Succulents Made This Outdoor-Loving Tomboy Reluctant to Leave Home

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Location: Huangshi City, Hubei Province

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Li Yugang 

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Before I fell into the succulent rabbit hole, I was crazy about outdoor sports, known as an outdoor tomboy: stream tracing, rock climbing, waterfall rappelling, cycling, swimming, hiking, trekking, traveling... never getting tired of it.

One day in December 2015, I was strolling through a flower market with my bestie, wanting to bring some green plants home, when I suddenly discovered these adorable little chubby plants called succulents, and immediately brought them home! It was these little chubby succulents that led me into the rabbit hole!

Since then, this tomboy has vanished from the outdoors. Every day I can't bear to leave these adorable succulents, and started hunting for succulents, planting succulents, photographing succulents, admiring succulents...

Seeing the changes in these veteran-level chubby succulents, the balcony can no longer contain my heart that loves chubby succulents. I want a whole courtyard of succulents.

Echeveria chihuahuaensis (Chihuahua)

Echeveria glauca (Blue Stone Lotus)

Opalina

Every single succulent is the apple of my eye. Outdoor growing is the way to go, haha, enjoy my little garden's outdoor-grown chubby succulents!

Echeveria runyonii (Topsy Turvy) definitely dies in Hubei's summer

Sedum 'Tree Ice'

Lily Lili

Echeveria chihuahuaensis (Chihuahua) has zero stress getting through summer

Echeveria 'Cute Rose'

Easily gets leggy in summer

Sedum 'New Jade'

Echeveria 'Blue Surprise'

Echeveria 'Roxima'

Echeveria 'Pink Ruby' small old stump

Echeveria 'Sasa Queen' just potted

Echeveria chihuahuaensis (Chihuahua)

Echeveria 'Daren'

My favorite Lotus

Echeveria 'Qiluo' after the rain

Echeveria 'Ben Badis'

Echeveria 'Onslow' has been plucked leaf by leaf by my bestie into a small old stump

Echeveria 'Berry'

A big pot of Echeveria 'Moon Fairy'

The super large pot of Echeveria 'Tia' that just won't turn red

The Echeveria runyonii (Topsy Turvy) that has already passed away

Love this shape

Sedum pachyphyllum 'Jelly' (Jelly Otomebora)

Echeveria 'Nana Little Hook'

Pansy, this volcanic stone flower pot was brought home from a trip to Yunnan

Echeveria 'Soft Seat'

The bright red Fire Cracker

Echeveria 'Cai Lu'

The common cheap Graptopetalum paraguayense (Ghost Plant) can be this beautiful

Echeveria 'Orange Monroe' from a group buy

Pansy

Sedum 'Red Tip' (Hong Zhilian), this pot has been around for years

Echeveria 'Green Claw'

Sedum 'Spring Sprout'

Still the Pansy

Echeveria 'Dance of the Evening Glow'

Don't know why it's called Cixi

Echeveria 'Da Vinci'

Echeveria 'Wax Peony'

The Pansy my bestie is fostering, haha

Echeveria 'Luo Qi'

Don't know what kind of cristata this is

Sempervivum mixed pot

Greenovia aurea (Mountain Rose), now also curled into a bun

Echeveria 'Blue Bird' isn't blue

Echeveria 'Peach'

Echeveria 'Xiuyan'

Echeveria 'Ice Berry'?

Echeveria 'Blue Apple'

Echeveria 'Berry'

Sedum 'Yachiyo' old stump

The succulents are now all green, but I still love them the same, never leaving nor forsaking them. Treat succulents with sincerity, and they will surely show you their beauty!

Ever since I got a whole courtyard of succulents, my lifestyle has changed too. Every morning when I open my eyes, I run to the courtyard to observe and inspect the succulents. On nice days, I invite two or three besties to sit quietly in the courtyard drinking coffee, reading books, chatting, and admiring succulents... Every night before bed, I must read the Succulent Plant Encyclopedia...

Until I got poisoned by Su Jun's Aeonium, haha, having a courtyard means being willful!

Especially when I see the transformation of each Aeonium, I love Aeonium even more willfully! Haha, but whether it's chubby succulents or Aeonium, after more than two years of accumulated succulent-growing experience and learning experience, I no longer follow trends, chasing after which variety to collect. I choose succulents that suit Hubei, suit my own home environment, and suit what I can grow well myself. For example, no matter how much I like Echeveria runyonii (Topsy Turvy), I won't buy it again - buying it every year and every year it dies on you.

Summer Aeonium care: ventilation, rain and sun protection, prevent sunburn, don't cut off water, water in the evening or spray the leaves occasionally when the temperature is slightly lower. Too much water easily causes stem rot.

Aeonium 'Copper Kettle'

Aeonium 'Shaoxiu'

Aeonium 'Green Velvet'

Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' (Black Aeonium)

Aeonium 'Green Velvet', now curled into a rose shape

Aeonium 'Round Leaf'

Aeonium 'Lace Brocade'

My bestie's beloved

Aeonium 'Purple Velvet'

Original Green Aeonium

My bestie's fostered one

Aeonium 'Round Leaf'

Aeonium 'Sunny Day Glow'

Aeonium 'Halloween'

The Aeonium 'Yulong' that was always half-dead, after beheading this spring and repotting, has grown well

Aeonium 'Green Tea'

Green in winter, and in spring so beautiful it has no friends - the Aeonium 'Sunny Day Glow'

The enchanting Aeonium 'Voodoo'

Aeonium 'Salad Bowl'

? meter tall Aeonium 'Shaoxiu'

A corner of the garden

Now my husband plants flowers and I grow succulents, and the little courtyard is full of fragrance and succulents! Take a look at the flowers my husband planted.

I love this kind of life: a little courtyard, succulents, a flower-loving husband, and the key is having two besties who love succulents as much as I do.

Succulent culture needs you and me to promote it! Remember to share good articles more, so more people fall in love with succulents! Use the power of plants to influence and heal the people around us!

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