Fiesta-bright succulents are always a wonderful addition to the full sun garden. However, this season, we're entranced by those that we're calling "moody pales." Sheer colors—warm, fleshy pinks, cool silvery blues, pinkish-burgundy, and silvery foliage. This adds romance, while still being as fuss-free as any other type of succulent. Here are a few ideas and a few plants to get you going.
(Note: Swing by your local garden center—find yours here —for even more wonderful choices.)
(Above) A moss-lined planter is stuffed to overflow with a mix of succulents. Although the idea here is to keep to one colorway. Pinks, purples, variegated…and plenty of each. (Below) A shallow dish with rocks and cactus mix is the ideal vessel. Especially for this sampler of nearly glowing, pale succulents.
(Above) Blue-silver chalksticks add the cool note to this planter of fleshy-pink and pinkish-burgundy sedums. This combination thrives in full sun outdoors, and indoors with full sun and careful watering. (Below) How amazing is this window box’s combination of agave, sedum, and donkey’s tail succulents?
A FEW PLANTS TO GET YOU STARTED
Perle von Nurnberg Echeveria
Zone: 9 – 11
Perfect filler for a container, rosettes with deep pink highlights are dusted in powdery white; pretty coral-hued flowers in summer. Partial to full sun.
SunSparkler® Dazzleberry Sedum
Zone: 4 – 9
Disease resistant foliage retains its fantastic smoky blue-grey color from spring through fall. Spreads to form colorful clumps. Full sun.
Safari Rose Aloe
Zone: 9 – 11
Compact, repeat bloomer keeps the color coming with big, showy spikes of light salmon-pink flowers. All over green leaves with grey-red tips. Partial to full sun.
SunSparkler® Lime Twister Sedum
Zone: 4 – 9
An exciting, ground-hugging, hardy succulent with two-tone lime green leaves edged in creamy yellow. Soft pink flower clusters bloom in late summer. Partial to full sun.
Blue Glow Agave
Zone: 8 – 11
Smooth, blue-green leaves with yellow-edged, red margins form a single, symmetrical rosette. Each leaf tip bears a short red spine. Partial to full sun.
Blue Chalksticks
Zone: 10 -11
Add height and scale to containers with powdery blue-green fleshy leaves. These take on purple tints in extreme heat and sun exposure. Full sun.
Artichoke Agave
Zone: 6 – 9
Symmetrical rosettes with wide, blue-gray foliage that forms large clumps. Flowers initially appear pink or red then turn a golden yellow color. Full sun.
Old Man’s Bones Stonecrop
Zone: 3 – 9
Its flowers are beloved by butterflies and bees. Its succulent leaves can flush pink, red, purple or bronze-sometimes all at once. Flourish even in poor soils. Full sun.
Autumn Joy Stonecrop
Zone: 4 – 11
A classic (and pollinator magnet). Large, plate-like flower clusters that start pink, then gracefully age to rosy russet-red in fall. Partial to full sun.
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