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A selection of choice succulents and favorite combinations for the landscape from author Robin Stockwell.

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Agave ‘Blue Glow’ fronting A. ‘Blue Flame. Photo: Katie Elzer-Peters

Clockwise from top: Agave weberi, Yucca valida, A. filifera, and A. ‘Cornelius’. Photo: Robin Stockwell

A close up of Aeonium ‘Cyclops reveals the translucence of the leaves. ‘Cyclops’ rosettes grow to18 inches across and each stem will quickly grow to about four feet tall, taking on a sculptural form as stems branch. Photo: Sara Shoemaker Lind

Aeonium canariense, A. ‘Cyclops’, and Aloe plicatilis. Photo: Robin Stockwell

Hummingbirds flock to crimson aloe flowers in winter. Photo: Katie Elzer-Peters

While there are not many succulents that grow taller than three feet, there are a number of aloes that offer height in the landscape. This aloe, Aloe barberae (syn. A. bainesii) is the tallest of all the species and can reach heights of up to 50 feet in time.

A tapestried planting of Echeveria elegans, E. derenbergii, Sempervivum ‘Purple Fuzzy’. S.soboliferum, S. calcareum tectorum, and a purple leafed hybrid Sempervivum. Photo: Robin Stockwell

Echerveria secunda in moss rock. Photo: Robin Stockwell

Echeveria elegans produces flowers in summer. Every three to four years, dig and remove all of the offsets from the mother plant and replant individual plants about 12 inches apart. Photo: Sara Shoemaker Lind

Clockwise from top: Aeonium canariense, A. ‘Cyclops’, Senecio mandraliscae, and Calandrinia grandiflora. Photo: Robin Stockwell

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