Aug 14 in Unique Abstract Garden Design
Ever considered Aloes and Succulents!?
I’m talking whole landscapes made from succulents and aloes! Since they are kind of “plug and play“ in the way you can just break branches and grow which makes them not just easy, but practical to get big specimens fast.
The same applies with aloes! They’ll grow from a stem cutting. Even a pretty large aloe can be planted from a stem cutting. This allows you to have instant satisfaction. One day no aloe, next day a big ass mature specimen! How good is that?!
On the other hand, aloes and succulents both need very little in terms of water or nutrients. So they are very maintenance free and always look good. Actually allot of succulents express more colour when they’re a bit hungry.
Mixing exclusively succulents and aloes makes a wonderfull pairing. There are so very many varieties of aloes from small flat grassland aloes to massive tall tree like specimens so you can fill in all the dynamic spaces in your landscape.
Succulents to come on so many varieties and can be grown in tiny spaces too! Both these varieties like being wedged between rocks. The rocks hold heat from the day and hold water in the soil by preventing it from evaporating. It just so happens that large rocks are the perfect compliment to your aloes and succulents.
Don’t think flat! Think dynamic. Create undulating landscapes. Aloes often grow hanging off rock faces and succulents too. Why not mimic some of that dramatic vertical design in your garden!? Build up some ground, ad some big exiting rocks in complimentary colours to your chosen plant varieties then plant it densely with succulents starting with the smallest firsts and as the spaces start to fill, move onto your smaller aloes then the medium ones. The only exception is the really big ones need to go on first as they may need to be dug deep.
Experiment and have fun!
Co founder Warrick
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Ever considered Aloes and Succulents!?
