Pots for Plants or Plants for Pots?

On Monday I found myself at Lowe's to see the amazing succulent display that my coworker told me about. I did pretty well; I only came out with three plants. I got a Senecio scaposus 'Silver Coral', an Aeonium tabuliforme, and a Sedeveria 'Blue Mist'. I was going to put them all together, but I realized that the Aeonium would need more room since it grows out like a flattened plate and needed extra care during its' summer dormancy. The plan was to put the Senecio scaposus and Sedeveria together, that is until I found this one Nautilus pot at Marshalls. I became completely enamored with the idea of putting the Senecio scaposus in this pot. There was no drainage hole (of course) but I would figure something out. When I got home the pot fell and smashed into pieces. I was devastated. After a couple of minutes I gathered myself and the pieces and started gluing them together. There was one small piece that I chose to not put back along the bottom to get some drainage.


To further update, my Delosperma nubiqenum and Aloinpsis luckhoffii aren't looking so hot. They look a little yellow. I withheld water for 2 weeks but that didn't seem to help. It rained a bit yesterday and today so maybe that will help. I started to worry about my Baby Toes Fenestraria aurantiaca even though it looks really great. As a mesemb they will need a more strict water regime than the other pot members so I took it out to give it an individual pot. The Sedeveria 'Blue Mist' took the Baby Toes spot in the community pot.

Aeonium tabuliforme

Pots for everyone!

My boyfriend finally came over with his drill and we put holes into some pots that I bought. Can anyone tell me why most of the pretty pots have no drainage holes?

This is the new patio design. It creates a green and welcoming space.

This is the Aloe Vera that was over watered. I repotted it in a new pot with better soil and more drainage.


Lithops and Argyroderma pot

This is an awesome metallic pot

Neat twisty pot with Graptopetalum paraguayense "Ghost Plant", Echeveria "Perle von Nuremburg", Echeveria 'Haageana' "Green Goddess", Echeveria "Violet Queen", and a Sempervivum sp

I found this neat stand at Goodwill.

This is going to be my bonsai, once I find a bonsai pot.

I planted Stegosaurus here with the groovy purple gravel.

This Aeonium 'Sunburst' followed me home (there's a little Pachyveria 'blue pearl" in there too)

This empty pot had a Portulacaria afra 'variegata' jump in.

Remember that Haworthia attenuata that I took out of the big group pot? I meant to put it in its' own pot. During the trip to Home Depot to buy a bit that could drill through my pots, my boyfriend found a Faucaria tuberculosa "Tiger Jaws" that he loved. Of course I had to get it for him. Next to this Tiger Jaws was a "Fairy Washboard" Haworthia limifolia that caught my eye with its wonderful pattern of swirling stripes. So my little Haworthia attenuata wound up with roommates.

Shady Crew

Faucaria tuberculosa "Tiger Jaws"

"Fairy Washboard" Haworthia limifolia