Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Succulents Galore


Did you know there's an Etsy shop out there called Succulents Galore?  It's basically my idea of a utopia -- all sorts of beautiful succulents plants and plant gardens available in great arrangements.  Poppy sent me a link to the blog Something Old, Something New, which had a feature on Succulents Galore, and I was instantly smitten with the shop.  One thing, though -- I can't help but wonder how they safely mail these delicate plants.  Any ideas?



I also recently got a very sweet email from Jess of The Mundane Adventure of Miss Jess (and of Yours Truly Dear), who shared with me a link to a post about succulent bouquets (man, I must talk about succulents a lot around here).  They are the creation of Flora Grubb Gardens and were recently featured on the blog Oh Happy Day.  I'm pretty sure I've found my ideal (yet hypothetical) wedding bouquet.  How gorgeous are these arrangements?


(Images via: Succulents Galore and Oh Happy Day)
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  1. I love the soft muted colours in that first photo - so serene!

    I think a succulent bouquet would look incredible! Whenever you do get married, you should definitely have one!

    x Jasmine

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  2. Really love them and I dont have a clue how do they mail them...That would be interesting to know...Such a creative pieces....Happy last day of August,sweetie

    Kisses

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  3. so beautiful. totally the wedding arangements for you!

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  4. My goodness, these are so beautiful! I love succulents - nice to them getting the attention they deserve :)

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  5. ooh! maybe that is what i need in my office, my house, and in my life-fresh flowers! :)gina

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  6. this is wonderful! thanks for sharing!!

    xo Alison

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  7. Such succulence! :) I love those flowers.... they are so sweet and demure looking.

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  8. They are pretty gorgeous! And the exact type of plant that I can handle...ie: very low maintenance!

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  9. These are lovele plants! And I love the bouqutes, too! I'm about to get married and move to California (I'm from Argentina), and I don't want the typical white bouquet with lots of flowers. One of these look like a nice idea.

    Cheers!

    Miki.

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  10. I love the bouquets!!

    I've been wanting to get more plants for my house lately, I'll have to consider succulents. :-)

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  13. Succulents are so wonderfully charming -- and they're just gorgeous in bouquets! Those I think I might actually be able to keep alive.

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  14. Beautiful pictures! Absolutely loving them all. Random question for you... did you design your own blog? I was wondeirng how to get all the links to pages like you have under Oh My Darling header on my blog.

    xo

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  15. My new home has a window right above the sink in the kitchen that looks into my backyard and I SO want a hanging succulent terrarium to hang there. Wouldn't that be lovely?

    And succulent bouquets!? That's awesome!

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  16. Oooh! Glad to know about it. Thanks for sharing!
    oxox
    Denalee

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  17. thanks for the shout out, dear. i really just remembered you like succulents because i like them a lot too haha. and the bouquets are an excellent idea for the future... ;]

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  18. Ooh, that first picture is just FABULOUS!

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  19. succulents can be very pretty. out in california they're Everywhere since we can't grow grass. i think they are actually pretty durable and would travel just fine. so i say order away! :)

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  20. Oh, I love that last arrangement. So unique.

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  21. I really like the arrangements, especially bottom row, left side. Such a pretty plant!!

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  23. I just bought my first succulents this weekend! I love them so far...hope I can keep them alive.

    I love the idea of a succulent bouquet, too. Very nice!

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  24. How beautiful! These are gorgeous! I must check them out!

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  25. succulents are by far my favorite plants!!! they are so beautiful! and what a great etsy shop!! i just planted more in my garden on sunday and i will plant more this coming sunday :)i used them for my center pieces in my wedding and then after planted them in these huge planters on our porch and they are now ENOROMOUS and so so happy!

    xo,
    cb

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  27. So cool. LOVE succulents, they're so gorgeous and have them in my garden. What a great find in the Etsy shop x

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  29. Actually, succulents are easy to ship by mail - the key thing is that they must be dry - quite dry, which is counter intuitive, but they stop growing once they dry out and also they won't rot. I ship succulents all the time, and so far I have had 100% happy customers using this technique.

    Once the gardener on the other end receives them, they pot them into DRY potting soil, wait for about a week, then water. In most cases, the plants recover just fine.

    Just one more reason to get addicted to these fabulous plants, apart from their many colours and textures.

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  30. i LOVE succulents and i also loooove your blog header.

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  31. I'm a sucker for succulents, too! ;)

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  32. !!! I love this! Although I doubt they can ship to Canada... I need to find a store where I can buy these! Love love love!

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  33. Thanks Oh, My Darling for incuding my shop Succulents Galore in your blog. It's so appreciated!! Yes, plants are shipped dry...wrapped in tissue or garden sleeves then cushioned in shipping peanuts.

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