Succulents
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Liz
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What are the best type of succulents to plant along a wooden fence? Morning light and sun exposure in the afternoon.
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Hens and chicks.....they grow well and spread like crazy.....Some small rocks placed here and there adds a nice touch. I live in northern Michigan and they handle the fierce winters and snow well. Grows well in any climate.....
Carolyn Jagielski
on Oct 22, 2015
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Any perennial live for ever will be fine. I would plant them in-between large rocks for a more dramatic effect.
Janet Pizaro
on Oct 22, 2015
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Live for ever is a succulent. That is the name and is drought tolerent. The only reason I said perenial is because many succulents will not come back the following year.
Janet Pizaro
on Oct 23, 2015
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Try a Sedum Autumn Joy grows fast flowers at end of summer not too tall and very easy to propagate if you get the urge
Keith Widgington
on Oct 23, 2015
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How much space do you have? What height(s) do you want? Jade and portulaca (elephant food) can give you big bushes-- and you can get variegated varieties. They do flower, so you'll get that as well, after a year or so. Pencil plant (a Euphorbia) will also grow into a tall bush-- and there is a variety that turns yellow and orange in the sun. For large clumps-- Agave attenuata (eventually, sends up a "swan neck" flower spike); Aeonium urbicum makes somewhat smaller clumps, and look nice spaced with Aeonium "Schwartzkopf". There also are drought tolerant perennials that should do well for you, mixed in with the succulents-- statice (sea lavender) and morea/Dietes iridioides (African iris), although both will need to be divided every few years; I have both mixed in with my "succulent hedge"-- except for rain, they haven't been watered for a couple of years (I'm in San Diego, so we get about the same amount). If you want ground cover... the smaller sedums, of course, or a jade relative called "dangling waterlilies", do well.
Kaytee
on Oct 23, 2015
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Hi Kaytee ~ Thank you for your input. My need is along a 6 ft. high wood fence 8 ft. in length with a width of about 1 ft. to the cement patio. I would be looking for tall succulents with ground cover. As with San Diego we in Long Beach have had very little rain are on water restriction days for watering so I'm replacing my gardens with succulents. I'm going to look into sedums and dangling water lilies. Thank you so much!
Liz
on Oct 23, 2015
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Hello Janet ~ Thank you! I've added your suggestion to my list!
Liz
on Oct 23, 2015
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Great let me know if this works.
Janet Pizaro
on Oct 23, 2015
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Kaytee ~ thank you ~ I'm enjoying searching on-line different landscape designs and I found a couple for along fences.
Liz
on Oct 23, 2015
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The jades and the pencil plant will get up to 6' tall-- jade also can get about that big around, though. Here's some pics of my front succulent bed-- keeping the jades and the portulaca trimmed to ~ 3'.
Kaytee
on Oct 24, 2015
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Beautiful! Thank you very much for sharing ~ Definitely two possibilities.
Liz
on Oct 25, 2015
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Chickens and hens like lots of light
JUDY
on Oct 25, 2015
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