, it's filled out quickly.  It includes Aeonium bramwellii 'Sunburst', Cotyledon pendens, Crassula swaziensis 'Variegata', and Kalanchoe marmorata.

Sitting next to the prior pot is this one containing a single plant, Echinopsis oxygona.  As I recall, it was given to me as a small specimen by a friend years ago but it now fills the space. 

The Aloe deltoidonta has occupied this pot for years too, accompanied by Cotyledon orbiculata.  I added cuttings of Graptoveria 'Fred Ives' later.

It's been at least a year since I last refreshed this circle pot on my back patio table.  I seldom water the small noID small Aloes and Crassula pubescens.  The pot itself is the star in this case.

I potted this one up sometime last year but the cat figure was a recent gift from a friend.  The pot, a prior gift, contains a noID Echeveria, what may be Graptoveria 'Lovely Rose', and cuttings of G. 'Fred Ives' and Crassula perforata.

This pot sits at the edge of one of my back borders.  It contains an Agave parryi truncata, Echeveria affinis 'Black Knight', and Portulacaria afra 'Variegata'.

Planted in 2024, this bowl-shaped terracotta pot seated atop a rusty metal support is my second most favorite.  It contain Crassula pendens, C. swaziensis 'Variegata, and what I think is Echeveria 'Violet Queen'.

I received a cutting of this plant from a friend years ago.  She thought it was some kind of Haworthia but I couldn't find anything that matched this in that genus.  The closest I could get is Haworthiopsis coarctata.  Whatever it is, it's been happy in this facsimile shell pot.

I replanted this small ceramic container yesterday with a Crassula alba 'Lotus Garnet', tucking in 2 Graptoveria 'Lovely Rose' stems that had jumped ship out of another pot

I've had these 2 pots containing Mangave 'Bad Hair Day' sitting on opposite sides of the front door for several years.  They make me smile every time I see them.  The one on the left has a few slightly reddish leaves.

This pot was a birthday present from a friend last year.  I'm guessing the plants are some kind of Echeveria.

This urn in front of the garage was looking especially photogenic.  I planted it up in 2024 with a Mangave 'Kaleidoscope' pup, Graptosedum 'California Sunset' cuttings, and a Cremosedum 'Little Gem'.

I planted this pot with an Agave 'Sun Glow' and cuttings of Sedum morganianum (aka burro's tail) in 2025

We inherited this ancient chiminea with the house and I wired its front grate with a variety of noID Tillandsias last year.  The air plants are doing exceptionally well there with virtually no support from me.

I planted a pup of Agave vilmoriana 'Variegata' in a pot at the base of a raised planter in my cutting garden after the mother plant bloomed out in 2023, adding cuttings of Aeonium haworthii 'Kiwi'.  The Agave's finally gained some size and I've had to cut the 'Kiwi' succulents back.

That's a wrap for my blog posts this week.  I hope to spend the bulk of the weekend working in the garden.  I hope you have plans to do something you enjoy as well.

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