Succulents

Succulents

Each year in home landscapes and gardens, succulents are becoming extremely popular choices. With the increased knowledge homeowners have regarding water conservation, the arid style make a perfect choice for any landscape styles. There can be a lot of confusion between what is a succulent and what is considered a cactus, all cacti are indeed succulents, but not all succulents are cacti. What makes these different you may ask? Thorns! Thorns are essentially the leaves of the cacti that have formed over millions of years to be resilient to a harsh dry environment and as a way to protect themselves from becoming dinner to all types of animals.

Succulents get their name from the Latin word "sucus", this means juice or sap. This sap is what helps these plants thrive throughout the harsh dry times they have adapted to over the centuries. During times of excess water, these plants will engorge themselves on all they can and look plump and full, as the dry season progresses they will become noticeably less full.

Coming in a variety of textures and colors, succulents work in all landscape styles. Moon Valley Nurseries has been custom growing only the best succulents around for over 20 years and is an industry leader with expertly trained nursery pros at all locations to help you select the best plants for your yard. Stop in today and let us help you turn your landscape dreams into reality.