One of the main reasons I like succulents is the fact that they are very forgiving, easy to care for and can be propagated from leaves and cuttings… so I can rearrange and make new plants whenever I wish.

And of course they look gorgeous, too.

Crassula ovata – also known as jade plant, money plant or jade tree and crawling Crassula marnieriana – jade necklace or Chinese pagoda

Crassula perforata – also called giant string of buttons or necklace vine

Crassula perforata (stacked Crassula) – giant string of buttons or necklace vine

Crassula ovata – jade plant, money plant (leaves turned here red from exposure to the sun during summer months)

Cotyledon tomentosa – also called bear’s paws because of fuzzy, bear paw shaped leaves

bears’ paws flowers are orange or yellow and have delicate sweet scent

blooming Crassula marnieriana – the flowers look pretty but their scent is pretty unpleasant, we usually cut them off as soon as they appear

Senecio radicans – creeping succulent also called string of beans 

Senecio radicans in a DIY tall planter

Crassula marnieriana – jade necklace

Haworthia attenuata – it is plant from the same family as Aloe vera plants, it is also called zebra cactus or zebra plant

blooming Haworthia attenuata / zebra cactus  with close up of the blossom (once the flowers are dead the entire stalk can be snipped off close to the base)

baby Haworthia attenuata and aquarium gravel

Adromischus cristatus or Cotyledon cristata  also known as crinkle leaf plant or key lime pie (after shape of the leaves)

Echeveria – purple pearl

miniature succulent garden with Crassula marnieriana, Haworthia attenuata and red pebbles

Crassula muscosa – also known as princess pine, watch chain, shoelaces or clubmoss Crassula or rat tail Crassula

Crassula muscosa (close up)

three different shades of Sedum (stonecrop) – Sedum morganianum (burrito leaf, burro’s tail, donkey tail), Sedum rubrotinctum (aurora, pink stonecrop, pink jelly beans) and possibly baby Sedum dasyphyllum (Corsican stonecrop, blue tears Sedum, love & tangles, love and tangle)

baby Echeveria agavoides

 adult Echeveria agavoides also called lipstick, ebony wax agave and ebony Echeveria (red colour on the leaves depends on amount of exposure to the sun)

Lithops  also known as pebble plants, split rocks or living stones come in many varieties and colours and produce beautiful blossoms once in a while

Lithop / pebble plant (close up)

Crassula ovata “gollum” also known as trumpet jade, ET’s fingers, hobbit Crassula or Shrek’s ears

NOTES

More interesting articles on succulents: Propagating Succulents from Leaves and Cuttings, Tealight Plant Trio from On The Same Page, A Succulent Table Garden from Encore or Next Level Succulent Pots! from Miss Renaissance.

If you are looking for more planting & gardening ideas take a look here.