Over a month ago, on an early spring excursion to a garden center in Stratford, Mom bought this very cool metal planter. We thought the size would be perfect for a mini succulent garden that could be placed in the center of our patio table.
With the container purchased, all we needed were some succulents to plant in it. Nothing too exotic.
Hens and chicks are always a good choice.
All of our planting supplies were gathered together on the back deck. Before putting anything in the planter we punched drainage holes in the bottom. To avoid filling the entire planter with a lot of unnecessary soil and to raise the plants up a little, the bottom third was filled with stones.
A layer of landscape fabric was place on top of the stones to keep the soil from draining out the bottom. Potting soil went in next.
The succulents were set in on top of the soil to see if the height was correct, then mom filled in with more potting soil.
Here’s our little container garden of succulents. The only thing I might add is a layer of pea gravel.
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