Succulent rock garden plants. We all know and love succulents for their quirky shapes and colors and their ability to withstand even the worst plant care imaginable. It is this tenacity that makes ...

This one of our facts about succulents might surprise you. “Succulent” is a loose term with no single definition. It refers ...

Finally, gardeners are a rebellious lot and may not be interested in plants, such as succulents, ... Great in rock gardens, planters, useful as an edge plant. Adapts to many soil types.

Trough-Garden Basics. Ms. Chips has helped keep the alpine-and-trough tradition going strong at the nursery, and in 2018, her passion yielded a book, “Hypertufa Containers: Creating and Planting ...

Are you interested in growing succulents in your garden, in pots on your patio or as houseplants? Succulents have become popular with gardeners because of their easy care requirements. Botanists ...

As a decades-long drought persists in Southern California and pressure grows to conserve scarce water resources, more and more people are ridding their gardens of thirsty lawns and water-intensive … ...

If you want to add some succulents to your garden, come to the Marin Master Gardeners’ annual succulent sale from 9 a.m. to noon May 18 at the Falkirk Demonstration Gardens at 1408 Mission Ave ...

Succulents, with their thick fleshy leaves and stems, used to be the neglected stepchild of the Southern California home garden. “People were just more interested in other kinds of plants for ...

Grow these plants in cactus and succulent potting mix. These fast-draining mixes help reduce the risk of overwatering, which can lead to root rot.

Conventional wisdom and iconography tell us that cacti and other succulents (or water-storing plants) are most at home in desert locales like Arizona, New Mexico and parts of California. Stephanie ...