Current Obsession: Succulents

Rooted in Succulents

Once I owned my own home and vowed to fill it with beautiful greenery to keep it cheery all year long, I learned pretty quickly that I am extremely hopeless when it comes to the scale of Green Thumb-ery (a really technical measure of a gardener’s success level that I just made up). Orchids wither at my touch, I even once let a cactus get too dry! I AM WORSE THAN A DESERT, YOU GUYS! This is perhaps why I tend to lean toward the beauty of fresh-cut flowers. We have an agreement, those flowers and I, that it’s not going to be a long-term thing so we’re just going to have fun while it lasts. No guilt. But courting weekly flower arrangements can tend to get expensive, so I’ve settled down with a new love: succulents. Combining the beautiful shapes and colours of exotic locales, with the heartiness of a heroic viking, these adorable and versatile plants are the perfect match for me. Figures we met online…