Sensational Succulents, Nina Lewis, July's meeting

 Nina Lewis returned with her brilliant talk on succulents from around the world. Nina showed us the amazing different varieties of succulents and provided top tips on how to care for these usual plants which can be found in so many different forms. 

Nina told us about the importance of providing plenty of light to get the best from our succulents. When indoors especially during the winter they need to be close to a window, in the summer they will benefit from being outside with about six hours of sunshine and they need to be introduced to this amount of sun over a few weeks. Succulents will not cope outdoors with all day sun or when temperatures are above 25C.  

Succulents need a compost that is free draining, so add horticultural grit, and they benefit from clay pots rather than plastic. Nina was asked how to get the best out of Christmas Cactus (which is a succulent). Nina told us that they need watering and feeding just as they start to come into flower and for about a month after.  Good Luck with your succulents.