How to Make a Living Vertical Planter with Sedum and Aeonium

In this video, we demonstrate how to make a living vertical planter using our star shaped wooden planter along with some tender Sedums and Aeonium succulents.

Link for the planters in this video:
http://mountaincrestgardens.com/vertical-planters/

Links for the plants in this video:
http://mountaincrestgardens.com/sedum-japonicum-tokyo-sun/
http://mountaincrestgardens.com/sedum-adolphii-golden-glow-golden-sedum/
http://mountaincrestgardens.com/aeonium-kiwi/

Transcript:

Hi, this is Nora, General Manager at Mountain Crest Gardens.
This is our star shaped vertical wooden planter. Today I’m going to demonstrate one of the many ways to fill it using Sedums and Aeonium. It’s all ready to plant, it’s got some soil down in there, it’s covered with moss, and there’s some chicken wire over it also to hold everything in. I’m using a dowel, just a simple little tool that we sharpened a little bit on the end so that it’s easier to make a hole for the plug to fit in.

The plants that I’m using today are: Sedum adolphii ‘Golden Glow’, Sedum japonicum ‘Tokyo Sun’, and in the center when I’m finished you’ll see the Aeonium ‘Kiwi’. I was kind of going with a gold idea, maybe a Christmas-type star. These are mainly Soft Succulents I’m using today, so this is something that would not go outdoors during the winter in a cold climate, but it is excellent outdoors in the summer or they make great houseplants. You could certainly use a selection of hardy succulents for a display for outdoor all year-round. There are lots of succulents that are extremely hardy and can take very cold temperatures, so you could have them out all year long.

As far as care tips go, you want to water when the moss is dry. These plants are drought tolerant, and they prefer being too dry over being too wet, and you want to put them somewhere where they get plenty of light. They don’t necessarily need to get full sun, but they do need light or they’re going to stretch and look a little strange strange. If you want to keep the planter tidy and tight, you will need to trim periodically just to keep everything with a very neat appearance.

I’m planting it very densely; I want it to look full as soon as I’m finished. That’s not necessary, it depends on what your application is going to be. You can certainly do it a lot less closely planted; it’s going to fill in nicely. My idea here is that I wanted it really full so that when I hang it up, everything’s going to hold staying where I want it, right from the beginning.

Now I’m watering it in, that’s going to settle the plants in and also clean it off. Here is the finished star along with a couple of others we planted. Now we’re going to hang it up and you can see what it looks like in all its glory against the wall. This also would work very nicely as a centerpiece on your table.
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