Succulent Cone revamped

I decided to make another wire mesh cone today. I wanted brighter colors and different plants to stand out against the fence. After creating it, I decided the fence just wouldn't do them any justice and moved them to the white wall. MUCH BETTER. Anyhow, see the previous post, sempervivum cone, to see directions. To revamp them, I added bright green sedum varieties, blue sedum, aeonium and some graptopetalum paraguayensis. The sedum is easy to tuck into the wire mesh, even with roots on. I found hanging them with two nails, one at top and bottom, held them in place better. I added extra soil after they were securely hung as well, topping off with pea gravel.

Cement and Pumice containers

Succulents can be grown in a great assortment of creative containers. Some of my favorites so far are simple concrete cinder blocks, recycled cement blocks and pumice stones.

Cinder blocks are cheap, locally a little over $1.50 each. Push a square of fine gauge wire inside to keep the soil in. Many people have made cinder block container walls which are nice looking. We decided a more sculptural container would be fun. The blocks are glued together with construction adhesive.

Single cinder blocks are fun too.

Pumice stones are cheap at Rock Yards. Take the pumice stone and hammer out a bowl. They are really light and can easily be moved around for a different look or to change growing conditions. I make sure to add a lot of gravel into the soil to keep the roots from sitting in water. Water lightly.

Make the hole any size you want, but deep enough to hold the plant in.

Cement blocks recycled from removing our shed makes a nice looking tall sculpture.