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    Stunning Succulents

    6 stunning succulents to plant in your garden

    Annie Thornton, Houzz
    Aug 31, 2017 | 11:41 am
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    Photo courtesy of Shades of Green Landscape Architecture, Houzz

    Succulents are a gardener’s dream. They offer something for everyone, from the person who has yet to keep a plant alive to the homeowner looking to minimize a summer watering schedule and the artist who paints with plants.

    Here are six stunning succulents to consider for your garden:

    Echeveria
    We can definitely get behind a purple plant. Echeveria offers some of the best landscape color for a garden rich in greens, blues, and grays. You can grow echeveria in the ground or in containers, though it’s not as cold hardy as some others profiled here. Unlike some succulents, echeveria flowers year after year. Provide it with full sun and low water and watch the color parade year after year.

    Aeonium
    Aeonium is the winner when it comes to aesthetic diversity — with leaves ranging from pure black to colorful variegations, there’s an aeonium for every taste. Its rounded leaves create a softer look than some of the other desert natives. Aeoniums are native to the Canary Islands, and what they lack in cold hardiness, they make up for in soil and moisture tolerance. Aeoniums require a little more water than most succulents do, though they are still very drought tolerant. Consider interplanting them with other Mediterranean natives or grasses.

    Parry’s agave
    There’s something majestic about Parry’s agave. This plant is a little more statuesque than many of these other plants, measuring around 3 feet tall and wide, but that also means you need only one to make an impact. Hardy to nearly 0 degrees Fahrenheit, this Southwest native can be grown in the ground outdoors where many other succulents must be brought inside over winter. Beware of its spiny ends. Consider planting this agave away from path edges — but it belongs in the center anyway.

    Stylish Plant Stands to Hold Pretty Succulents

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    Sempervivum may be the succulent for gardeners in climates with a range of temperatures. This plant, with its tightly packed rosettes, is native to the mountains of Central and Southern Europe and can handle snowy winters and sunny summers. Sempervivum is also monocarpic but produces multiple offsets throughout its life. It grows well in full sun with little water.

    Keep Succulents Healthy With Help From a Pest Control Pro

    Blue chalk sticks (senecio mandraliscae)
    Succulents make wonderful accents and container plants, but when you need to cover more ground quickly, look no further than blue chalk sticks. The vivid blue color of this plant frames specimen or upright varieties, as well as surrounding hardscape. In fire-prone areas, plant blue chalk sticks for a fire-wise landscape. While it's not very cold hardy, it’s tolerant of high winds and coastal conditions. It looks good year-round, even after all the showier plants have finished blooming.

    Colorful Fall Perennials to Plant Now

    Santa Rita prickly pear (opuntia santa-rita, opuntia violacea santa-rita)
    Santa Rita prickly pear offers Southwestern gardeners some of the prettiest landscape color around — from its gray-blue pads that turn purple in winter, to the yellow flowers that appear in spring. A Southwest and Texas native, Santa Rita tolerates extreme heat and sun, as well as temperatures that dip into the teens. It’s probably best to keep this plant away from garden edges and pathways, but since it can grow up to 5 feet tall and wide, you’d want to provide it with plenty of room anyway.

    Echeveria.

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    Cool wine bar and gift shop opens in novel storefront in East Dallas

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 29, 2025 | 10:39 am
    I Want That One
    I Want That One
    Squooshy pillows and rainbow floor mat at I Want That One

    A super-cool wine bar and gift shop is opening in a novel location in East Dallas: Called I Want That One, it'll open at 2410 N. Haskell Ave., where it will combine wine tastings, gift shop, and art space all in one.

    Located across from the Target at Haskell & US-75, the address used to be home to a florist called The Peonies Shop. The unique part is that it's in a row of very nice storefronts on the street level of a public storage facility — a scenario you don't see too often.

    It's slated to open at the beginning of June.

    I Want That One is from partners Graham and David Bond, who share a passion for wine, travel, and art. David is an airline pilot and Graham has a long history in retail, serving in management for companies in Europe, South Africa and the US including Fossil and Macy's.

    "I worked in retail for most of my career, and always wanted to have my own business," Graham says. "I'm passionate about art, wine, and especially 'experiential' retail. For me, the experience you have wherever you are shopping is what makes you go back."

    With a strong focus on customer service, the shop will be a place to find wine, special gifts, and items for the home. Their home décor and gifting selections are sourced from various countries and manufacturers that Graham has met over the years of travel, leveraging the relationships built over his many years in retail and wholesale.

    A preview of their merchandise reveals dreamy overstuffed pillows in bright colors; chic wine glasses with an ombre colored finish; and one-of-a-kind art objects, often rendered with a tongue-in-cheek wit. For example: blue-and-white ceramic tiles that evoke the famous Delftware, but instead of the traditional ornate flowery patterns, the tiles feature modern images like headphones, chihuahuas, Jeeps, and Doc Martens boots.

    They're especially excited about the wine selection they'll offer.

    "We have a wine license and can buy direct from wineries, which means we can bring in small boutique wines not found everywhere else in Dallas," Graham says. "We have some good wine connections, and love the idea of partnering with winemakers to come visit and talk about their wines."

    They'll offer wine by the glass and in flights, as well, at a small, fabulously furnished wine bar painted deep cobalt blue, with a white marble top and tastefully muted orange bar stools, beneath a row of whimsically-placed hanging light bulbs, each with a different colored cord.

    Their other goal is to champion local art, by serving as a gallery for artists, providing an unexpected place to host showings of their work. They'll post their finds on Instagram, highlighting new art, artist events, and wine happenings.

    "We liked the idea of exploring a new area," Graham says. "An opportunity arose in this space, and a good friend has a business in the space next door. That area gets a lot of traffic, with the Target and Kroger and all of the retail there, along with a growing residential population in that part of town. And there's the potential for synchronicity — that little strip has a nail salon and a pet grooming place. You could drop off your pet and come shop or have a glass of wine."

    "It's about having a place where wine lovers can taste some wine, or attend fun, unique events, with the idea of sharing some of the things we're passionate about," he says.

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