My Winter Succulent Garden After Being Gone for 2.5 Weeks

Greg, Alex, Hannah and I have been gone up in Norther California since December 19th. Our coworker and Hannah’s friend, Nate stayed at our house and watched Bentley. (Thank you, Nate!) I didn’t have him do anything to the garden while I was gone because San Diego has LOTS of rain. The temperature at night have also been getting as low as 36 degrees Fahrenheit. Succulents stress in extreme drought and cold temperatures. The stress has brought out the most spectacular colors. Other than a few milkweeds, I came home to a beautiful garden. Succulents are so resilient! Happy New Year! Make sure to check out my website, www.designforserenity.com to see previous projects or book a virtual consultation with me! Happy gardening!

[@MsCGarnica]

That was my father's greatest dream! To have a ranch by lake Shasta with white face cows. He wasn't able my mom wouldn't move from Hawthorne CA to the north she hated the cold. As a child I so wanted to go to the northern country, I never did. I'm stuck in the desert right now but when you said this all my feelings came rushing in. Made me cry. I'm not to old to go but if I don't do it soon I may never. I'm so broken up about my plants dying in this low desert town. I'm dying here I feel I need a fresh start too. I love you you're the best and you've taught me so much about succulents and life! Thank you from my ❤️.

[@vindictivetiger]

That's what I loved about living in Southern California... if you want snow and cold weather, you can drive to it and enjoy it, then leave it behind and go back to warm weather. It's funny: you can enjoy the snow in the morning, then drive to go enjoy the sand and the ocean in the afternoon.

[@LauraEubanks]

Exactly!!

[@robingrunzweig3940]

right?? we keep our snow in the mountains where it belongs! :)

[@igabita99]

Oh ,my God ,Laura ,your garden looks even better in the winter!!!

[@josephbernardino1724]

Welcome back!!

[@breakingburque2200]

I love your no big deal approach to gardening, it should always be fun

[@erikabrown824]

Beautiful garden love all the plants.

[@juliepayn7696]

Glad you're back, missed you.

[@thatbemefool]

Glad you’re back. Please, please PLEASE consider doing an Aeonium video. It’s their season and you have soooo many fantastic ones in the garden.

[@CaraLudick]

Nothing better than waking up to a new video. Missed you! Thank you for the video.

[@jillianleblanc9370]

Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing succulents garden looking very lovely

[@zanyzana66]

Us Aussies never have snowy Christmases! But we love our seafood, ham, salads, pavlova and trifle, so we’re happy. Glad you’re back ❤️

[@susanvanniekerk8076]

Oh how i missed you! So pleased to have your videos to watch and inspire me again 😊 may 2022 be a wonderful year for you and your team

[@juanramos.jr.7948]

So glad you're back!😁 You were missed. I agree with you about cold weather. UGH!!l luckily l live in deep south Texas about 12 miles from coast. Still reasonably warm here. So glad you're back!!!! Happy new year!!! ❤

[@samuelebraccini8645]

There is a magic in your garden 💚🌵

[@annierodenberg2327]

Stunning! I love all things succulents and the climate here are not conducive in growing in a garden.

[@FernandoLopez-wk3dh]

Welcome back Laura and Eubanks fam! I missed you and your garden, the aeoniums in the front yard are indeed looking beautiful. I'm going to follow your future video on roses. I want to learn the process of training them

[@pepperspot805]

I hope you had a restful time up north.

[@robynguppyart]

I love the maintenance videos. It's soo beautiful to see things grow in! But I also love the before and after of new installations!

[@plantlifeee]

Happy NewYear! So glad you had a long much needed rested time off. Would you consider redoing your front yard😆

[@LauraEubanks]

Absolutely!

[@marisolresendiz-garcia573]

Beautiful garden!!

[@SeniorCitizenSue]

Happy New Year and welcome home!

[@juanitamaciel1893]

Hi, I just joined your channel🤗 I love your Garden 💜happy new year 🙏

[@lisagypsycarolissen7037]

Your yard looks awesome - Happy New Year!

[@herminiamcgill9725]

Happy New Year Laura and to your whole team from Perth Western Australia 🥳🤩❤️

[@scottanthony6269]

A happy new year to Gregg Hannah and yourself looking forward to this year 2022 and seeing more of your great gardens . watching your show has taken the mystery out of growing succulents and made it enjoyable

[@mariaborza1418]

Welcome back 🥰🥰🥰 Happy New Year 🥂🍾

[@mareelonghurst1934]

Your garden looks so lovely❤

[@ancorvlog8540]

Wow, awesome yard! Full support here!hope to see you around

[@bobbiwillmer7491]

Your garden is beautiful 🤩

[@robingrunzweig3940]

missed your smiling face, but glad you got your winter wonderland fix... sounds fun and COLD; we were oh so wet too wet while you were gone... but things are warming up and the sun is back... your garden looks spectacular and i'm itching to get outside and play in mine.. welcome home!! :)

[@brielgo]

Es un gusto mirar un jardín tan encantador como este. Gracias por compartir tus consejos 😀👍🏽👏🏽 feliz Año Nuevo

[@eshelovesdogs]

Glad you got some time away and got a white Christmas

[@desereesantillanes-torrez6823]

Happy to hear you had a great holiday season. It's 11pm here in Albuquerque, NM the temperature is 26°! I can't wait for spring.

[@user-ip3ms3fs1x]

Happy New Year Laura ! Greetings from Greece ! Dimitra

[@seedsaverdiane5636]

Being in the Midwest, a white holiday is so much anticipated. It’s not very often we get one. Lucky you had a white holiday and such a magical feeling. I enjoy your succulent tips of the day even though my succulents are being overwintered under grow lights until about June. Being a similar OCD garden professional such as you, it kind of drives me a bit crazy that you don’t take a bucket along with you to toss the spent plant leaves. Also, your garden hose seems to be a trip hazard. I replaced our hoses with stainless steel hoses for areas less then 50 feet and retractable hoses for longer areas (I garden on over an acre). Stainless steel hoses were a life changer. Easy and light weight to pull and then recoil. Check them out

[@mondodiverde2273]

Glad see u again! But the fountain never look better! Real real master peace!

[@christinahenry373]

Happy Happy New Year to you and your lovely family. I was thinking, maybe you can replace the metal toolbox with a plastic toolbox. Can't wait for the removal of the fire sticks. Looking forward to that project. Stay safe. 💗

[@ispywithmyboomereye238]

I’ve always wondered where your “northern California” ranch was and today it was revealed! I live in Redding and I’m always having to move my outdoor pots around my house depending on the time of the year. I don’t think a succulent garden staying in one place up would make it here. 30-118 degrees!

[@sallybruska1499]

I'm glad you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year holiday at your vacation home. It's good to get away once in awhile. Your garden looks good after no attention for two weeks. Can't wait to see your next video.

[@fabioleonhardt]

🙌

[@niniooi9262]

Hi from Melbourne, Australia!. I love your channel!!! I am new to succulent gardening. I just tried a succulent arrangement yesterday, some with roots and some from cuttings suing a potting mix. When do i water the arrangement?

[@user-pv5cz6xw4v]

👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

[@michellechapman6839]

Try Michigan for 3days in January!!!

[@sj6919]

I notice the ripple jade isn't blooming but the silver dollar is. I have the same situation, plants side-by-side, but ripple does not like to bloom. Silver dollar is spectacular while blooming but looks bad when flowers die as they don't fall off. Bees love it.

[@ellietobe]

That is all very beautiful but about 80% of the USA and much of Europe has very cold weather during the winter months. We have to grow our plants inside much of the year. Some times I wonder if it is even worth it to put them outside during the warmer months because they get so upset when I have to bring them inside when the temperatures start to dip. Our succulents will never come near the size of Laura Eubanks’ plants try as they may.

[@jnielson3683]

Will you please please please do a rose pruning/training video this spring. Yours always look so stunning architecturally not to mention the blooms, but architecturally along your fence 👌👌👌👌💯💯💯please show us your method. I’ve only seen pruning videos on baby climbing roses. Not mature ones. I’m also rewatching all your videos currently in case you’ve already done this. 🙏🙏🙏

[@jnielson3683]

I left this comment before you got to your roses in the video 🤦‍♀️😅 Request still stands

[@dorindajenkins7825]

👋😃

[@chetmanyu3800]

Hi Laura, at the beginning of the video (~1:54) approximately in the bottom middle of the frame of the video, I see a ripple jade plant. Am I correct? If it is, it looks beautiful and big! If it is a ripple jade plant, how long have you had it for?

[@angelahammac6970]

Hi everyone. I love your videos Laura. They are very inspiring. Can anyone please tell me the name of the white cactus in front of the Bougainvillea at3:49.

[@LauraEubanks]

That’s celistocactus strausii

[@Carolina-tb4zv]

I noticed you don’t have cob webs🤔

[@brokenbutterfly3178]

Hey Laura, any cold hardy agaves that I can use in the landscape here where I live that wouldn't pup so much?

[@LauraEubanks]

What’s your zone?

[@brokenbutterfly3178]

@@LauraEubanks I'm not exactly sure. I live in south Asia. I'm close to the desert so we've got a semi arid climate. Winters aren't that harsh. The lowest it gets is -8C° but only on some nights. On average from Dec to Feb, it's like 2C° from 12am to 8am.

[@LauraEubanks]

@@brokenbutterfly3178 I would think any of the thicker skinned varieties would work. If you go with attenuata, just be prepared to throw some bed sheets or frost cloth over them if temps are predicted to drop below freezing for any length of time.

[@jaybee3216]

Stunning as per usual but hey quick question Laura !! You said that when ur alluodii procera ( idk if that’s how it’s spelled 🤷🏻‍♀️) starts to lose its leaves that means it’s going dormant , correct ? Then u said NOT TO WATER IT right… Sooooo how about when it rains ??? I live right here in Simi Valley (an exit away from Thousand Oaks !) Anyways I’d highly appreciate a response whenever u have time to do so thank so so much! I love ur life !!! With lots of ❤️ Jess

[@LauraEubanks]

If you’ve planted it in well draining soil, all should be well. Just don’t supplement with irrigation during the rainy season when the plant is bare😊

[@jaybee3216]

@@LauraEubanks ur awesome !!! Thanks a million! I was already stressing out like Ahhhhhb what do u mean no water !?! It’s been raining cats n dogs out here in so cal!!! Lol Thank You

[@seedandshovel]

do you propagate your angel trumpet tree

[@LauraEubanks]

Nope. One is plenty in my tiny garden😊

[@dcharrison]

Uuuuu No! Lol