Because they enable appropriate drainage every time you water your succulents, wire baskets are a fantastic choice.
Pallets
Because they are so adaptable, pallets are currently in style. They also have a lovely rustic appearance. You can use them as wall frames in their natural state as raw wood or paint them in any color you like.
Driftwood
my favorite by far. Driftwood’s color has a certain quality that makes succulents’ colors and textures contrast it brilliantly. All of these mixtures produce living succulent sculptures.
I sincerely hope these images inspire you much. Do you have any original ideas for hanging succulents?
I’m constantly looking for fresh ideas, so I’d love to know! Please share your thoughts in the comments section.
How are succulents 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.
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.
How is a succulent kept vertical?
Together, succulents and vertical planters offer a number of advantages. Succulents are relatively low care and require less water than other types of garden plants. Vertical planters can conserve critical ground space while bringing interest to otherwise boring walls and fences. When you combine the two, you get a planter that is stunning and doesn’t need a full-time gardener.
With a few simple techniques, you can make a variety of vertical succulent planters at a fraction of the price of store-bought ones.
1. For the foundation of your planter, use miniature crates, shadow boxes, picture frames, or plain wooden boxes. Pick a box that is about 2 inches (5 cm) deep to use as your planter. Deeper planters may cause the soil to contract, move, and sink.
2. Use 0.25 inch (0.5 cm) mesh wire hardware cloth to cover the planter’s top. It keeps the soil and plants in place while still allowing them room to expand and flourish.
3. Make use of plants that all require similar maintenance. Your plants will need to be overwintered because it will take more than one season for them to mature and fill out the planter box. Recognize that some succulents require a time of dormancy, others can endure cold climates, and some need to be kept indoors. Create a plan for it.
4. Before hanging the vertical planter, let it sit on a flat surface for two to three months so that the plants have time to establish the robust root systems that will allow them to survive and keep falling out of the planter.
5. For a week after planting, don’t water your vertical succulent garden to allow the roots to set down and harden. In the summer and spring, water once a week; in the winter and fall, once a month. To prevent the soil inside from being washed away, remove the entire planter from the wall and place it on a flat area.
6. During the summer growing season, fertilize once a month using a solution of one part liquid houseplant fertilizer to four parts water.
Magnet Hook With A Magnetic Hang
You could hang your plants from your ceiling using solid magnetic hooks, depending on the construction of your ceiling. The magnetic hooks have an attached hook and a plate.
The hook should be fastened to a metal ceiling fixture or air vent. Use a loop to suspend your plant over the hook.
Hang Plants From Your Ceiling Using An Adhesive Hook
Utilizing adhesive hooks is the alternative method for suspending plants from the ceiling without harming your roof.
The sticky hooks can be adjusted to the exact size needed for your ceiling. They are available online or at your neighborhood hardware store.
Peel off the adhesive cover from the hook after you have it and adhere the hook’s back to the ceiling. To hang your plant pot from your roof, it should include a hook or string that you can pass over the hook.
For heavy plants, make sure you use stronger hooks to prevent sliding off.
Use Suction Cup Hangers
Does your house have a skylight? Suction cup hangers are your best choice if so.
The cups work best on flat surfaces. Since it leaves no holes in your ceiling, it is safe to use.
Use Tension Rods
Using tension rods would also spare you the trouble of having to drill holes in your ceiling. Typically, curtains, garments, and room dividers are hung on the rods.
On the other hand, you can still hang plants from them. You can hang your planters from two rods vertically on the area where you want to hang them using three rods.
Support a third rod that runs horizontally between the two by using the two as support. To create tension between two rods is the idea.
You hang your pots or air plants, like the Bird’s Nest Fern or String of Pearls, here.
It costs little money and won’t harm your ceiling. Tension rods are available from internet retailers like Amazon.
Check the rods’ weight capacity to make sure they can support the plants after watering for safety’s sake.
The plant pole in the boho style can also be used to suspend plants from the ceiling. This rod works nicely with most pots and hangers.
Use Floating Shelves
In order to provide the planters or pots ample sunlight, hang them in front of a window.
To prevent drilling your ceiling, you might combine this with an adhesive or magnetic hook.
Macrame Plant Holders
You may also use macrame plant hangers to hang plants from your ceiling. Your hanging plant will be held in place by the loop that you pass over their hooks.
Macrame plant stands offer your area an anti-gravity sense and guard against rodents eating your plants.
Clothing Rack Vertical Garden
Using a clothing rack as a vertical garden is another solution you could consider if you want to avoid making holes in your lovely ceiling. Plant pots should be hung on the rack’s top pole.
It’s a clever method to exhibit a lovely array of plants on your garment rack.
Use Wall Mounted Hooks With A Command Strip
To hang your plants, you could use a command strip and a wooden hook fixed on the wall. These plants might be housed in a planter or a basket.
S-Hooks
If there is a place to hang them, S-hooks are perfect for hanging your plants from anywhere in your home. That can be on your wall’s slab or a tension rod.
Shelf-Planting
Instead of drilling into your ceiling, why not use a shelf planter. To easily put your plants, use a large shelf you already have in your home or buy one.
While keeping the house organized, a high shelf makes space for hanging your plants.
Use A Coat Rack
To keep your ceiling’s sparkle, you need to think outside the box. You might want to consider using a coat rack.
It hangs your plants beautifully and prevents you from having to make holes.
Use planters with loops to hang them on the coat rack after buying one from an area store or Amazon.
Sturdy Decorative Branches
If you have any solid decorative branches nearby, this is a fantastic alternative. Since you want to make your living room as pleasant as possible, you must be very picky.
Create the appearance of boho home decor by stringing the branches together.
Employ Clamps As Hooks
You are aware of the holding and fastening capabilities of a clamp. If you have a space in your attic or living room, such as the edge of a mid-running wall, it’s a great option.