If you have a special pot that needs pairing with the perfect succulent, take the pot with you to the nursery or have it at hand when you're shopping online. Plant-pot pairings are a lot like picking throw pillows for your sofa. You have to see them together to know if they work.
Aloe 'Swordfish' in a Pat Roach pot.
Friend and potter Pat Roach recently drove south from Cerritos, CA to pair five of her pots with succulents at Oasis Water Efficient Gardens. It's a succulent specialty nursery in Escondido, CA owned by a large grower of succulents, Altman Plants. The inventory changes often, and new cultivars show up there first.
Kalanchoes 'Chocolate Soldier' and 'Teddy Bear' in a Pat Roach pot
Pat uses a potter's wheel rather than hand-molding clay, so her pots have traditional rounded shapes. She favors glazes that create a speckled, two-tone finish: charcoal gray and blue, rusty brown and teal, greenish gold and orange---to name a few. She also may emboss the clay with patterns.
She and I were keen to observe the magic that happens when you walk down an aisle of succulents holding an empty pot. Typically, plenty of the plants look OK, some are definite no's, and one or two are Wow's. We took a video of the pairing process so you can see it too.
After we selected succulents for five pots, I planted them back home---that's on the video, too, with design and potting tips. In the video, you'll also see my all-purpose topdressing, what I do when a plant turns out to be a lot of floppy cuttings, how I hold a succulent with spines, and more. Enjoy!
Crested Myrtillocactus geometrizans repeats the pot's wavy texture.
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