Bring some life to the creativity and artist inside you, and check out these ideas for growing succulents in teacups and coffee mugs!
In the world of diverse home decor and ideas around you, imagine how saucers or cups can be a part of it! Yes, why not? Here are 30+ ideas for growing succulents in teacups and coffee mugs! Before you start just keep in mind to make a drainage hole in the cups. You can use a drill bit and a hammer to create the holes. So, have a look!
Ideas for Growing Succulents in Teacups and Coffee Mugs
1. A Random Mix-Up!
It is a win-win situation if you have tiny succulents that go along with each other, and pairing them with a floral saucer set
2. A Jade Plant Saucer Set!
Do you know that growing Jade plants in teacups is the best way to show off their adorable oval-shaped leaves? Try it yourself and let us know what you think!
3. Tiny Variegations
Just in case you are thinking of creating this DIY idea for your variegated succulents, here is a suggestion—try to complement the shade of the teacups with the variegated leaves!
4. A Collection for the Kitchen
Grow companions in your kitchen for happy and healthy cooking. Just make sure there is enough light for them.
5. White and Greens
The combination of white and green shades can never go out of trend. It is so nice to watch the graceful greens lying peacefully with the whites!
6. Red Tips on the Show!
This is a funky collection for a red lover! Gather all your old coffee mugs and grow your favorite small succulents to make adorable tabletop decor.
7. A Simple One
Create a simple, single piece like this one with a beautiful Echeveria or a Sempervivum for a small space in your home!
8. Love for Miniatures
Did you always want a dream garden? Then why not fulfill this desire with some lovely succulents and moss? Arrange everything in a miniature form to keep it close to you, always near you.
9. Refurbish Delight
Feed your soul with a little DIY time for a good pastime! Make this arrangement of similar cups for your tiny succulents.
10. Dainty Cactus Cup
Growing cacti in a cup has the great benefit of not getting poked by the thorns. You will always have a handle to hold your plant. Pretty simple!
11. A Combo of Bright Colors
Cups like these are always great for a dark background or the boring corners of your home!
12. Let your Sedum Have a Me Time!
You can call it a gift for your best friend or keep it for yourself—anything you like, but a beautiful design like this will always find its way to someone’s heart!
13. Anything But Minimalistics
Whether it is Haworthias or cacti, they all look good in hanging white cups for a unique decoration idea. In fact, don’t worry—they won’t even outgrow the cups so soon.
14. Simple and Cute
A baby Sedum in a small teacup shows your love for tiny and adorable things! Keep the child in you alive for a happy heart!
15. Mini Garden
Create this holiday present for a working person who would love to bring life to their office desks.
16. A Lovely Gift for Your Valentine
It’s a perfect gift for your partner! Valentine’s Day is around the corner, too. Plan it out soon, and see the plants grow along with your love.
17. The Best Tabletop
Haworthias are considered the perfect plants for growing in a cup to make great tabletop pieces.
18. Tiny Blue Cup Sets
Gather some cups in blue or you can paint them too and do the best thing to them by matching them with succulents of similar hues!
19. Sempervivums Never Complain
Live Forever succulents and a few others are meant to survive in all kinds of growing conditions, whether it be small or big, deep or shallow.
20. Playing With Colors
This group looks like a happy corner of one’s home garden. Why not have one such small and happy space with attractive colors and plants?
21. Love for Pastel Colors
The dark and light contrasts of the small cute rosettes in this can be a nice eye-catching centerpiece highlight for your living room space or a dining tabletop.
22. The Green Fairy Garden
Fairies, Stories, Plants, and love are all served in a single plate for your loved ones and your home. Try this DIY ASAP!
23. A Classic Floral Design
It is like showing off your Haworthias with cute blossoms like its own! Also, the best thing about this succulent is its slow-growing and no-complaining nature which is typically made for small set-ups!
24. Make Way for Sedums
If there is a hole inside, then you won’t need to worry about anything for these tiny growers in a teacup! Just pay attention to the moisture levels in the soil.
25. A Dad Plant Lover
Bring a smile to your father with this warm gifting idea! Because no gift can grow out to bloom like plants do. Agree?
26. Kind of a Vintage Set-up
For shallow cups like this one here, coco peat or sphagnum mosses make the best-growing mediums because they can hold moisture for enough time and prevent overwatering too!
27. The Adorable Gang!
For all the quirky folks out there, this collection is kind of just made for you, or you could say it is you! If you try this idea, do share it with us.
28. Dainty Upgradation
Enjoy your evening cup of coffee or just pass your time outdoors on the patio beside this dainty little decoration.
29. Say yes to Babytoes succulents
Don’t throw your broken mug away! Rather grow some rare or interesting succulents to breathe new life into it just like that.
30. The Beast
A rough mug with some green hairs on it is what it looks like! So, naming this decor idea “The Beast” fits perfectly.
31. Washed off Shades
Yes, this is a way to give a nice upgraded and fashionable get-up for your green babies! Because washed-off shades are new in trend.
32. The Metallic Garden
The red mushroom right there, although tiny gives this DIY idea the best way to express itself! Also, try to make this with a bright orange color only.
33. Showoff the Rosette
Doesn’t it look like a chocolate cupcake? Wait! If you are confused, try this on your guests for a fun experience!
34. Living Like the Tropicals
Select a bright wall in your home and bring this idea into existence for the ones that enjoy the brightest light of the day.
35. Mix up the Bests!
Some colorful minis arranged with colorful companions make an attractive pair. Additionally, add some trailing beauties to it and see the magic!
Here we are at the end hoping that you loved these ideas and we also enthusiastically wait for you to share your experience and thoughts with us and your loved ones.
