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6/26/2013

 
A buddy of mine graduated from her PhD program a couple weeks ago, and I wanted to make her something special and interesting.  So after thinking a while, I decided to try my hand at making a succulent arrangement.  I chose a gorgeous purple pot from Ladera Garden Center in Portola Valley, CA, and went to town with it, focusing on purples with some light blue, pink, and green accents.  I mostly used echeverias and semps (with some aeoniums in the middle, largely for height), but there are a few surprises, too, including a graptoveria silver stars (I love those!), haworthias (cymbiformis), and a couple crassulas and senecios.

Click on each of the pictures below for a larger version.  (And no--that's not my purse.)
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Most of the plants are at least partly rooted; only a few of the echeverias are straight-up rootless cuttings.  I also focused on plants that can (roughly) tolerate a similar amount of water as one another.  It was a lot of fun to put together, and best of all, it seemed to be a hit with my friend!

Laura Balaoro
6/26/2013 09:18:50 am

Wow! what a great friend you are. This is so beautiful. I love your color selections and the pot. Great job.

Karin
6/26/2013 10:52:26 am

gorgeous and inspirational!

Candy Suter link
6/26/2013 11:39:46 am

Well done girlie! I love the potting and am sure that your friend will love it too!

liz
6/27/2013 06:06:18 am

very impressive. you must have a lot of plants to be able to whip up gifts like that.

patrick
1/21/2014 11:35:43 pm

can anyone please tell me the name of the plant with the large stem in the center. my mother has one which is alot larger in our yard and we cant seem to figure out what it is. the stem is almost 4 ft tall at this point and it has very large leaves now.


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