This container was an attention-getter! The “thriller, filler, spiller” concept is demonstrated in this succulent container. Go to https://www.finegardening.com/ar…/thrillers-fillers-spillers for more information.

RECIPE:
• (1) Burro’s Tail (spiller)
• (1) Cotyledon “Happy Young Lady” (thriller)
• (1) Aloe “Gator” (filler)
• (1) Faucaria tigrina “Tiger Jaws” (filler)

TIPS:
• Place this container in a protected spot where it won’t get bumped as the leaves of the burro’s tail plant fall off easily.
• The burro’s tail plant propagates easily from either leaf or stem cuttings. More on this later in the summer!
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Aeonium “Kiwi” is such a colorful plant when given full sun! It’s green, yellow and pink colors are a show in themselves, but the plant is even more showy when underplanted with the yellowish fine-leaf sedum.

RECIPE:
• (3) Aeonium “Kiwi”
• (1) Sedum “Fine Leaf Gold”, divided

TIPS:
• The Aeonium plant puts out plentiful rosettes, so the container will become fuller as the summer progresses.
• Aeonium is easy to propagate from stem cuttings. More on this later in the summer!
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The zig-zag shape of the stems on the middle plant gives it the name “Devil’s Backbone!” The leaves of the Devil’s Backbone plant will take on a pink hue as the summer goes on. The “Calico Kittens” plant surrounding the center plant is a beautiful trailing succulent with beautiful pink and green shades to its leaves.

RECIPE:
• (1) Euphorbia tithymaloides “Devil’s Backbone”
• (1) Crassula pellucida variegate “Calico Kittens”

TIPS:
• Both these plants do well as house plants in winter.
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Cactus plants have a majesty all their own, but when they bloom…WOW! This cactus plant is around ten years old, and it has bloomed almost from the beginning. Each year I get more blossoms, and they are produced over a longer period of time. Unfortunately, these cactus blossoms only last a day or so. You want to make sure you don’t miss the show!

RECIPE:
• (1) Cactus echinopsis subdemudata

TIPS:
• This cactus plant is moved inside during the winter. It gets west sun and fluorescent light.
• Cactus plants like tight quarters. I transplant only when the cactus plant totally fills its container (every 3-4 years) and then I move it to a slightly larger container.
• This cactus plant readily produces baby offsets at its base which can be removed and planted to start a new generation.
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“Amazing Containers”
by Cindy Jungman, SDSU Extension Master Gardener

Container #45 (Joyful Succulents #14):
I say again and again that my favorite thing about working with succulents is the amazing selection of colors and textures! The other advantage is that containers do not need to be large in order to create gorgeous combinations.

RECIPE:
Green Container:
• (2) Crassula “Princess Pine”
• (1) Cotyledon “Bear’s Paw”
• (6) Sedum rubrotinctum “Jelly Beans”
• Multiple clumps Sedum “Makinoi Ogon”

Flowers & Garden Container:
• (1) Sedum “Coppertone”
• (2) Graptosedum
• (1) Echeveria “Species Green”
• (1) Aloe “Christmas Sleigh”
• Multiple clumps Sedum “Fine Leaf Gold”

TIPS:
• Minimum care required. Fertilize only occasionally at half the recommended strength.
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