Love is in the air, and its time to pick a lovely succulent for your loved one. Pick their best match from these apart from you!
Succulents are known for resilient growth, longevity, and softness. So is love, it is a soft feeling that grows and stays with you forever. Just like succulents, love holds depth. Packed with metaphors and symbolism, love grows when you nourish it, communicate, and trust each other. And if this is how you define love as well, pick a succulent and gift it to your partner because these plants are a promise of togetherness, trust, and bonding.
Succulents for Love and Romance
1. Sweetheart Hoya
Botanical Name: Hoya kerrii
The iconic heart-shaped leaves is the ultimate symbol for love and romance. Gift a Sweetheart Hoya to your sweetheart and let the succulent scream the affection, commitment and enduring love you hold for them this Valentine’s Day.
Gift Tip: This plant grows slowly, just like deep love—so it’s perfect for couples who believe in patience, consistency, and long-term bonding.
2. Rose Echeveria
Botanical Name: Echeveria elegans
A blooming rose that symbolizes romance, beauty, and admiration. The layered rosettes is a testament to the layered moods you both have endured of each other. But keeping the fun aside, let this dainty succulent be a proof of how delicate and soft but strong and resilient your love is.
3. String of Hearts
Botanical Name: Ceropegia
Oh, how this is so metaphorical to love. Trailing and flowing down, yet growing. Growing the love it holds, no matter how many crests and troughs you both see together. Just like how this succulent needs basic care and nourishment, your love needs basic nurturing because that would never stop it from growing.
4. Crown of Thorns
Botanical Name: Euphorbia milii
Don’t go away because you just read ‘Thorns’. This succulent blooms with flowers in clusters of red and yellow bracts all year long. A perfect symbol for love that withstands the pain and sacrifices to bloom in resilience and power, not ephemerally, but eternally .
5. Panda Plant
Botanical Name: Kalanchoe tomentosa
This soft and fuzzy Panda Plant or Chocolate Soldiers, whatever your partner loves, you can call it that. This tiny nature’s gift signifies soft, calming, gentle, and safe love you hold for each other. But hey, care for your plant just like you care for each other.
Its velvety leaves make it a comforting plant—perfect for partners who value emotional safety and warmth above everything else.
6. Flaming Katy
Botanical Name: Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Bright red and pink blooms shout Valentine’s Day in itself. You can call this succulent a synonym to attraction, passion, and intensity. It is a cherished keepsake or a gift to celebrate love and often gifted on anniversaries. Oh, we see you’re taking notes for your anniversary, because why not?
7. Living Stones
Botanical Name: Lithops
For the couple who is mysterious and private but not a secret from everyone. Lithops are the most perfect choice, they are full of depth and emotions. Don’t go on how simple they look but see how they bloom unexpectedly, just like love which can take its biggest form one day after your continuous nurturing and care for each other.
8. Ruby Necklace
Botanical Name: Othonna capensis
The gorgeous purple-red stems showcase depth, passion, desire, and love. These are beautifully trailing succulents with elongated and fleshy leaves that signify romantic attraction and magnetic pull you have towards your partner, because we saw how you were instantly attracted to this mini wonder.
9. Moonstone
Botanical Name: Pachyphtum oviferum
Soft pastel tones add onto the dreamy and adorable look of this beautiful succulent. This wonderful plant, straight from nature, stands for emotional intimacy, calm love, and deep trust that make the foundations for stable and safe relationships.
10. Jade Plant
Botanical Name: Crassula ovata
The evergreen and classic Jade Plant symbolizes long lasting love, commitment, and resilience. Many would think its ‘just another succulent’, but the truth is, it is not. It holds meaning, concern, and stands for the gesture of thinking what your partner holds the most close to their heart.
Succulents can be small, tiny, and dainty. But see how they are deeply rooted in every human emotion and connection. From heart-shaped leaves to resilient blooming patterns, these succulents stand for how humans are – complex, different, and well entangled with each other. With this, let us know your pick for your partner in the comments below for us to root for your love!
