Mixed succulents |
Having worked in an era where a few large statement plants were the thing, I am having to adapt to the fact that the aim suddenly appears to make your home (or heaven forbid: office) look like your gran's lounge did in the 1970s, i.e. lots of little plants everywhere.
Even those macrame hangers are back, though I still await the return of those glass globes my mother used to have hanging in them.
One thing that seems to have become super-popular is succulents, and I can understand why: certainly if getting in to house plants for the first time, something that needs very little watering is a winner.
The only issue I am having is that there seem to be quite an array of names and I'm just not that up on them. I need to know the Latin names of plants as we order them in Latin from Holland. In fact we order them in Latin with a little bit of English and Dutch thrown in.
Fear not! Holland sell trays of 'mixed succulents', like the picture top left so I don't need to, though I can tell you that there are two kinds of Crassulas and some Echeverias in there, though the two at the front I have no idea on.
One I do know is a rather delicate trailing succulent called a Rhipsalis, which comes in quite a variety of types. I mention it as we have a client in Bournemouth who has them hanging from the roof all over the place in macrame hangers. Not the one shown below; though I rather like these with their built-in water indicator and hope to sell some soon.
Jonathan
Rhipsalis (Cassutha, since you asked) |
Planter in macrame hanger with built in water indicator |