Summer Care for Your Succulents Amazing tips

Don’t let midsummer heat, sun and dryness damage your succulents!

If you live in an arid climate and grow succulents in the open garden (as I do), I suggest you ~

— Move sun-sensitive potted succulents into the shade: haworthias, gasterias, euphorbias, faucarias, sansevierias, echeverias, and anything variegated.

— Give aloes and crassulas enough sun to turn bright colors but not so much that tips shrivel or burn.

— Shade horizontal stems of trailing aloes, senecios, othonna and the like. Sunburn will hinder stems’ ability to transmit moisture from roots to leaves.

— Watch my latest video: Succulents, Sun and Summer. On an 89-degree day in my garden, I check on succulents small and large and explain how I care for and protect them.

— Minimize evaporation by watering early in the morning or late in the day.

— Give in-ground succulents a weekly deep soaking rather than a frequent light spray.

— If soil goes dry to a depth of 6 inches despite auto irrigation, supplement with hose watering.

— Pay particular attention to your garden during heat waves and Santa Ana winds, when plants are most vulnerable.

— Aeoniums and other succulents that have closed their rosettes to protect their vital cores should be watered minimally or not at all, lest dormant roots rot. The plants will revive when the rains return.

— Evaluate garden areas in need of shade, and plant trees when the weather cools in the fall. (See my video: Twelve Low-Water Trees for Succulent Landscapes.)

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