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Here's a fun project that I did with succulent plants recently: a purse topiary. Take a moss covered purse form and plant it up with succulents. It was easy to make, fun to let the imagination run wild, and turned out looking pretty exciting.I did this with a friend, which was a lot of fun. Each of our succulent topiary purses ended up looking completely different. Planting these would be a blast as a group project or at a party. Here's the step-by-step. It's going to be very similar to any othe

Don't over-water. Hens and chick plants die from too much water. They are drought tolerant and don't need to be watered very often. I'm sure that anyone starting to grow hen and chick plants has heard or read something like this. I'm here to say, not always true.The Experiment I took two hen and chick starters and planted them side by side in plastic cups. One container had holes for drainage, the other did not.Over-Watering I filled the cup without holes until water pooled above the soil. Whene

As I look at glazed ceramic pots, ironworks, decorative planters and pretty much anything else that could hold a little dirt, I find myself thinking, "Hens and Chicks would look great in that!"I recently found a wire chicken container that looked like it was made to plant up with Hens and Chicks. So, here's a little step-by-step in planting up containers that aren't solid. All you need is the container, potting soil, sphagnum moss and the hen and chick plants.Soak the sphagnum moss in a bowl of

Echeveria plants are a very large type of succulent. They look similar to sempervivums and both are often simply called Hens and Chicks. Both plants are drought resistant and can be propagated from offsets. However, here are a couple differences that are very useful to know when growing echeveria.Echeveria do not die after flowering like sempervivums. They are polycarpic. In other words, they can flower several times during their lives. So, if you are growing both semps and echeveria together, b