Super succulents
TO the surprise of visitors more used to lavish flower arrangements, the halls at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, have, this year, been decorated with aeoniums, aloes and other succulents. This vast family of plants, until recently airily dismissed by gardeners in the same breath as cacti, have side-stepped horticultural snobbery and proved themselves worthy of a place in the garden and under glass. This isn’t simply because they are relatively easy to care for (undoubtedly the reason for their mass production and availability), but because they offer such variety. Look closely at the intricate whorls of colourful foliage and it is hard, once gripped, to ever let them go.
‘Look at the intricate whorls of foliage and
