So it was over a month ago when I planted all of the
succulents for our centerpieces and within a few weeks it was evident that they
would eventually need a bit of a revamp. The first week after we planted them,
there was a huge heat wave that scorched a few of the softer plants immediately
(I don’t think those ones ever really stood a chance anyway… by week two, every
single one of two certain succulent types were dead) Having never really grown
succulents outdoors, I think we also over watered them the first week, but
after I started noticing some of the leaves turning soft, I switched to every
other day watering and ever since then, they have been doing great. But
regardless of the plants now thriving, we still initially lost about a third of
them in those first couple of weeks. Also, after finishing planting and weeks later
realizing that they weren’t going to fill in as much as I wanted them to, I
knew that they needed something else.
I decided to consolidate the small succulents that did survive to three per planter and then add a larger plant to each one
to take up some space and add some height. First I decided to purchase two
different succulent varieties, plant them and watch them for a week to make
sure that they did well… and after my test plants turned out fine, I went out
and bought some more! The finished product turned out much more satisfying to
me as a “centerpiece”… the added height of the bigger plants looked so much
better than just the smaller plants by themselves.
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| One of the boxes that completely survived... but still so sparse looking :( |
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| One down, one struggling to live! |
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| NADA! |
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| ...replanting... |
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| The finished products |
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| Lush! Hopefully they stay that way! |
And here is my Microsoft-Paint-mock-up of the truly finished product, complete with moss and mini chalkboards with the table numbers! (minus all the soil mess)
Finger crossed that the new plants survive my gardening skills!
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