One of the most unusual crassulas is this cute, small succulent with puffy, disc-shaped leaves called Crassula Baby Necklace. Additionally, they stand out in any grower’s collection and appear fairly attractive whether planted in hanging baskets or utilized as a groundcover.
HOW TO CARE FOR THEM
Baby Necklace Crassula are rather simple to cultivate, but you should never leave them in water for too long because they can have mealy bugs and fungal illnesses. To prevent root rot, use a well-draining soil and discard any extra water from the saucer after a brief period of watering.
There are many various kinds of hanging succulents, and they all look fantastic in pots or containers that are suspended from the ceiling, giving a planting a really lovely height. Additionally, they are rather simple to maintain and would be helpful for anyone attempting to establish a hanging garden full of succulents that can withstand drought.
Do hanging baskets work well for growing succulents?
Regarding depth, hanging baskets are also ideal. The majority of succulents don’t need very deep pots, and hanging baskets with a diameter of 8 and a depth of approximately the same work well for many different kinds of succulents. For many succulents, a depth of even six is sufficient. By the end of the summer, if they outgrow the hanging basket, they can simply be moved to inside pots where they can spend the winter or they can be propagated to produce new succulents from the mother plant. For the brief duration of the summer season, they don’t mind being crammed in a basket. For succulents, hanging baskets are an excellent option and offer a lot of advantages.
Where should my succulents be hung?
Succulents: Why? Succulents are low-maintenance plants that may thrive inside in any sunny position and come in a rainbow of vibrant colors. To create a gorgeous living display in your house, there is no need to wait for them to flower or for them to flower at all.
Succulents are also easy to find wherever you reside, which is another advantage—more on that later.
So why are there succulents hanging? In addition to being a pleasant change from the typical ways of displaying succulents, using suspended planters frees up room. If you have one, try any sunny window, such as the one over the kitchen sink.
These can also be hung from any outdoor building, such as a porch overhang, a pergola, or a shepherd’s hook in the backyard. Do you experience a frigid winter? Just bring them inside!
Glass Terrariums
The new glass terrariums may appeal to you if you favor a sleek and contemporary appearance. They can be found in a variety of shapes, including pendants and spheres.
Because it will be seen when utilizing glass terrarium planters, the appearance of what is beneath the plant becomes much more crucial. Treat them like aquariums by top-dressing the soil with colorful sand, small decorative gravel, or sphagnum peat moss. The majority of craft and fish/aquarium stores sell these.
Kokedama Moss Balls
A kokedama is a ball of earth that has been wrapped in twine for stability and coated in moss. The plants are either placed inside the ball’s upper portion or, in some situations, all the way around it. In Japan, where it first appeared, this approach is well-liked.
Usually some kind of spreading or trailing plant is employed, which can eventually fill in the open spaces. A different approach is to just plant a non-spreading plant at the top of the ball, leaving the sides and bottom of the ball uncovered.
When merely planting the top portion, it’s more crucial to highlight the plant ball by using appealing burlap-like rope and sphagnum peat moss.
Hanging Ceramics
There is a fairly large range of ceramic containers available in different colors, forms, and finishes that are intended to be hanged by strings. You can probably easily match the decor of your patio or home.
Types Of Trailing Succulents
The succulent plants listed below will develop foliage that “spills” over the sides of any size hanging planter. They are some of my favorite trailing (or spreading) succulent plant varieties.
Non-trailing succulents to try:
- Sempervivum (many vibrantly colored varieties are available)
- Baby Toe Cactus, also known as Crassula ovata ‘Gollum
- Haworthia zebra (White horizontal stripes on dark green spikes)
Care For Succulents
For the most light, you should put succulents outside. When growing variegated succulents indoors, it is recommended to locate a bright south-facing window that receives at least 5–6 hours of direct or filtered light every day.
The ground should have good drainage (no clay). Use a cactus- and/or succulent-specific commercial potting mix that is readily available at home and garden supply stores. By combining potting soil and sand in equal proportions, you can create your own succulent soil. To prepare the soil for planting, lightly mist it.
Water enough to keep the plant moist but let it dry out a little before adding more water. You can water your soil once more if it feels dry to the touch. Succulents can die if they are left in standing water, therefore avoid letting them do so. Ideally, you should water your plants every other day, although this can change depending on the temperature and how much sunlight the plant gets.
More Inspiration
If succulents aren’t your thing, there are many other plant varieties you can try.
Growing herbs in a bright kitchen window or outside with hanging pots is a terrific way to save space.
Rosemary, thyme, oregano, and mint are excellent herbaceous choices for hanging containers, to mention a few. If enough sunlight is available, thyme and rosemary will bloom. When ordering herbs online, be sure to look for the trailing or spreading versions of these plants because, like other plants, there are multiple types with different growth tendencies. In hanging planters, they appear considerably better.
Carnivorous plants can come in a variety of stunning shapes and hues. Try venus fly traps, variegated sundew plants, and pitcher plants (the tropical varieties with pitchers that hang from the planter). You can read a longer article about carnivorous terrariums by going here.
Where To Find Succulents
Numerous succulents, herbs, and occasionally even carnivorous plants are frequently available at local nurseries, home improvement stores, and garden centers (most carnivorous plants are found with the house plants).
Otherwise, you can find any variety I mentioned online. Succulents are fairly affordable if you purchase them as cuttings. I enjoy buying particular plant species on Amazon, Ebay, or Etsy. Customers have rated and reviewed every seller there, so you generally know what to anticipate and precisely what you will be receiving.
Most of the time, the plants are sent to you by mail as cuttings, but you can also locate rooted plants that will be delivered in soil. You don’t need to have a green thumb to grow succulents because the majority of kinds root readily and require very little care.
Simply place the stems of the cuttings in a moist, well-drained soil (or rooting mix; avoid clay soils) and water frequently enough so that the soil never fully dries out. Do this for 2-3 weeks, or until the plant has had a chance to take root.
No transplanting is required with succulents because they can be rooted right in the hanging planter.
Make sure the seller has a decent rating and reviews before purchasing plants online. Also take note of the shipping location, as receiving plants from abroad could require more time.
What If I Don’t Have Time?
Major internet stores also sell kits of many shapes, colors, and designs (even those with plants). If you are having trouble finding exactly what you want, I would advise purchasing the plants and the hanging planter separately so that you may achieve almost any desired design.
Just about anyone can have a hanging succulent garden with simple-to-care-for plants. They are not constrained by indoor or outdoor space, climate, or whether or not you have a green thumb. I hope my example has encouraged you to create your own. Please let me know how your own hanging succulent garden turns out and good luck to everyone.
Succulents can be hung on a wall.
Place larger plants in the ground first, then smaller ones. Plant your plants as closely as the grid will allow. Not every square will be planted, depending on the size of the plants. You might be able to see the wire after planting, but as the succulents grow, they will fill in the spaces.
Let It Root
For a week or two after planting, keep the living succulent photo flat and out of direct sunlight to allow cuttings to develop roots along the stems. Support stems with floral pins or craft clips for more security. Increase the light until you are fully exposed to the sun. For the first two weeks, avoid watering.
Put it on Display
Place the living succulent artwork on a shelf or table that can be used as a wall prop. Or use strong picture hooks to hang the frame on the wall. When watering succulents, fully hydrate the soil, place the frame on a flat surface, and water once a month. Before hanging the frame back up, make sure it is dry. Protect plants from the midday sun in hot climates. Put a living succulent image close to a south-facing window if you’re indoors.
How should a hanging succulent be cared for?
Watering is the main challenge that novice succulent growers encounter while trying to keep their plants alive indoors. So much so that I’ve written a whole ebook and an entire post about watering succulents. You can read the two together here.
It’s significant! Surprisingly, succulents require a lot of water to survive. They require less watering than the majority of indoor plants do, though.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that succulents seldom ever require water, though. So, here’s the situation…
Succulents enjoy having their roots well wet, but they also dry out quickly. The soil was then irrigated once more after drying up for a few days.
Succulents can be kept alive temporarily by being lightly sprayed with water, but if you want them to thrive, you need to use the “soak and dry method.”
Additionally, be aware that during their dormant stage, succulents don’t require as much water. This typically occurs during the colder months of the year. They require less water because they aren’t actively growing.
People who think their succulents are dying because the leaves are drooping and shriveling up frequently email me. Here’s a little secret: Succulent lower leaves will eventually shrivel up and die, just like all other plants.
Only if the topmost or most recent leaves on your succulent are shriveling should you be concerned about dying leaves. You shouldn’t be concerned if it only affects the stems that are closest to the soil at the bottom.
Where should I display succulents inside?
Succulents thrive in hot, arid conditions and don’t mind a little neglect due to their unique capacity to store water. They are therefore ideally suited to growing indoors and are the perfect choice for anyone looking for low-maintenance houseplants. Follow these instructions for successful plant care if you’re choosing succulents for the first time.
Select a succulent that will thrive in your indoor environment.
The majority of succulents need direct sunshine, however if your home only has a shady area, choose low light-tolerant plants like mother-in-tongue. law’s A trailing variety, like string of bananas, is an excellent option if you intend to grow your succulent in a hanging planter. To learn about your succulents’ requirements for sunlight, size, and spread, always read the plant labels.
Give the plants a good draining potting material.
You should repot your succulent as soon as you get it home since nurseries always plant their succulents in soil that is overly rich and holds too much moisture. A coarse potting mix with sufficient drainage and aeration is a good place to start. You can use an African violet mix or unique cactus and succulent mixtures that you can purchase at the nursery. Add perlite or pumice to the cactus or African violet mix (up to 50% of the total potting mix, depending on your particular succulent’s moisture requirements) to further increase drainage and prevent compaction. To make sure the mixture is moist throughout, always moisten it before using.
Decide on a container.
When repotting, use a container that is at least 1 to 2 inches bigger than the nursery container and has a drainage hole. Avoid using glass containers (such mason jars or terrariums) for long-term potting since they prevent roots from breathing and over time may result in root rot. Place your plant inside the container and backfill with extra pre-moistened potting mix after filling the bottom one-third of the container with pre-moistened potting mix.
Put the succulent plant in a pot somewhere sunny.
Try to arrange your succulents close to a south or east-facing window because most succulents need at least six hours of sun each day. Insufficient sunlight may cause your succulents to become spindly or to extend toward the light.
Between waterings, allow the potting mix to dry out.
Overwatering succulents is the most common error people make with them. Watering more deeply but less frequently is preferable. Before the next watering, completely saturate the potting mix (while making sure the water drains out of the drainage hole properly). The plant can finally perish if the potting soil is left moist every day.
Succulents should be fertilized at least once a year.
Fertilizer works best for plants in the spring (when the days lengthen and new growth starts) and again in the late summer. Use a water-soluble, balanced fertilizer (such as 8-8-8 or 10-10-10) that has been diluted to half the strength indicated on the container. Since succulents are semi-dormant in the winter, there is no need to nourish them. Because they are not actively growing, they do not require the nutrient boost.
Succulents may be hung outside.
Succulents are drought-tolerant plants because they can retain water in their large, irregularly shaped leaves. Succulents have a broad variety of eye-catching shapes and textures, which provide any landscape aesthetic interest. Can succulents live outside? is an often asked question. The quick response is “yes”! Growing succulents outdoors is an excellent alternative because they do well there and can withstand some neglect. They also do well in sunny areas with warm, dry weather.
Succulents can be grown in the ground, in pots, or hidden in unexpected planting locations. Take the uncertainty out of caring for these wonderful conversation pieces with stunning foliage by reading our suggestions for growing succulents outside.