Great Succulent Gardens & What-Not-to-Do's

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2022
  • From smart, well-designed succulent gardens to sad mistakes, I'll show you the good, the bad and the magnificent. You’ll be inspired, amused, awed by beauty, impressed by practicality, and likely never see succulent gardens the same again. You'll also discover a dozen what-not-to-do's that are fairly easy to avoid but not always to fix. [This is a shorter version of my similar presentation to the San Diego Horticultural Society.]
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  • @QueenofSucculents
    @QueenofSucculents  10 місяців тому

    Have a question on ANYTHING to do with succulents? Go to debraleebaldwin.com and browse the menu or use the Search bar. Btw, my site is not monetized---no annoying pop-up ads. It's my gift to my followers and the culmination of my career as a horticulturist/photojournalist specializing in succulents. You'll find 100+ pages of tips and ideas; thousands of photos and must-know facts for specific varieties (including pests and problems); curated design ideas for gardens, landscapes and containers; interviews with experts; seasonal info; and much more. Use the site as a research tool that also is entertaining---the same goal as my UA-cam channel. Q's welcome!

  • @bobbiechinn9578
    @bobbiechinn9578 Рік тому +1

    I love love love the tightly packed mosaic look. I don't mind moving them later either 😊😊😊

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому +1

      You're certainly not alone, Bobbie! That look is lush and colorful, like a massive floral display. It does take more maintenance, but it sounds like you have time and enjoy doing it. If you've yet to view it, you'll enjoy my video "Fill Flowerbeds with Rosette Succulents" ua-cam.com/video/0v-fr2RbuKQ/v-deo.html.

  • @anttikuusmetso
    @anttikuusmetso 4 місяці тому +2

    Beautiful video, many thanks Debra! 🌹

  • @mmp495
    @mmp495 3 місяці тому +1

    So informative and helpful for us developing our desert landscape! Thank you. ❤

  • @LostInThisGardenofLife
    @LostInThisGardenofLife Рік тому +1

    The library is open. 🤓📚

  • @stevevicki5671
    @stevevicki5671 Рік тому +3

    I always count on you for stunning photography and clear information. There were some truly gorgeous gardens in your video, and showing the garden bloopers highlighted the need for a bit of thought before planting a succulent garden. Well done!

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому

      Thank you! It was fun and interesting for me to go through my all-time favorite photos and see how better planning can forestall what-not-to-do's.

  • @charliecgreenwelljr8011
    @charliecgreenwelljr8011 Рік тому +1

    OMG I have your books. Good to see you on UA-cam!

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому

      Thanks, Charlie. Actually, I've been on UA-cam for quite a while. Do come and binge!

  • @jeannemeadow7113
    @jeannemeadow7113 Рік тому +5

    Great work as usual Debra! I love that you are so honest about landscape mistakes and successes!

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому +1

      Thanks, Jeanne! High praise indeed, coming from America's Succulent Sweetheart 🤩

  • @MIA-lu6pp
    @MIA-lu6pp Рік тому +1

    Wow so many of those are my favorite gardens. Excellent video with beautiful and not so beautiful succulent gardens.

  • @IAMSUPREME22
    @IAMSUPREME22 Рік тому +1

    👑 Debra

  • @mariauribe3178
    @mariauribe3178 Рік тому +1

    Thankyou so much for sharing your beautiful beautiful

  • @livingonthedelta7068
    @livingonthedelta7068 9 місяців тому +1

    excellent again

  • @lydvincecruz8395
    @lydvincecruz8395 6 місяців тому +1

    Great tips and ideas. Thanks for sharing. I appreciate it very much. 👍

  • @cherreedensley4994
    @cherreedensley4994 Рік тому +1

    Superb work Debra from your friend in Australia. Great examples, great commentary. My rambling garden is guilty as charged but every plant is loved. Thank you for opening our eyes to better planning. Is it the fact that because succulents are so slow growing that problems seem to happen right under your nose. Pats garden is just right for as we get older but want to look and tend to our plants no matter our stage of physicality.

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому

      Thank you, Cherree, always a pleasure to hear from you. Yes, plants don't seem to grow...and then suddenly they're big, ratty and in the wrong place!

  • @marthaochoa6148
    @marthaochoa6148 Рік тому +1

    Very impressing gorgeous gardens thank you for sharing Deborah

  • @Blue2crows
    @Blue2crows 10 місяців тому +1

    I found one in my yard two days ago. I been treating my agaves every month

  • @333dabug
    @333dabug Рік тому +1

    As always, beautifully presented with useful information and great photos to illustrate your points. Your videos are inspiring and enjoyable!

  • @jdt_skincarereviews
    @jdt_skincarereviews Рік тому +1

    Omg 🥰😍 thank you so much Debra for another amazing and excellent content! God bless you always. I love how you explain every detail about landscaping with succulents!! God bless you always and more strength 💖 to you !

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому +1

      John, you are so kind, thank you! Blessings backatcha. 🥰

    • @jdt_skincarereviews
      @jdt_skincarereviews Рік тому +1

      @@QueenofSucculents My pleasure dear Debra! I believe we should spread gratitude, kindness and positivity to authors like you who put out excellent content.🥰🙏🏻💕

  • @user-pw7rr2bd6q
    @user-pw7rr2bd6q 9 місяців тому +1

    Amazing ❤❤❤

  • @igaudion973
    @igaudion973 Рік тому +1

    So many wonderful tips here. Thank u so much!

  • @marisolresendiz-garcia573
    @marisolresendiz-garcia573 Рік тому +1

    I love your videos!

  • @solarwinds-
    @solarwinds- Рік тому +1

    Wonderful tutorial on what to do. Learned so much. I'm thinking of planting some desert plants in the ground but thanks for the warnings about Eve's Needles (which I was considering, so pretty but thanks to you dodged a bullet there) and the Americana Agave, oh man, so wrong for my small yard.

  • @SeniorCitizenSue
    @SeniorCitizenSue Рік тому +1

    Uh oh! I’ve got some “what not to do” items in my yard! Thank you so much for a great video. I have to get busy and pull out my Eve’s Needle. P.S I have two of your books and I need to pick up the third one.

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому

      Hi SCS, be sure to wear a suit of armor when you "pull out Eve's needle."

  • @alexandralacerda492
    @alexandralacerda492 Рік тому +1

    So good class😍🥰

  • @mairzeedotes2067
    @mairzeedotes2067 Рік тому +1

    I love the colorful softer looking gardens best. Im so glad i never got an eves needle. I cant even stand opuntias anymore.

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому +2

      "Mares eat oats and doe's eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy." My dad used to sing that to me. Re spiny cholla and cacti, I'm with you. I still have some in pots, where they can't snag me and I can pick them up and move them if need be. (Gotta show 'em who's in charge.)

  • @QueenofSucculents
    @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому +1

    Which garden did you like best or impressed you the most? Are you guilty of any what-not-to-do's? 😆

    • @Beanfairy
      @Beanfairy Рік тому

      Most of the gardens are stunning except for the golden barrels with the stepping stone? It looks like a grave yard 😬🥺

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому

      @@Beanfairy Oh no! I suspected not everyone would like it, but that never crossed my mind. Now I'll have to try hard to forget what you said, haha.

  • @louisesemrani6860
    @louisesemrani6860 Рік тому +1

    Just stunning in Australia we just don’t have the variety of plants as in USA ❤️🦘🐨

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому

      Hi Louise: An interesting bit of succulent trivia: Echeveria hybridizer Dick Wright sent a lot of his cultivars to Australia back when it was much easier to export/import them. Then his nursery burned down, a terrible loss. Now some of his amazing crosses are ONLY in Australia.

  • @QueenofSucculents
    @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому +1

    For more great succulent gardens, go to my site's Succulent Landscapes page: debraleebaldwin.com/succulent-landscapes/ and obtain my book Designing with Succulents (2nd ed): debraleebaldwin.com/succulent-books/ ...For more what-not-to-do's, go to debraleebaldwin.com/succulent-how-to/12-mistakes-beginners-make-with-succulents/ 🤓

  • @erikm8372
    @erikm8372 Рік тому +1

    Wow, amazing stuff, thanks so much Debra! Also, random; around 14:50 on the hacienda-themed garden shelf, at the upper left of screen it looks like a llama or a camel pot (?). But there seems to be a heart ornament in front of it. I totally thought (at first glance) that the animal had swollen, Botox fish-lips! Why…? 🤔🤣Haha. I just accepted it at first, like “ah, okay..” As if that’s naturally happening now, in the current populations of camelids in Peru 🇵🇪 or 🇧🇴Bolivia, 🇨🇱Chile, right. 😳Ahh síííí, por supuesto; claro que si! Por qué no?!

    • @erikm8372
      @erikm8372 Рік тому +1

      Ahora tengo miedo de mí mismo... No he tomado café 😬

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому

      @@erikm8372 😆

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому

      LOL A mí me parece que está soplando una burbuja de chicle. ¿Seguro Por qué no? ¡Sí, ambos necesitamos café!

  • @kimmicannon5629
    @kimmicannon5629 Рік тому

    Hi Debra, I’m a new subscriber and am enjoying binging your videos. However, I do have a question. What should I do in my rock garden for those empty spaces while awaiting succulents to trail and grow as they mature? I have a variety but left some space within boulders and smaller rocks for future growth. In other words, how do I keep the look of my mature garden while yet leaving space for future growth?

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  Рік тому

      Hi Kimmi -- You might plant succulent ground covers, perhaps one of the many ice plants now coming into bloom. Then edit them as specimen plants mature. See my ice plant video: ua-cam.com/video/2-Fu8MiacjY/v-deo.html. For shady areas, plant fairy crassula: ua-cam.com/video/N58kGeZdtx8/v-deo.html
      Or topdress bare spots with crushed rock. It makes a new garden look finished right away. ua-cam.com/video/HPIY15X0b20/v-deo.html

  • @igaudion973
    @igaudion973 Рік тому +1

    and isn't Laura Eubanks amazing!

  • @rosannacl
    @rosannacl 10 місяців тому

    the sound quality/ your voice is very unclear.

    • @QueenofSucculents
      @QueenofSucculents  10 місяців тому

      Odd that this video has had 21,000 views and nearly 50 comments and no one else has mentioned it. May I respectfully suggest that the problem is on your end?