California Plants

Growing succulents can be easy or difficult depending on how you like to care for your plants. If you tend to over nurture plants, you’ll need to get used to neglecting plants when you start with succulents.  If you like to neglect your outdoor plants, you’re ready for succulents. Succulents generally have thick, fleshy leaves. Many originally live in dry areas. This means they like the soil to dry out between waterings. Succulents like a minimum of a half day of sun. Full sun is ideal. When growing succulents in pots, smaller containers are best as they like to be constrained at their roots. Succulents are very rewarding, often displaying beautiful leaves. Many succulents have spectacular flowers when they bloom. Plants can be inches in feet to taller than a person.

Ferns can make your other plants look great or look terrific on their own. They provide a backdrop or greenery buffer that not many plants can do so well. Often people think of shade and grow begonias, fuschias, and impatiens, forgetting about ferns. The beautiful contoured shape of a fern frond looks like a beautiful feather.

When growing ferns, ensure you will have enough moisture in the soil as well as drainage. Ferns don’t like to dry out in between waterings, as they can be grown near Azaleas and Camellias. The wide variety of ferns include those that are soft and tiny to huge and leathery. Some common, nice ferns to grow include Wood Ferns and Maidenhair Ferns. Once ferns are established in the ground, they will begin expanding in size and creeping. There are ferns for many locations, and types of shade conditions you may have. Learn houseplant secrets here in this book to understand about more houseplants and conditions.