With such a gorgeous range of plants and planters available to us at our Quaker Friars, we felt there was no better way of displaying them than creating some delightful display of planted up succulents. Follow along with us as we turn one of our gorgeous low Tembesi planters from Nkuku into a beautiful indoor garden!
Ingredients:
- Your favourite fig1 planter
- Some gorgeous succulents picked up from Fig1
- Horticultural grit
- Cactus and succulent compost
- Decorative gravel
How to style your planter
Preparing your planter:
Fill the bottom of your planter with horticultural grit, this will help with drainage and ensure your succulents don’t get overwatered.
Preparing your succulent selection:
Measure your plants against the pot and add in a layer of soil up to the bottom of where they will be, you want your plants to sit comfortably in the pot up to the top to ensure the leaves aren’t sitting in wet compost which can cause rot.
Tips and tricks: I like to choose my succulents in threes for a planter of this size, the grouping helps keep the planter looking stylish and stops the plants from getting to cramped.
Building and arranging your planter:
Carefully loosen the pot and take the plant out, shake out the roots gently and add into the planter. Build compost up around the plants until they sit comfortably, press firmly on the compost around the plant to ensure they are secure.
Finishing and decorating the planter:
Once each of your plants are secure, carefully spread decorative gravel around each plant and under each of the bottom leaves. This creates better drainage, ensuring leaves are sitting in water and we love how it looks!
Planting into an indoor pot with no drainage:
Succulents are the ideal choice for planters without drainage, they need little watering which helps to avoid root rot – and makes them the ideal choice if you’re prone to forgetting about your plants! To combat this further add horticultural grit under the soil, this will stop water building up in the soil around your succulents. You can also combat this by adding gravel on top, this adds a protective layer between low hanging leaves and the wet soil!