My Succulent Growing Journey: Sharing My Care Experience

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My first succulent was an Aeonium 'Sunburst'; in two years it went from a tiny single plant to dozens of heads today, and it plunged me headfirst into the succulent rabbit hole.

The most ordinary Sempervivum 'Guanyin Lotus', grown outdoors all year round, has pupped ring after ring of offsets, and the pot is almost out of room to hold them.

Ghost Princess, Graptopetalum mendozae, and Pink Moon in a mixed pot are also veterans; pink in spring, autumn and winter, lush green in summer, but truly tough as nails.

The Graptopetalum mendozae has become an old stem; though it is a common variety, it has grown especially neat and proper, and this color is enough to set your mind at ease.

Millet Star grows extremely slowly, but after all its wandering it has become a big cluster, with especially lovely red tips.

Jade Lotus, paired with this dainty pot, with its eyes gently lowered, makes you feel tender toward it and never tire of looking.

Daruma Funicular, in what counts as an excellent state; sniff it lightly in the sun and there is a faint trace of fragrance.

Sedum rubrotinctum 'Aurora', it is still worth a close look in spring, autumn and winter, but once summer arrives it instantly reverts to a bean sprout.

Red Pink Beauty, true to its name; in two years, from a flat sprawling pancake, green as can be, I actually trained it into a small old stem. One glance can overthrow a city, a second glance can overthrow a nation.

Pink Vine, so pink and so graceful; unfortunately I have never given her a nicer pot, a lady's looks with a servant girl's fate.

I have several Onsno, but this double-headed one is the most beautiful I have grown, completely jelly-colored.

Static Night, though it always dies in summer, it can still be beautiful for three seasons, so I buy again after it dies and it dies after I buy, never tiring of it.

Bear's Paw, those red fingertips are so adorable, like a lovely child opening its little hands to ask an adult for treats.

Mountain Rose, the eternal rose.

First Love, once it colors up it truly lives up to its name, shy and hesitant, as if wanting to speak but holding back.

This pot of Rosetta, to grow it until it is enchantingly red, I really admire myself.

Sempervivum and Little Tengu, grown outdoors in winter, red to the point of purple, and in summer they turn lush green.

Ebony, still being figured out, grows extremely slowly and is very hard to bring out its best.

These are not real fruit; they are called Red Berry, and they turn green as soon as the weather heats up.

In spring they are gorgeous and alluring.

Little Man Festival, especially fond of water; those with itchy hands can buy more, no matter how you water it, it is fine.

They have all opened up, filling the pot, and may really grow into a little pine forest.

Lily Lili, with a faint fragrance; I look forward to it pupping a ring of offsets into a bouquet shape.

Purple Lilac, after suffering pest damage in summer, still came back beautifully; not to be underestimated.

Keel Jade String, I lost a pot last summer, but since I like it I bought another small old stem; the key point is it needs protection.

New Jade String, after two years it has already trailed over the pot.

Money String, not for stringing coins, only for filling the pot.

Last year's severely summer-damaged succulents, given up for dead, I put them together in a broken pot, and unexpectedly they grew into a pot full of fresh flesh, so do not lightly give up until the very end.

And this pot of mixed succulents is the same; when it seemed beyond saving, unexpectedly the wooden pot burst open but the succulents were reborn.

Still a pot of damaged succulents, but no longer what it once was.

Nvchu, this pot has turned completely jelly-colored.

Thick-leaved Moon Shadow, Nana's Little Hook and others; I look forward to them surviving summer and then showing clear red and green.

Ice Plum

Red Crane, though a bit green, has burst out countless heads on the stem, especially clean and neat.

Mixed assorted pot, I cannot even name them, but the colors are especially eye-catching.

Tom Comic, charming round beads; growing them well, round and pink is truly not easy.

Water control and light finally turned Allen, Red Bean and others into little fatties.

Two Peach Beauties, after more than a year of growing they were all dry and scarred like old women, but a few spring rains nourished them, and instead they opened up and became beauties.

The Peach Beauty in this mixed pot has always stood elegantly; Crispy Duck, Tree Ice, Laura, with two little Peach Eggs accompanying them around, but unfortunately Spring Miracle bloomed and then was gone.

Cream Maidenheart, a cute girl, makes you want to take a bite.

Laura or Hananoii, I am silly and cannot tell them apart.

Grape, once grown well it will surely be beautiful.

Haworthia cooperi, crystal clear.

Yuanka, the key point is to grow out red tips.

Dailun

Lime Chili, I really do not know why it is called this.

Money Road, such a strange name.

Large Pink Moon Shadow, red edges appear in spring, and the rosette form is especially beautiful.

Violet Queen, beautiful enough to hurt your eyes in spring and autumn; a few spring rains turned the color green.

Red Ruby has pupped ring after ring of offsets, White Line has also burst countless heads; you two can fight over territory in the same pot.

Blue Elf stem, just bought online from Yunnan in spring, both beautiful and fairy-like; it bloomed, became a mother, and spread out, so I will slowly grow it back.

Another pot of hodgepodge succulents.

Fifty Bells, I like it very much.

I do not know how to grow Lithops, they are dry; Blue Ji Lotus and Seaside Grey also show no growth. Sometimes growing succulents is truly a trial for oneself.

Haworthia cooperi mixed pot.

This Allen is almost grown into a Peach Egg, full of a sense of accomplishment.

Cream Yellow Peach.

Baby Fingers; the large ones are truly unaffordable, so I start from a baby.

Various small water bubbles, I also do not know how to grow them; they are surely somewhat different from Sedum types, still researching.

The same Money String, sturdy and strong.

The adorable Peach Egg, the darling of every succulent grower.

Can I grow a ten-li Peach Egg forest? Better to grow ten pots; a single plant is quite pricey, and once you fall into the succulent rabbit hole, your wallet becomes a stranger from then on.

Two small Pink Moon Shadows.

Mexican Powder Blue Bird, will it grow into its best state? Looking forward to it.

Thin-leaved Blue Bird has actually grown very beautifully.

Moon House and Pink Ball, without coloring up they are almost impossible to compare.

Chihuahua, mixed pot with Sedum rubrotinctum 'Aurora'.

Debbie, Sasha, and Echeveria 'Furong Snow Lotus' mixed pot.

Blood Ji Lotus

Wax Peony

Alpine Moon Shadow and Blue Sapphire.

Yellow Bear, not yet showing its brilliance.

Hierro Mountain Rose

Jade Butterfly stem and two Crayon Little Stars.

Little Tengu, also hard to grow in summer.

Blue Bean, surrounded by a pot-bursting Sedum hispanicum, probably about to have no room left.

Echeveria pulvinata, fuzzy, very easy to grow and easy to color up.

Purple Cashmere

Red Lotus and other common varieties.

Green Peach, thick leaves and plump.

Absinthe and Rose Lotus

Lindsay, looks like a Chihuahua.

Sedum dasyphyllum, the top choice for filling a pot.

Echeveria runyonii 'Topsy Turvy', easy to stretch and sprawl, so the only way is to be ruthless and keep plucking leaves.

Another Echeveria runyonii 'Topsy Turvy' that I plucked into a little beauty stem over two years.

May my balcony succulents bring everyone a beautiful visual enjoyment.

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