Grigsby Cactus Gardens
"GROWING PLANTS FOR YOU SINCE 1965"

2326-2354 Bella Vista Drive   Vista   CA   92084-7836
Tel : 760/727-1323  *  Fax : 760/727-1578

SUGGESTED SUCCULENTS FOR THE NOVICE

If you are just starting this interesting hobby the following list of plants would be a good starting point. They are the "easy" plants to grow, have an intresting shape, leaves or flowers and are tolerant of mistakes. Learn to grow these and then expand into the more difficult species.

Aeonium "Zwartkop"
Agave ferdinandis-regis
Bowiea nana
Crassula gollum "dwarf"
Drimia haworthioides
Euphorbia cylindrifolia
Euphorbia decaryi decaryi
Euphorbia ingens monstrose
Euphorbia lactea crest (green)
Fockea crispa
Fockea edulis
Gasteria liliputana
Kalanchoe - any
Pachypodium geayi
Pachypodium lamerei
Portulacaria afra variegate
Sansevieria patens
Gasteraloe cv. 'Green Ice'

Gasteraloe cv. "Green Ice"
by Dorothy Byer

Pachypodium succulentum
by Dorothy Byer

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