Many eye-catching succulent arrangements are mounded, meaning plants are massed atop the container. Mounded arrangements look established right away and are quick and easy to assemble. The secret is stack root balls on top of each other and angle rosettes outward. They don't tumble out because they're recessed a little, and are supported by those below them.
Materials
Sempervivum and sedum
For a 12-inch-diameter container 3 inches deep, I used 22 sempervivums (hens-and-chicks) and six sedums (stonecrops), all in 2-inch pots. Find species and cultivar names below. All are from Mountain Crest Gardens and are cold-hardy to at least zero (some to -30F). Other rosette succulents, like echeverias, would work as well.
Learn more about cold-hardy succulents.
Step-by-Step DIY
I drilled a hole in this stoneware serving bowl so I could use it as a pot for succulents.
- (Above) Fill the container to about an inch below the rim with potting soil.
First layer
2. (Above) Slide plants out of their pots and lean them along the rim with their root balls atop the soil, and the base of each rosette resting on the edge of the pot.
Note: You'll see in the video I replaced several bottom-row semps with sedums. They add texture and trail.
3. (Below) Add soil to fill the open area shown in the first step, then add more plants to create a similar second layer. These should be recessed, angle upward at about 45 degrees, with bottom leaves resting against the top leaves of the first layer.
Second layer
4. (Below) Add more plants to create the third (top) layer. Add soil to elevate them, if need be, so the overall shape of the arrangement is a dome. Tuck sedum into gaps. (Gently pull root balls apart to make the sedums easier to plant.)
Top layer
5. (Below) Fill remaining openings with soil. (I used a spoon.) To add interest, I embellished the arrangement with ceramic drawer knobs that resemble semps.
Add soil to openings
6. (Below) Hose off the arrangement to remove soil clinging to the leaves and help secure the root balls. When mine was done dripping, I used it for a patio table centerpiece.
Varieties I used (but just about any semps and fine-leaved sedums will work):
Sempervivum heuffelii (various), S. calcareum, S. 'Watermelon Rind', S. globiferum, S. arachnoideum, S. 'El Greco', S. 'Zulu', S. 'Chocolate Kiss', S. 'Strawberry Kiwi', S. 'Mint Marvel'; Sedum spathulifolium 'Harvest Moon', S. hispanicum 'Blue Carpet', S. spurium 'Tri-Color', S. dasyphyllum 'Himalayan Skies', S. tetractinum.
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