Wishing to have a beautiful green wall in your area? Here we are with the best succulents to grow in a vertical garden!
Are you also looking for low-maintenance green buddies that thrive in tight spaces and tough conditions? Succulents are the answer because they come in a wide range of colors and textures, and with their compact forms and water-storing leaves, these plants look beautiful on rock walls and vertical garden setups.
Top Succulents to Grow in a Vertical Garden
1. Hens and Chicks
Botanical Name: Sempervivum tectorum
Sempervivum produces a central “hen” plant surrounded by smaller “chicks” that quickly fill in gaps. Additionally, they handle frost, drought, and poor soil with ease and form neat, geometric rosettes that range from green to burgundy. In summer, they send up tall flowering stalks.
2. Dragon’s Blood
Botanical Name: Sedum spurium
Sedum spurium or ‘Dragon’s Blood’ offers bold color and a mat-forming pattern that makes it ideal for cascading over vertical walls. Its fleshy, red-tinged leaves deepen in color with stress or cold, while clusters of pink star-shaped flowers appear in late summer. It loves full sun and well-drained soil.
3. Ghost Plant
Botanical Name: Graptopetalum paraguayense
Graptopetalum paraguayense is widely used in traditional Chinese and Taiwanese medicine for its antihypertensive and hepatoprotective properties.
It forms silvery-pink rosettes that cascade gently over the edges, and its water-storing capability and compact form make it perfect for dry, shallow vertical hangings.
4. Mexican Snowball
Botanical Name: Echeveria elegans
Echeveria elegans is a beautiful choice for growing in mild climates, as it forms stunning, pale blue rosettes that resemble floral sculptures.
It’s drought-tolerant, sun-loving, and blooms in bell-shaped pink flowers on tall stalks in spring and summer. In colder climates, it can be grown in vertical containers and overwintered indoors without missing a beat.
5. Lewisia cotyledon
Botanical Name: Siskiyou lewisia
Lewisia cotyledon is a beautiful flowering succulent characterized by rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves and magnificent, pastel-colored blooms in spring and early summer. It requires excellent drainage and grows beautifully in narrow crevices and sloped rock walls.
It brings life to vertical designs because of its diameter, ranging from 8 to 30 cm, and is like the icing on the cake!
6. String of Buttons
Botanical Name: Crassula perforata
Crassula perforata is a gorgeous, stacking succulent with leaves arranged like beads on a string. It produces tiny star-shaped flowers and is also low-maintenance. This succulent’s quirky shape adds texture and visual curiosity to vertical designs. You can experiment by combining it with tighter rosettes for a layered look.
7. Sedum ‘Blue Pearl’
Botanical Name: Hylotelephium x Blue Pearl
‘Blue Pearl’ brings stunning dark blue to purple foliage, adding the color of a rainbow to vertical arrangements. Additionally, this plant remains neat and compact, and as it spreads, it produces pink-red flowers that contrast beautifully with its foliage. It loves full sun and dry soil.
8. Burro’s Tail
Botanical Name: Sedum morganianum
A perennial succulent with long, hanging stems covered in tightly packed and plump leaves, typically blue-green but they can turn silvery or pale green due to light exposure. The tips can also turn pinkish because of stress, high heat, or full sun. It can tolerate high heat and grows between 30 to 120 cm.
9. String of Bananas
Botanical Name: Senecio radicans
String of Bananas features glossy, banana-shaped leaves that grow densely along trailing stems. The vibrant green foliage offers quick coverage and blooms in small white flowers that add a touch of softness amidst the sharp corners. Ideal for vertical gardens because it loves bright light and survives on infrequent watering.
10. String of Pearls
Botanical Name: Senecio rowleyanus
String of Pearls comes with leaves on long, trailing stems that flow beautifully in vertical gardens. In addition, it thrives in bright, indirect sunlight and well-draining soil.
It is appropriate for your vertical garden because of its minimal watering needs and because it adds an attractive texture to your walls with its dainty white flowers.
By choosing a bunch of sun-loving and drought-resistant succulents with varied colors and textures, you can transform your vertical garden entirely and create a safe space not just for aesthetics but for your green buddies to thrive. So, which plant are you picking next for your vertical garden’s transformation?
