Category: Succulent Plant Care

Caladium and Colocasia As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Other links on this site may lead to other companies that I’m associated with. You’ve probably seen these plants; they have the most...

Not as Needy as you Might Think These ancient plants haven’t survived for millennia by being fussy and hard to please. The picture that everyone has is of delicate traceries of foliage, deep in damp and humid jungles. You...

by Tom(Chicago) Long, scraggy vine-like behavior. No flowers or buds, but many roots on fleshy leaves. Vines are 3-4′ long. See photo. Drought Smart Plants reply:Oh that poor thing! I would say it’s some kind of...

by Zachary Morin(Bristol, CT, USA) My mom and dad went to the local walgreens and decided to get me a lithops that looked like some butts as a joke and this mystery plant. Its fuzzy to the touch but very neat. Please help...

Those Phabulous Phat Plants Tender succulent plants have certain strategies – in their case, ways of surviving dry conditions. They come from many different genera – or groups – of plants which explains why...

by Misty Rabalais Thompson(Walker, LA ) I have an old cracked birdbath that still leaked despite trying to seal the cracks. So I decided to use it as a planter instead! I thought succulents would be the best choice and picked...

by Marie(New York) This is a picture that I’ve seen several times on the internet, and I think it’s one of Thomas Hobbs fabulous planters. I really want to know what the plants are so I can make one like this for my...

Can you tell me what type of cactus this is? Hi Darren, I’m going to plead ignorance, because my knowledge of cacti isn’t extensive. I’ll ask a few other more knowledgeable growers if they recognize it. It does...

by Anastasia(Kentucky ) Can you help me identify these two succulents and maybe give me some advice on how to care for them? Thank you! (You can’t see in the photo but the striped one has very small spikes(?) on some of the...

by Deanna(Kansas City, Missouri) I’ve had this Aloe for probably 8-10 years. It started very small, and it’s gotten very large! It just started “having pups” this year. It doesn’t look like other...

by Heather(Larned, Kansas) I got this little plant from a greenhouse at a hospital where I work. No one has been able to identify it for me and I haven’t been able to find a picture on the internet of a similar succulent...

Pest Identification and Monitoring – and Managing Most pests won’t bother your succulent plants; they can’t get through the tough skin and waxy coating on some species, and other types just don’t taste...