Flower Arranging with Succulents

[ralphrmartin]

Not exactly my cup of tea, but I thought some of you might like to see these examples of flower arranging with succulents from the 2019 International Horticultural Expo in Beijing:

[Tina]

I was going to say they are lovely until I saw the euphorbia unispina they had chopped up, OH such cruelty , a job for ELF- euphorbia liberation front

[Chez2]

I don't like the first two but I like the rest. We keep mainly succulents. I arrange mine in tubs in the garden but not quite like that. I did belong to a floral art society for over a decade so to my eye my tubs look nicer than single plants.

I didn't notice a chopped up plant. Which photo is it in?

[Tony R]

But you have to admire the displays and the amount of work involved.
Would put a whole new spin on our view of 'Presidential Pots' (Colin )

[wildedges]

I certainly admire the way they've managed to plant some of these without marking leaves or knocking bits off.

[Deltron]

I was going to say they are lovely until I saw the euphorbia unispina they had chopped up, OH such cruelty , a job for ELF- euphorbia liberation front

I thought this would turn your stomach!

[juster]

Not my 'cup of tea' either, but most of them are attractive and interesting, thanks Ralph! I wonder what happens to the plants when the show is over; perhaps the arrangements are dismantled and the plants returned to individual pots, ready to grow on and be used another time. Hopefully they are not just thrown away!!

[Tina]

Its No7, I had to go lie down and recover .

Most of them will easily recover or re-root from this but from experience in Uk conditions it would take those Euphorbia a long time to root, maybe they don't chop em or they grow like weeds in hot climates not like in the UK.

[el48tel]

Not my cup of tea either .... but the skill to conceive and achieve the style is above my humble level.

[kohinoor]

These are Euphorbia poissions they grow faster then E.unispina.
You can id them by the color of flower and the texture of stem.

E.poissions have been massive produce in Taiwan,Plant these size cost only 1500NTD(39 pound).
They been sale as landscaping plant. I guess it's the same in China.
I don't have any issue rooting these in here.

The notorious one is E. horwoodii even wich 30C temperature and rooting powder it still take 3~6 month to root.
We grow these in graft as well.

FYI there are 5 slimier species.
E.poissions
E.sapinii (with long leaf and flower stalk)
E.venefica (with claw like spine)
E.unispina.
E.sudanica (rarely seen in cultivation)

E.venefica is my personal favorite. They have a lot of breeding and selecting potential.
Grower in Thailand are doing some crazy hybridization with E.venefica.

Euphorbia “Crime Scene” (venefica x khandalensis)
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