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NWFGS Handout
Last weekend, I delivered a talk about growing Succulents in the Northwest.
I wanted to make sure that anyone who did not have a chance to attend, or who did not get a handout, could access the information here.
Northwest Flower and Garden Show – 2013
Succulent Survival in the Pacific Northwest – Landscaping and Over Wintering.
“…Aloe striatula will thrive to become a spectacular long lived addition to you garden …, but if it doesn’t survive, you will receive accreditation as a bona fide plant maniac just for trying.” Ciscoe, Ask Ciscoe
Succulent Gardens (located on the Monterey Bay)
2133 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, Ca. 95012
Phone: (831) 632-0482 Fax: (831) 633-5280
Email: info@sgplants.com
Website: www.sgplants.com
Pinterest: pinterest.com/source/sgplants.com/
Facebook: Succulent.Gardens.Nursery
Resources
Books
Rudolf Schulz, Succulents: Care and Health
Succulent Propagation
Debra Baldwin, Designing With Succulents
Container Gardening with Succulents
Gwen Moore Kalaides, Hardy Succulents for Every Climate
Websites
Succulent Gardens: www.sgplants.com
San Marcos Growers: www.smgrowers.com
Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society: www.cascadecss.org
About Succulents
1.) Apply what you know
2.) Diversity
3.) Soil, water, temperature, exposure, general care, bugs and diseases
4.) Handling
5.) Selection (see list of hardy varieties)No magic bullets
What do you want to plant?
1.) Containers.
a. Traditional pots
b. Whimsy
c. Vertical
2.) In the groundGround
a. Soil prep, mounding?
b. Rocks
c. Drop offs (Cascade Effects
3.) Tools – Clippers etc.
4.) Plant selection
a. Varieties
b. Sizes
c. Placement
d. Maintenance
i. See Care and Health
ii. Wintering over
Succulent Survival – Plant List for the Pacific Northwest
Aeonium haworthii, 22F
“ “Cyclops”, 30F
“ “Kiwi”, 30F
“ “Starburst”, 28F
“ “Sunburst”, 28F
“ “Urbicum”, 28F
Aloe arborescens, 18F
“ brevifolia, 18F
“ ferox, 26F
“ nobilis, 18F
“ plicatilis, 26F
“ saponaria, 22F
“ spinosissima, 26F
“ striatula, 26F
“ striata, 26F
Beaucarnea recurvata, 25F
Crassula ‘Campfire’, 32F
“ nudicalis platyphylla, 28F
“ perfossa variegata, 32F
“ pubescens, 28F
“ tetragona, 22F
Echeveria agavoides ‘Ebony’
“ “ ‘Lipstick’, 22F
“ “ ‘Martins Hybrid’
“ “ ‘Red Blush’, 22F
“ colorata, 25F
“ elegans, 22F
“ ‘imbricata, 25F
“ Pearl von Nuremberg, 32F
“ puladonis, 25F
“ secunda, 25F
Mesembryanthemum (miniatures) Keep dry and above freezing.
Dinteranthus
Fenestraria aurantiaca
Lithops
Pleiospilos nelii
Titanopsis
Trichodiadema densum
Sedum acre, 22F
“ album muralis, 28F
“ dasyphyllum, 25F
“ dendroideum
“ hispanicum purpureum
“ machanoi ‘Salsa Verde’, 28F
“ morganianum, 32F
“ nussbaunianum, 30F
“ oxypetalum, 10F
“ rubrotinctum, 26F
“ seiboldii (Dissiduous) – -10F
“ spathulifolium ‘Cape Blanco’, 25F
“ “ purpureum, 25F
“ spectabilis -10F (Dissiduous)
“ spurium -10F (Dissiduous)
Sempervivum – All handle sub freezing.
“ ‘Black Rose’
“ ‘Commander Hay” –
“ ‘Director Jacob’
“ ‘Emerald Rose’
“ ‘Giant Gray’
“ ‘Green Rose’
“ ‘Magnificum’
“ ‘Minaret’
“ ‘Mossy Rose’
“ ‘Purple Fuzzy’
“ ‘Purple Ruby’
“ ‘Red Heart’
“ ‘Sanford’
“ ‘Utopian’
“ arachnoideum
“ purpureum
“ soboliferum
“ tectorum
“ “ calcareum
Senecio crassissimus, 32F
“ jacobsenii, 30F
“ mandraliscae, 30F
“ rowleyanus, 32F
“ vitalis, 30F
Succulents at the Show
Bark and Garden – 4”
The Boutchart Gardens – Hanging Basket.
Denver Dirty Girl’s – Just liked the name.
Molbak’s – 2”
My Garden – Planted slipper and 4” continers.
Ravenna Gardens – 4”
Swansons – Sedum Sempervivum birdbath planting.
Clippers compliments of Wild Flower Seeds, Thank you.
Places to visit in California for spectacular succulent sightings.
Huntington Gardens, Southern California
Lotusland, Santa Barbara
Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek
San Diego Zoo, guess where?
Succulent Gardens Nursery, Castroville
University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley