Succulents can still look beautiful in summer. Here are 7 tough, reliable varieties to recommend.

When growing succulents in summer, you should choose tough ones, such as the 7 below; with just casual care they look gorgeous!

Succulents struggle to get through summer, so when you take up succulents in summer, variety selection matters a lot too. Below, let me recommend 7 very "tough" succulents; even if they cannot achieve their best coloring in summer, they still look gorgeous!

1. Monanthes polyphylla

Also called "Japanese Komatsu", it is a succulent plant of the genus Aeonium in the Crassulaceae family. Many friends may think it is very ordinary, but that is because they have not seen it at its most special.

Day to day it is green. As sunlight hours and temperature differences gradually increase, its color deepens, and in some climates it even turns red. In summer they go dormant because of the high heat, and the whole plant looks like a cabbage, with all the leaves tightly wrapped together, though it still looks quite nice.

Many people say it dies after flowering, so they dare not let it bloom. In fact, you can safely let them flower; they will not die. It is only the flowering branches that wither and die, while new shoots still sprout below.

Restrict water and give more sun, and the color becomes dark brown with a touch of red. Planting a few small ones in a small pot looks especially exquisite, and they can also be paired with some small succulents.

2. Sedum anglicum

A very easy-to-grow succulent; just water again after the soil dries out completely. It especially loves sunlight, and with long sunlight hours its color turns an especially enchanting blue-pink, but the plant becomes shorter and smaller.

It has very strong propagation ability. For stem propagation, just lay the stems flat on an airy, slightly moist soil surface, and remember to keep it ventilated; they will root very quickly.

Be sure not to let them go thirsty, or they will easily die. The normal color is blue-green. Under strong light, not only does the color become tender pink, but the leaves also become more compact and stop stretching out.

3. Prism

A succulent plant of the genus Echeveria in the Crassulaceae family. It easily forms clusters, and the leaf tips point inward. It is fairly easy to confuse with TP. Prism's leaves are more slender than TP's, while TP's leaves are also flatter; Prism's leaves have a curve.

It likes ample sunlight, and when the temperature difference increases and it receives full light, it shows beautiful colors. The growing environment should be cool and dry. It is not cold-tolerant but is drought-tolerant.

Propagation can be done by beheading or leaf cuttings.

4. Echeveria laui

Echeveria laui is a succulent plant of the genus Echeveria in the Crassulaceae family. Its leaf color is white and lustrous, and its plant shape is elegant, looking like a lotus made of ice and snow, holy and refined, like a living work of art. Placed as a potted display on a sunny balcony, windowsill, or similar spot, it is fresh and elegant, with a distinctive style.

Among Echeveria succulents, varieties similar to Echeveria laui include "Echeveria 'Furong Snow Lotus'", whose fleshy leaves are longer than Echeveria laui's, relatively thinner, and slightly pointed at the tip, and whose leaf surface has less dense white powder than Echeveria laui; "Echeveria 'Ji Snow Lotus'" is a small form of Echeveria laui, characterized by a smaller plant and thick, short, wide leaves.

Those little babies that have just grown up make people feel even more maternal love, haha - they look like infants, with little pink cheeks, super cute.

5. Echeveria 'Orange Monroe'

Echeveria 'Orange Monroe' is a succulent plant of the genus Echeveria in the Crassulaceae family. It belongs to the small-to-medium Echeveria varieties. The leaves are spoon-shaped, thick, orange-red, and covered with white-green powder. The powder falls off easily and is hard to regenerate, so great care is needed when transplanting.

Care method: spring and autumn are the growing seasons, and it likes full sun. In summer, high temperatures cause dormancy; keep it ventilated and shaded, and once a week you can spray a small amount of water on the soil surface to prevent root death. In winter, gradually cut off water as temperatures drop, keep the potting soil dry, and improve the plant's cold resistance.

It does not easily form clusters. Propagation can be done by leaf cuttings. Seeing that orange color really makes the whole person especially excited, with a particularly happy feeling. Right?!

6. Echeveria 'Hualifengche'

The leaves are thick and pink. With ample sunlight the leaves are closely arranged; in weak light the leaf color becomes light pink or light green, the leaves become narrow and long, and also thinner, and the spacing between leaves stretches out.

The clustered inflorescence has red and white flowers; the flowers open upward, with five petals when blooming, very beautiful.

7. Little Wild Rose

Also called Wahlenbergia, but Little Wild Rose still sounds better, and the name is quite similar to that of the liked Yoko Ono. They like sun and like water, and need a sunny, ventilated spot with humid air and good drainage; the leaves must not get wet, or they rot when wet.

In a growing environment with ample light and a large temperature difference, the leaves appear brown-red, purplish-red, or pink.

There are many succulent varieties, but in summer you should choose tough ones; you just cannot kill them no matter how you grow them, for a full sense of achievement!