Our May box featuring Elegans Mexican Snowball, Tom Thumb Perforata Crassula, Blue Fairy, String of Pearls and Butzii.
1. Echeveria Elegans Mexican Snowball
Echeveria Elegans is native to Mexico. It forms tight rosettes of fleshy silvery pale green leaves. Echeveria Elegans produces offsets freely to form a lovely carpet, which makes it a wonderful groundcover succulent.
Full Sun.
Loam; Sand Well-Drained, pH around 6.0.
Avoid letting water sit for too long in the rosette to prevent rot and fungal diseases.
Dead leaves should be removed from the plant as soon as possible to ward off pests.
Generally non-toxic to humans and animals
2. Crassula Tom Thumb Perforata
Crassula Tom Thumb is a cute miniature succulent that grow trailing branches, making them a great addition for hanging planters. It has tiny densely packed triangular leaves that can develop red edges with enough sun exposure.
It's not frost tolerant and needs protection in the winter to avoid scarring.
In spring, it produces tiny white flowers as cute as the mother plant.
Sun to Partial Shade, Light Shade. Water thoroughly when soil is dry to the touch, then let drain completely. Avoid letting water sit for too long in the soil to prevent rot and fungal diseases. Reduce watering in the winter. Well-Drained, Porous, Gritty. Optimal pH is around 6.0 (slightly acidic).
Average summer temperatures from 65ºF/18ºC to 70ºF/21ºC are ideal. In winter, it can survive temperatures as low as 50ºF/10ºC.
Feed once with a controlled-release fertilizer at the beginning of the growing season.
You can propagate Crassula Tom Thumb by division, offsets or leaf cuttings. The easiest way is to propagate from a single leaf: put the leaf in a succulent or cacti mix, then cover until it sprouts.
3. Echeveria Blue Fairy
The lovely Echeveria Blue Fairy or Blue Bird is one of best selling succulents, and with good reason. This rosette has blue-green foliage, and sometimes the pointed tips have a reddish color.
Blue Bird loves bright light, produces offsets randomly for new plants, and has these wonderful blooms with colorful flowers. The blooms can get up to 8 inches long.
All of the plants may be shipped bare root.
Make sure the soil is moist at all times during the spring and summer months.
Water when soil is dry to the touch, which is approximately every 7 - 10 days. Avoid water it daily. Water them more in spring and summer and less in winter, and it’s better to underwater them than overwater them.
Feed once with a weak fertilizer at the beginning of the growing season (Spring or Summer).
You can propagate Echeveria 'Blue Fairy' by seeds, leaf cuttings or offsets.
4. String of Pearls
Senecio Rowleyanus has pendant stems to 3' or more with unusual round "leaves" giving the impression of a "String of pearls plant". Both the stems and leaves are green. 
Pearl plant is beautiful in a hanging basket and can be inside the house in a bright airy room, or outside on a protected patio. Bright light with ample airflow is recommended therefore outdoors in the shade is preferable. Protect from frost.
Light shade. Well-drained soil. Water thoroughly when the soil is dry to the touch, then let drain completely. Avoid letting water sit for too long in the soil to prevent rot and fungal diseases. Reduce watering to a minimum in the winter. Small, white flowers that smell like cinnamon.
5. Tillandsia Butzii
Tillandsia Butzii, native to Mexico and Costa Rica, is a unique looking air plant with a speckled base and leaves. The base is bulbous with a deep purple green color. The grassy green leaves are long, thin, and wavy like a rare type of fishtail. Butzii has a smooth and shiny surface. After this air plant blooms purple flowers, it will die but the offsets (pups) produced around its base will continue the life cycle.
Bright filtered light. No soil is needed. Sand, sea glass, rocks, pebbles & bark chip can be used instead of soil. Frequent misting several times a week is necessary. Butzii will also benefit from a soaking bath every month. Give it a little shake off afterwards to make sure water doesn't collect in the bottom leaves to prevent rot.
