A good place to buy succulents online?

[Aridane]

Any recommendations here?

Not looking for cactus but perhaps Aeonium and Supervivum (spellings?).

Have done the usual customary trawl of Amazon, eBay, google.

Loved the offerings and website of www.surrealsucculents.co.uk! Anyone used them?

Thanks!

Lots on Etsy

Yes - I've spent quite a lot of time on Etsy (very addictive). They seem mainly to be echeveria

PS. I did make some purchases from Etsy, including 5 adorable mini moon cactuses in silver pails. (plus a money plant) (plus a trailing thing)

Hi there all,

We're moving this to Gardening at OP's request.

Surrealsucculents is a good place to look, I believe the owner used to look after the gardens on St. Michaels Mount, and is very knowledgeable about succulents, specialising in Aeoniums, Echeverias, and Sempervivums. You could also check out Southfield Nurseries, run by Bryan Goodey, he usually has a good selection. On eBay, check out Plantlifecactus, this is Stuart Riley from Eastbourne, who often has quite rare plants, but all on auction.
All of these sellers are very reliable.

Thank you !

I will also add, Sempervivums are, strictly speaking, alpine plants. They don't do well grown indoors, but will make wonderful clumps if planted in a shallow terracotta bowl (with plenty of grit mixed in the potting mix) or in an alpine trough, and grown outside in the garden.

Thanks. I was looking at the few(ish) hardy aeonium and thinking ofsempervivum as back up. For outside. The Aeonium are so beautiful. Looking at pictures my mouth was virtually watering (although I have no wish to munch my way through succulents).

I was also possibly looking at indoor succulents that will tolerate a window sill not in full sun without 'stretching' (etiolating??). But already have quite a few indoor plants so wasn't sure I could justify these at the moment.

Thanks for all the info.

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Aeoniums aren't hardy ( they are native to the Canary Islands) and should be kept frost-free during winter, although I have an A. 'Swarzkopf' in a trough on the patio at the moment, which has survived the few recent frosts, but I expect it to turn to mush at the first sign of really cold weather .

Oh no!!

Surreal Succulents indicated that Ice Warrior and Pomegrante were hardy!

(just made up Pomegrante

Had been thinking of Ice Warrior and Phoenix Flame for outside.

Surreal Succulents indicated 10 hardy aeoniums on their website - surrealsucculents.co.uk/shop/?product_cat=aeonium&source_id=7&source_tax=product_cat&filter_hardiness=green-zone - but I guess there's hard and then there's hardy...

And echeveria wise was thinking of Elegans and Glauca as outside hardy ones ...

surrealsucculents.co.uk/shop/?orderby=popularity&product_cat=echeveria&source_id=8&source_tax=product_cat&filter_hardiness=green-zone

I hadn't noticed that they sold some as being "hardy", but I suppose you could try them. They are probably a bit borderline, so depends on your location, and winter conditions, if kept close to the house, they might well survive! Probably best to buy later in spring, and plant after frost has gone for the best chance of survival, and they are so easy to propagate from cuttings, you could take a few as insurance.

That's a good idea to take cuttings as insurance!

I'll reign in my impatience and wait until spring and when the last frosts have gone!

(and lower my expectations of their survival)

Good luck!

Maybe I should update next February to say what (if anything) survived

I have used Ice Alpines .co.uk in the past. They supply mostly alpines as the name suggests but do have succulents as well. Prices are good and quality seems ok.