This vertical arrangement combines multiple succulent varieties and pieces of driftwood within a wooden frame.
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In this border, a variety of succulents unite with grasses and other plantings.
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Golden Barrel cactus is the ultimate drought-tolerant plant and here also acts as a sculptural element in a raised bed.
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Assorted succulents thrive in these bright orange wall-mounted fiberglass planters.
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Containers filled with succulents top a storage space for firewood.
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A Peruvian Apple Cactus flower.
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Cereus peruvianus (hedge cactus or Peruvian tree cactus) is a columnar cactus that can reach up to 20 feet tall. Grown in full sun, its color varies from gray to greenish blue. It branches and bears fragrant flowers, followed by edible pink fruit.
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Echinocactus grusonii (golden barrel cactus), common in the Southwest, grows to 3 feet tall and blooms from late March to early April.
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Oreocereus celsianus ‘Maximus’ (old man cactus) is a frost-tolerant cactus that grows up to 10 feet tall and 8 feet wide in full sun. Magenta flowers appear in summer.
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Opuntia santa-rita (Santa Rita prickly pear) has purplish pads and bright-yellow flowers in spring. It can handle some shade.
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Among the garden’s many succulents and cacti are Cereus peruvianus ‘Monstrosus’, Agave americana, and C. peruvianus.
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Over-watering is the most common problem with succulents, especially during the winter dormant period when watering should be cut to almost nothing.
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Succulents tucked into each tier of an old fountain provide year-round structure and a wide range of colors.
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Stately Agave americana is underplanted with creeping rosemary.
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A burst of succulents complements this home’s Mediterranean style.
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Succulent plantings include red-edged Echeveria subrigida ‘Fire and Ice’ and deep purple Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop.’
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Hens and chicks surround the base of an espalier tangerine tree.
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Cactuses provide a sculptural element to this high style garden.
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Agaves grow happily in custom Cor-ten steel planters.
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Agave 'Red Margin' borders a water feature.
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Vintage orchid pots from Hawaii hold echeveria plants on the table.
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Here succulents and cacti were planted in a style similar to perennial borders.
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Aloe ‘Henry Huntington’ close up reveals a dramatic golden-yellow inflorescence up to 6 feet tall. And it’s a repeat bloomer. Developed by the Huntington, the plant forms a showy single-headed accent 8 to 12 feet tall.
Mammillaria haageana, a Mexican pincushion cactus, has tiny star-like pink flowers as early as February.
A cactuscape interplays a carpet of blue Senecio serpens, bright yellow Echinocactus grusonii and candelabra-like pasacana (Echinopsis pasacana or Trichocereus pasacana). From South America, pasacana resembles the native saguaro of the Southwest (Carnegiea gigantea); it also flowers nocturnally.
