Succulents for all Seasons
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| My little fall creation. |
How cute are these little pumpkins decorated with succulents! I discovered this idea as I was researching how to create a fall arrangement using a hollowed out pumpkin as the container. You can certainly do that of course, but I also discovered that you can simply glue succulents to a bed of moss ON TOP of a pumpkin! The glue (liquid, or glue gun) does not harm the plants and they can later be used in another arrangement or replanted.
As it happened, I had some succulents that were outdoors all summer and I needed to bring them in for the winter. About a year ago, someone in our local garden club was giving a bunch of these little cuties away and I grabbed a few. Over the winter I stuck them in pots and propagated more by sticking broken off leaves in soil. At Christmas I used some to create a little arrangement in a bowl with pine cones and a few ornaments. Below is a pot I had on my deck this summer.
Deconstruction and Reconstruction
After watching a few very informative videos, I felt confident enough to begin taking apart my summer arrangement and rearranging the succulents on top of my pumpkins. When pumpkin season is over I plan to re-pot these plants and perhaps use them in a Christmas arrangement. I discovered that it does take a lot of succulents to cover the top of a pumpkin (and mine are small). However, the winter is long and I have a big sunny window in my basement "woman cave", so there will be more sweet little rosettes by spring!
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| Taking apart my "summer deck succulents" to create my fall pumpkins. |
For some great videos on creating with succulents check out the links below!
Happy Fall!
Succulent topped pumpkin or squash by Garden Answer
Adding height to a succulent arrangement by Garden Answer
Over Wintering Succulents
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