How to match a beautiful succulent dish?
The editor explains the related experience of succulents, how to match a beautiful succulent dish? Here is a detailed introduction.
Many flower enthusiasts see beautiful succulent dishes online and want to try but don't know where to start. Now we answer some common questions in the hope that they can be helpful to everyone.
● The habits of succulents
Generally speaking, we divide succulents into two categories, "winter type" and "summer type."
The optimal growth temperature for winter type is 10°-20°C, below 5° or above 30°C will enter dormancy, and water should be cut off during dormancy. Most of the Crassulaceae, Liliaceae, and Aizoaceae belong to the winter type.
The optimal growth temperature for summer type is above 15°C. Cactaceae and Euphorbiaceae belong to the summer type.
In the Crassulaceae, the "winter type" and "summer type" are not absolute, just relative concepts. Many succulents change their habits with the migration of the environment. For example, the Echeveria is a summer type in its native habitat and is very vigorous in summer, but in our area, it actually enters dormancy in summer; another example is the Sempervivum, which is native to Hokkaido and should be very cold-resistant, but what we see is - dormant in winter, revive in spring, and flourish in summer and autumn... This shows that different maintenance environments have a significant impact on plants.
● The appearance of succulents
The second factor to consider when making a dish is the appearance of the succulents. Specifically, this includes shape, color, etc. Taking the Crassulaceae as an example, let's talk about how to match them.
○ Shape
: Common Crassulaceae plants are roughly divided into two types, "columnar" and "flower-like."
Columnar plants are represented by the genus Crassula; flower-like plants are more numerous, such as Echeveria, Aeonium, Sempervivum, and Pachyphytum.
Crassula plants grow straight up and easily branch out.
Echeveria, Sempervivum, and Pachyphytum are relatively short and easy to cluster.
Aeonium is also flower-like but has a straight stem and may grow relatively tall.
When matching, please pay attention to the arrangement of heights to create a pleasing effect:
○ Color
: When the temperature difference is significant, Crassulaceae plants will change color, replacing their original green with brighter colors, mainly yellow, red, purple, white, black, and blue, with representative plants as follows.
Yellow: Xurihui, Huangli, Huangxing, Mingyue, Huangjinhuayue, Dongyun.
Red: Huojie, Hongzhilian, Jilongyue.
Purple: Zizhu, LanShiLian, ShuangzhiHe.
Brown: Zhipu, Liangzhucao.
White: Bai Mudan, Baoshihua, Xuelian, Lushi Shilian.
Black: Heishifa, Heiwangzi, Dajin, Xiaojin.
Blue: Huayueye, LanDaolian, Lansong.
● How to make a dish?
The final issue to address is how to plant such dense succulents? Simply put, plant them one by one. My habit is to plant one along the "diameter" first, then plant on both sides.
The above is the detailed content about how to match a beautiful succulent dish. I hope it can be helpful to you!