Here is a beautiful collection of interesting and attractive succulents you can grow as table decorations—have a look!
Whether it be your workstation, or study table at home, don’t you think a succulent placed on it can give a nice transformation? It will definitely uplift your mental health, bring a positive vibe to the overall ambiance, and whatnot. So, let’s have a look at some of the best ones that can grow as table decorations.
Succulents You Can Grow as Table Decorations
1. Miniature Echeveria
Botanical Name: Echeveria minima
You will fall in love with these adorable Echeverias, which will never outgrow their miniature size and will stay intact due to their slow-growing nature. These cute little forms have small leaves arranged in a dense rosette pattern.
2. Zebra Cactus

Botanical Name: Haworthiopsis attenuata
The white stripes on its dark green leaves give the Zebra Haworthia great ornamental value. It is also popular for its adaptable and low-maintenance nature. If you love this one here, then go ahead and get some offsets or stem cuttings and grow them yourself.
3. Living Stones

Botanical Name: Lithops
Living stones make good tabletops because of their tiny, compact structure, which almost appears like small pebbles—and of course, this is where they get the name, too! You can grow some of the many species and varieties of Lithops for your indoor placements because they can adapt to all kinds of environments unless it is too dark.
Moreover, you must see them bloom during the spring-summer season, the flowers are gorgeous and resemble daisies!
4. Little Missy
Botanical Name: Sedum ‘Little Missy’
Little Missy sedum varieties are perfect for indoor spaces and placements because they are very adaptable to low-light conditions, require low maintenance, and less water. Moreover, such succulents are also easier to propagate further to expand your indoor garden.
5. Hens and Chicks
Botanical Name: Sempervivum
Grab your hands on these low-maintenance and drought-tolerant plants! Sempervivums are the darlings for the succulent lovers and they really appreciate their easy-care nature and adaptable nature to extreme dry conditions.
6. Baby Jade

Botanical Name: Crassula
One of the easiest houseplants to care for is Jade plants, which hails from South Africa and is now available all around the world! It is also considered lucky according to Feng Shui because of its coin-like round plump leaves.
Caution: Jade plants are toxic to cats. However, you can check out this article on plants that look similar to Jade plants and are non-harmful too!
7. Moonstone
Botanical Name: Pachyphytum oviferum
Why not go for a cute and chubby succulent for your table decoration? Yes, Moonstones are such succulents that are quite popular for their clump-forming nature and chubby, pale blue-green to bluish-purple leaves that are arranged in a loose rosette at the tip of short stems.
8. Little Warty
Botanical Name: Gasteria ‘Little Warty’
Gasteria are fun succulents with tiny “warts” on their thick short leaves. They look like Aloes but are not true Aloes; they are hybrids. As tabletops, these succulents will stand out because of their unusual appearance.
9. Tiger Jaws
Botanical Name: Faucaria tigrina
A ferocious-looking succulent is what it is! Tiger-jaws get their names from the appearance of the toothed triangular-shaped leaves which are held in a menacing poise. Wouldn’t it make a unique centerpiece?
10. Baby Toes
Botanical Name: Fenestraria rhopalophylla
This weirdly cute one here can grow just up to 1-3 inches tall and looks like the small toes of a baby and sometimes as a glass window because of its transparent-like marking on its round foliage. Additionally, Baby Toes also produces beautiful, daisy-like flowers in many shades.
11. Cooper’s Haworthia

Botanical Name: Haworthia cooperi truncata
Welcome this extraordinary and attractive succulent to your home. It can confuse your guests with dew drops! Cooper’s Haworthia is a succulent that has glassy-like foliage compactly arranged in a rosette.
12. Aloinopsis
Botanical Name: Aloinopsis luckhoffii
A species with a pretty complex form of succulent! Aloinopsis is a small succulent with many rosettes forming a tight cluster with very short stems. Unlike many other spring bloomers, this one usually blooms in the winter!
13. Marble Buttons

Botanical Name: Conophytum calculus
The Marble buttons are one of the tiniest succulents you will ever come across! They just have a round structure with a linear depression in the center and also from where the bright flowers appear. Your table should be in a bright location for this one as a tabletop because these succulents prefer the sunlight.
14. Chenille Plant

Botanical Name: Echeveria pulvinata
Chenille plants have made it to this list because of their small and compact nature with showy, bright green leaves that have pink and red edges. Each leaf is covered in tiny white hairs with cutin that help protect it from water loss. Additionally, look for orange flowers in the spring season, they are very attractive.
15. Ghost Plant

Botanical Name: Graptopetalum paraguayense
Don’t be scared of the name, these plants get their names due to their appearance. Ghost plants are beautiful and extraordinary succulents featuring whitish-green shades of leaves arranged in a rosette pattern. Further, the stems continue growing and eventually become pendulous and can look nice cascading over a container.
16. Rosary Vine
Botanical Name: Ceropegia woodii
Fancy name, fancy plant! Also known as “Chain of Hearts”! These plants are the best for table decor. It is a tender succulent that looks like the String of beads because of the beads that are actually aerial tubers that develop on the long vines.
17. Panda Plant

Botanical Name: Kalanchoe tomentosa
Are you wondering why the name “Panda plant”? It is because the plant has fine hairs like a Panda all over its leaves and stems. This plant requires protection from full sun in inland desert areas, else the direct sunrays can scorch its leaves, which is also one good reason to make it a tabletop decor!
Caution: Panda plants are toxic to dogs and cats. If ingested it can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, arrhythmias, and lethargy.
18. Burro’s Tail

Botanical Name: Sedum morganianum
Burro’s tail is a tropical species that has long been grown as a decor plant for its unique, bead-like evergreen foliage. These plants can grow up to 4 feet tall but can be grown as tabletops for small spaces too because they have a very slow-growing nature.
19. String of Pearls

Botanical Name: Senecio rowleyanus
Who doesn’t like the String of Pearls? Of course, everyone is a fan of these trailing beauties that can grow pearl-like round foliage on their long stems! So, when you grow it as a tabletop decor make sure you allow a few stems to cascade and outgrow the pot to make it look like green pearls overflowing out of the container. Yes, being creative is never harmful!
20. Fairy Washboard

Botanical Name: Haworthiopsis limifolia
When it comes to small spaces and compact plant decorations, never skip this one! Haworthiopsis is a beautiful tiny succulent that looks like a small Aloe vera or Agave. The sharp-edged foliage beautifully aligned in a tight rosette is what makes this plant so desirable for small spaces.
21. Sedeveria
Botanical Name: Sedeveria
Sedeverias are one of the most attractive hybrids ever made from Sedums and Echeverias. They are gradually gaining a lot of popularity as houseplants because of their cute and tiny rosettes. Additionally, there are many shades and combinations available for your home decor ideas.
Here is one Sedeveria Pink Ruby, a beautiful variety, and its growing care guide. Have a look!
These plants will help improve the appearance of your indoors and be the best companions too. So how many of these are you going to plant? Do let us know too!