ART OF SUCCULENTS
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ART OF SUCCULENTS
We have descended into the garden and
“
caught three hundred slugs. How I love the
mixture of the beautiful and the squalid in
gardening. It makes it so life like
Adam Kopas, owner of Santa Barbara Succulent Art
,
shared propagation techniques with a group of excited
succulent enthusiasts. Even a few folks, who were out for a
walk, took a break from their daily stride and listened in.
While mixing soil for the creations we were about to
make, Adam was bombarded with excellent questions by
garden enthusiasts. There is no doubt the succulent craze
has taken hold in the Valley.
Adam proceeded to demonstrate different ways of planting
succulents and provided plenty of information throughout
the two-hour class.
Excited, the group dove into a large collection of
succulents available for planting, and began filling their
containers of choice.
A Buellton resident brought a beautiful china teacup and
filled it with delicate succulents of choice. Others planted
buckets, pots and wooden boxes with the drought tolerant
beauties.
Succulents do best when kept outdoors in a sunny spot.
Although drought-tolerant, succulents do require water in
order to thrive. The trick is to let the soil completely dry
out in between regular watering cycles.
Succulents really do best with less attention, but it’s
sometimes difficult for a gardener accustomed to watering
their plants every couple of days to wait anywhere from
one to four weeks before watering their succulent,”
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