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Creating a Plant Section That Actually Moves Inventory 🌿

Turn your plant displays into high-performing sales drivers—not just pretty corners A well-designed plant section can do more than fill space in a retail store—it can actively drive sales, increase basket size, and turn casual shoppers into repeat buyers. For...

Soil 101đŸŒ±: The Foundation of Every Thriving Plant

When it comes to growing happy, healthy plants, everything starts with the soil. It’s more than just “dirt”—it’s a living, breathing ecosystem that supports roots, delivers nutrients, and controls moisture. Whether you’re picking out your first houseplant or expanding...

What Sets California Greenhouses Apart

In a market full of options, choosing the right greenhouse partner goes beyond just product—it’s about trust, efficiency, and the kind of experience that keeps your day running smoothly. At California Greenhouses, we’ve built our approach around one simple idea:...

Let’s Clear This Up: What “Overwatering” Really Means 🌿

If you’ve ever been told, “You’re overwatering your plant,” you’re not alone. It’s probably the most common piece of plant advice out there—and also one of the most misunderstood. So let’s clear it up, simply and honestly. đŸŒ± Overwatering Isn’t About How Often You...

Plants That Actually Talk Back 🌿

When it comes to choosing houseplants, there’s a common hesitation we hear all the time: “I want something unique
 but I don’t want to accidentally kill it.” Totally fair. Many “boutique” plants look incredible—but can feel unpredictable. One day they’re thriving, the...
OC Succulents colorful succulent plants

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Echeveria Arlie Wright

This particularly stunning hybrid created by Dick Wright was named after his mother “Arloine”. The exact crosses are unknown, but as most of Dick Wrights hybrids, this plant was stemmed off of Echeveria Gibbiflora. Echeveria Gibbiflora has lend itself very well to...

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Yucca Rostrata

Colors are fun to play with in the garden. Use the blue leaves of the Yucca Rostrata to transition to a blue hued garden. Focus on the Rostrata for a focal point, an Agave ‘Blue Glow’ or ‘Celsii Nova’ for medium height, and finish off with Sedum Clavatum and Turquoise...

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This gorgeous, stunning, thick leaf aloe is another Kelly Griffin hybrid that can grow 18” tall and 2’ wide. The leaves of aloe ‘delta lights’ are of a dark evergreen, but are heavily spotted. Some plants may take on even more of the color of the white specs, giving...

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Anacampseros Sunrise

The love plant, or Anacampseros Telephiastrum Variegata ‘Sunrise’, is a marvelous plant for containers. Pair easily with the Echeveria ‘Lola’ for similar slow growing, compact, container design, or use it to brighten up a Bromeliad container. These smaller succulents...

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Echeveria Lola

Slow growing, highly collectible, iridescent color, great container accent, easily one of the most sought after echeveria we grow. Not many succulents are white, but a white echeveria like ‘lola’ can work in almost an arrangement. Lola, a hyrbid of Dick Wright,...

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Agave Joe Hoak

A hardy sport of “The Variegated Smooth Agave” , agave ‘Joe Hoak’, has a soft creme and green paintbrush stroke down the center of each leaf. Each leaf also varies in variegation, but a tricolor appearance sets it apart from its regular variegated counterpart. This...

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Echeveria Agavoides “Wax Agave”

There are a number of different hybrids of Echeveria Agavoides, Lipstick, Maria, Prolifera, Ebony, Christmas, and Macabea, are all examples of plants that look similar, but aren’t quite the same. While they’re all relatively hardy, some a bit more than others, the...

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Sedum Morganium (Donkey’s Tail)

Sedum Morganium, more commonly known as the “Donkey’s Tail” can be thought of as a common plant. Here at Orange County Succulents we pride ourselves in doing the common, uncommonly well. To an untrained eye a donkeys tail is a donkeys tail, but to us we see so much...

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Sedum Pachyphllum (Jelly Beans)

A cute and playful sprawling succulent from Mexico. It won’t grow much over a foot tall before crippling over by it’s own weight. Easily roots from fallen leaves, and as it spreads each stem forms roots and becomes it’s own mother plant. The small jelly bean like...

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