• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Mo Plants

Mo Plants

Mo Plants

  • Edible Gardening
    • Beginners
    • Vegetable
    • Herb
    • Fruit
  • Houseplants

Create Jewel Gardens With A Paint Box of Succulents

July 1, 2020 by Maureen Gilmer Leave a Comment

Garden designers are rediscovering the incredible beauty and color of succulent plants in what has become the “jewel box gardens”.  They are so named for the glittering pots and glass accents that are integrated with the plants for a vivid visual feast.

monet succulents.jpg

Created inside a cobalt blue birdbath, this beautiful composition of rosette succulent aeonium and sempervivum surrounded by tumbled glass balls was inspired by Monet’s lily pond paintings.

Often completely without flowers, succulents from Southern Africa and Madagascar are flooding garden centers with a palette of killer design tools.  Succulent plants are treated much like annual flowers, set out for the season as stellar color points in gardens.  They also take as well to containers that may be brought indoors at season’s end to winter over at a bright window. 

05 succulents 027.jpg

A beautifully variegated aeonium growing amidst a field of cobalt blue glass inside a similarly colored pot will make a striking accent indoors or out.

Create Cheap Jewel Gardens 

The most economical place to buy succulents is at your big box home improvement store which usually has a display of small succulents in small pots for just a buck or two each.  These will grow fast if provided plenty of light.  You will find interesting gravels at your local pet store that offers colored aquarium gravel.  If the gravel is safe for fish, it’s safe for your plants.  Large craft stores carry a wide range of colored glass marbles and half balls for flower arrangers, which make perfect jewel garden fillers for pots.  If you watch the paper for craft store advertisements, these glass jewels often go on sale at a low price to draw customers.  That’s the time to stock up. 

Filed Under: Mo

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Search Here:

Recent Posts

  • How to Grow Mexican Mint or Mint Marigold at Home
  • Red Leaf Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa Var. Crispa): An Extraordinary Side Dish
  • How to Pollinate Cucumbers Using Your Own Bare Hands
  • Growing Raspberries Indoors: Planting a Healthy Snack for Your Household
  • Everything You Need to Know About Rose of Sharon Seed

Popular Categories

  • Edible Gardening
    • Beginners
    • Fruit
    • Herb
    • Vegetable
  • Flowers
  • Houseplants
  • Landscaping
  • Mo
  • Pests & Problems
  • Uncategorized

Copyright © 2021. MoPlants. All Rights Reserved.

  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap