How to make a stacked succulent planter
Whether it’s an easy-to-make Christmas gift or a stylish centrepiece for a festive outdoor dining table, this simple succulent planter can be put together in an afternoon.
You will need
- A selection of small succulents
- Good quality potting mix
- Gravel
- Paintbrush
- Resene Aquapel & Terracotta Sealer
- Resene testpots of Resene Blue Night, Resene Hammerhead and Resene Neutral Bay
- Three differently sized terracotta pots
- Trowel
To get the look:
- Mark painted the background stucco wall with Resene AquaShield tinted to Resene Colonial White.
Instructions
Step one
Apply one coat of Resene Aquapel & Terracotta Sealer to the inside and outside of each terracotta pot and allow to dry.
Step two
Apply two coats of Resene Blue Night to the outside and inner rim of the largest terracotta pot, allowing two hours for each coat to dry.
Step three
Apply two coats of Resene Hammerhead to the outside and inner rim of the middlesized terracotta pot, allowing two hours for each coat to dry.
Step four
Apply two coats of Resene Neutral Bay to the outside and inner rim of the smallest terracotta pot, allowing two hours for each coat to dry.
Step five
Loosely fill the largest terracotta pot (to the base of the inner rim) with good quality potting mix.
Step six
Place the middle-sized terracotta pot on top of this, as shown, and, in the same way, fill with good quality potting mix.
Step seven
Repeat step six using the smallest of the terracotta pots.
Step eight
Plant each of the stacked pots with small succulents, as shown.
Step nine
Carefully apply a gravel mulch around the base of the succulents, as shown.
Detail of plant pots