How the Succulents are Doing

Well, they seem to be blooming or getting ready to bloom.

My succulents are neglected most of the time. I give them once a week watering in the hot summers and the rest of the year I water about every 2-3 wks. Early spring is when they start to get ready to flower like these pictures. I’ve killed many succulents in the past with overwatering and underwatering so now I am more conservative about it.

I don’t fertilize them but I just started adding compost to help them last week so hopefully that will give them some nutrition. I have succulents in pots and in the ground, the ones in the ground are, of course, in the best shape, as you will see.

AEONIUM “SUNBURST”

KALANCHOES

ECHEVERIA

AEONIUM “KIWI”

Below are all the succulents I have in the ground. They are spreading like wildfire. They are under a large brugmansia tree and gets a few hours of sun each day. My Aeonium “Sunburst” is quite happy here. It is quite large, about 14 inches in diameter.

That’s all the flowers I have in this post. It has stopped raining here in Southern California for a few days and I will have some time to play in the garden this weekend. I do have more pictures to post but that will have to be some time in the next few days. Bye for now! Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate your patronage. A HUGE thank you to my long-time followers.