After a year of growing succulents, they taught me more than just being cute

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Submission date: 2018-04-06

Edited and compiled by: Encyclopedia Jun

Location: Zunyi City, Guizhou Province

I happened to buy a few pots of green plants at a flower shop, among them Sedum morganianum 'Burrito', Senecio rowleyanus, and Echeveria 'Black Prince'. At the time I didn't know their names, nor did I know what succulents were. Just like that, I stumbled into the succulent rabbit hole, and then one after another on Taobao I started the cycle of succulents - pots - soil. Once you fall into succulents, it's as deep as the sea; from then on your wallet is a stranger. Say more and it's all tears. Without further ado, here are a few sets of comparison photos from when I first started and now. Can't call it an inspirational post, but consider it a memento of one year in the hobby.

Aeonium 'Sunburst', they came to my home around this time last year, and in the blink of an eye they have accompanied me through the cycle of the four seasons. This year, I also went from a succulent newbie to a succulent expert growing several hundred pots. Take a look, this color, this condition, they really haven't let down all the care I put into you.

The Graptopetalum amethystinum that came to my home in April last year also had a grayish color, and over the year it put on red makeup, moved into a mansion, and became mature and steady without losing its beauty.

The Echeveria 'Shuxian' and Echeveria 'Nana's Hook' I bought online back then, I was very disappointed when they arrived, so green it was painful to look at. Time is the best paintbrush, and after just a few months the succulents had all become beautiful.

That Greenovia aurea in the basket as it first looked when it arrived, in this spring of a hundred flowers blooming it refuses to be outdone either

So Greenovia aurea blooms this wildly. I raise succulents the same way I raise children, I like to follow their own rhythms, relatively letting them be free, I don't like deliberately controlling water or cutting off flower stalks, as long as they're healthy it's fine, there's no need to deliberately pursue

Senecio rowleyanus, what a romantic name. I consider it the top choice for beginners, especially easy to care for, and it fills a pot fast.

In one year it grew this big, and a few pots were even taken by people who just reach out for them. Three hundred words omitted here

Aeonium 'Splendens', a classic case of give it a little sunshine and it shines.

The crested Graptopetalum 'Moon Goddess' also has a new owner

Echeveria 'Rain and Zhang', I bought it back then because of this name, but I didn't know it also has another name, Echeveria 'Femme Fatale'

For a while I got addicted to making arrangement pots, I made so many pots, all kinds of styles, and gave several away.

If life is a quick glance at flowers while riding a horse, then living is slowing down to savor and appreciate. When you fall in love with succulents, you have something to keep watch over as you stop. Slowly, a simple hobby turns into something to hold on to. From the first few pots to several hundred now, the succulents have accompanied me all along the way, I witnessed their growth, and they will give back to you their most beautiful side.

Echeveria 'Shuxian'

Sedum 'Cream Yellow Peach'

Echeveria 'Nana's Hook'

Echeveria 'Yuzhu Dongyun', also known as Golden Ivory

Lotus and Cixi, I can't tell them apart at all

Echeveria 'Roxima'

Fifty Bell Jade and Dark Ice

Furong Snow Lotus and Sedum pachyphyllum 'Yu Nü Xin'. Most of my succulents are common varieties, but that doesn't affect my love for them at all. In my view, succulents have no distinction of noble or humble; raise common ones well and they can make a comeback too

Echeveria 'Crispy Duck', sounds tasty doesn't it

Growing succulents means you have to withstand the test of time. I'm glad for the persistence that carried me all the way from a succulent newbie, because only then did it buy your beauty today. So growing succulents is a mood, and even more a life attitude!

Finally let's do a little popular science, turns out growing succulents has so many benefits. Well, anyway I don't plan to jump out of the succulent rabbit hole. With so many benefits to growing succulents, is anyone thinking of getting into the hobby? Welcome to the rabbit hole

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