Echeveria runyonii ‘Topsy Turvy’ is an intriguing succulent hybrid with warped leaves that curl inwards and then up. Topsy Turvy is also quite a hardy plant if you follow a few rules. Below we will look at how to grow this amazing succulent along with some common problems. The advice is based on growing thousand…

Succulents are incredibly resilient and can tolerate conditions other plants struggle with. There is a wide range of temperatures succulents will thrive in, but some succulents are hardier than others. Because so many different plants fall under the term ‘succulent’, it is hard to categorically state the needs of all succulents, so we are going…

Succulent leaf propagation is both fun and rewarding. It is quite amazing that a whole new plant can be grown from just one leaf. But there is a trick to succulent leaf propagation and some succulents are easier to propagate this way than others. At our nursery Fern Farm Plants leaf propagation is a big…

Xerosicyos danguyi, Silver Dollar Vine, String of Nickels or the String of Coins is a very popular, but quite a rare succulent with coin shaped leaves. While it is fairly hardy there are a few tricks to keeping it happy and propagating. In this article we will look at how to successfully grow and propagate…

With its bright red, waxy rosette Echeveria Rubin is a very desirable succulent. This gorgeous plant usually produces solitary rosettes with zero to only a few pups, if you’re lucky. It is quite rare to get more than one or two pups from one plant. Cutting the top of the rosette to try and encourage…

Many of you may wonder what on earth is beheading a succulent and why would someone want to commit such a crime against a perfectly good plant. Although it all sounds rather drastic, there are circumstances when chopping the top part off your succulent is not such a bad idea. The reasons for beheading a…