How to Use Succulents In Garden Design

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Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

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🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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When we think of succulents, we think of cacti - but that is far from the only type of succulent out there. Nan shares how she thinks about them as well as a few key species to try. Connect With Nan Sterman: Nan Sterman is a garden expert, botanist, journalist, and educator. She hosts a TV show called A Growing Passion, is the author of three books, has a online garden school, and designs gardens. Waterwise Gardener Seed Starting Workshop San Diego Gardener Facebook Group A Growing Passion TV Show Hot Color, Dry Garde and the rest of Nan’s books Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques, and Chris) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	As a primarily edible gardener, I will confess that the world of succulents is a little
0:19.4	foreign to me.
0:20.4	I mean, certainly living in San Diego, you get a better perspective on them than maybe
0:24.0	someone living in a colder climate where they're a little harder to pull off.
0:28.8	I could stand to learn quite a bit and I suspect many of you listening could as well,
0:32.8	which is why I'm happy we have Nance Sherman back on the show.
0:35.9	Now, I know that you use these a lot and I'm assuming your own garden, but also the designs
0:40.8	that you do.
0:42.3	And I would love maybe just a primer for those who don't know exactly what a succulent
0:47.6	is.
0:48.6	Oh, that's a great question.
0:51.9	So a succulent plant is a plant that is adapted to growing under dry conditions by the way
1:02.4	they evolve is that when there is a lot of water available, they take up that water and
1:07.9	they store it in their roots, in their stems, or in their leaves.
1:12.2	So they have really fleshy, usually leaves.
1:15.4	We see the leaves.
1:16.4	That was the most obvious succulents.
1:18.0	Those are the ones we use in the garden the most, really, really fleshy leaves.
1:22.4	So you might be familiar with agave or aloes or a chavaria or calendcoes.
1:30.2	Those are all plants that are succulent.
1:34.7	Now succulents is a characteristic.
1:37.2	So there are members of probably almost every plant family that are succulent.
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