Echeveria gibbiflora hybrids: A short history June 22, 2017Echeveria gibbiflora is the largest of all echeveria species, and one of the parent plants of the majority of the large, cabbage-head echeveria hybrids we’ve come to know so well....
Subspecies, Varieties and Cultivars May 22, 2017With such a diverse array of succulents out in the marketplace these days, proper taxonomy and identification often gets overlooked. Succulent identification confusion exists even amongst experienced horticulturalists, and plants...
Lithops May 10, 2017Lithops is a genus of succulent plants from the family Mesembranthemaceae, endemic to arid regions of Southern Africa. Some common names include "Living Stones", or "Split Rocks", though these names...
Medicinal Succulents May 10, 2017Many people turn to succulents for their plant therapy, but succulents can be used for more than our emotional well-being. Succulents have long been used to soothe and heal.
Propagation: Grafting April 28, 2017Grafting is propagating a plant by taking a cutting and uniting it with the base of a more vigorous species. In this video, we used Cleisteo cactus as the scion...
Crazy about Crassulas! April 27, 2017The genus Crassula is comprised of hundreds of species and garden cultivars. Most varieties that we see circulating around nurseries are endemic to the Eastern Cape of South Africa. They...