Color Your Garden With Succulents
by Lynn KirkMay 27, 2022
No black and white for me — at least not in my garden. Give me a rainbow of colors! Not just standard greens with an occasional flower or two. I want my garden to deliver colors in every imaginable hue! That’s another reason that I’m addicted to succulents. With more than 10,000 succulent species, their colors run the gamut: lush lime to mossy green . . . silvery blue to tender lavender . . . tangerine orange to muted peach . . . daffodil yellow to baby white . . . and ruby red to blush pink. Some succulents double their color punch by boasting multiple hues on the same plant through duo-tones, artistic accents on leaf tips and stems, or subtle shades underneath leaves. Others provide a lively ‘wow factor’ through sassy stripes, prim polka dots, or vivacious variegations galore.
Nature’s color wheel of succulents certainly is as diverse as the painter’s palette. So how do you color your garden with succulents? Well, you start with SUCCULENT MARKET. This highly rated online retailer shares the world’s zeal for COLOR! Their domestic propagators know that complementing and contrasting color designs is not only powerful; it’s fun! That’s why Succulent Market showcases its multi-colored offerings through professional photos. With a few clicks of the mouse, you can select the perfect color combos for your garden bed, container planter, or growing succulent collection. Whatever your favorite tinge, tone, or tint, Succulent Market has the plant for you! To ease they process, they even color-categorized some of their inventory.*
BURGUNDY to ROSE
Echeveria Perle Von Nurnberg
BURGUNDY ACCENT
Aeonium Bronze Medal
Crassula Orbicularis
Echeveria Enon
LIME GREEN
Aeonium Canariensis
Burro’s Tail (Sedum Morganianum)
Peperomia Dolabriformis Maxi
PALE GREEN to CREAM
Echeveria Asante Sana
Echeveria Costa
Echeveria Lola
Echeveria Madiba
Echeveria Parva
Echeveria Rejoice
Cotyledon
Crassula Pellucida
GRASSY GREEN
Aeonium Gomernse
Aloe Bronze
Aloe Morning Dew
Aloe Vera
Cereus Payolina
Crassula Dubia
Crassula Ovata Variegata
Echeveria Apus
Echeveria Pelusida
Echeveria Salsa Verde
Jade Plant
Opuntia Subulata
String of Buttons (Crassula Perforata)
DEEP GREEN
Gasteria Flow
TRANSLUCENT GREEN
Haworthia Cooperi
Haworthia Venusta
SILVER BLUE
Blue Chalk Stick
Crassula Ivory Tower
Echeveria Aurora
Echeveria Blue Bird
Echeveria Blue Mimima
Echeveria Blue Star
Echeveria Branco
Echeveria Lilacina
Echeveria Machette
Echeveria Orpet
Echeveria Pollux
Echeveria Runyoni Hybrid
Echeveria Silver Queen
Echeveria Summer
Panda Plant (Kalanchoe Tomentosa)
Pachyveria Haagei
YELLOW-ORANGE to BROWN
Echeveria Brown Rose
Echeveria Echoc
Echeveria Mexicana
Echeveria Rob Royce
Paddle Plant (Kalanchoe Thyrsiflora)
Sedum Nussbaumerianum
STRIPES, DOTS, and VARIEGATED
Aloe Aristata
Aloe California
Echeveria Benitsukasa
Gasteria Liliputana
Gasteria Limpopo
Haworthia Attenuata
Haworthia Herbacea
Haworthia Limifolia
Zebra Plant (Haworthia Super White)
*Note: Colors are truly subjective, so rely on photos and research versus word descriptions. Also remember that succulent colors can change with variations of light and stress, as well as dormancy — but that’s a topic worthy of its own blog!