My Succulents

I don't know how many times I'm going to start blogging, and then stop for ages before I start again. I'm trying to learn to live by doing what feels right, and right now it feels right to write. I am always in a better state of mind when I'm blogging, because I can write how I feel and it helps me to see everything from another perspective, and it always make me so much more grateful and appreciate of the things and people around me. So here I am, back again and my first post is going to be about my love for succulents :)

It's almost been 2 years since I got into house plants, my first ever succulent was just a single leaf, that my partner took for me from somebody's front garden (lol!) I was so in love with them, and wanted my own so badly, and I kept admiring these pink ones in this garden, and then we noticed that they we're starting to get ruined by the wet, so my partner took me a leaf and I started growing my own baby succulent. This baby succulent grew, and grew until it gained about 4 different heads. It's now planted in my garden, and has just survived the snow! Which I am so surprised at, because I had to bring in every other succulent that I had out in the garden.
I've been so patient with these plants, I have been propagating 2 types of Echeveria for just over a year, and they are now at the point where they can be potted up on their own! Which makes me very excited because there's not much I enjoy more than getting my hands covered in soil and giving my babies new homes :)

Every time a leaf falls off, or I notice a succulent getting leggy, I propagate it again, and again.. Since I started with these last year, I've gone from having 2 plants, to having roughly 20 successful baby succs. I just love the fact that a simple leaf, can grow new life of it's own, and the fact that these babies take sooo long to grow, it's almost like they use their energy for beauty rather than size! They all grow so different, some have 1 head, some have 2. Some grow roots first, some grow plants first. Every single succulent is different in it's own way, but they are all so beautiful to look at!

I do have a few different types of succulents, but not all of them can be propagated. They all have such long, different names too. So to learn them I have to keep checking my little plant add on my phone, otherwise I get all types of confused. I've had to kind of self ID most of my plants, to compare them on my app to try and work out their names. Here are a recent couple photos of my succulents and their names that I have matched them with!

Echeveria Pachyphytum Oviferum

Echeveria Elegans Rose

Sepervivum Tectorum (House Leek)