10 Simple Planters for Succulents!

Last Updated on June 20, 2024 by Michelle

It was a pretty monumental, cold, end-of-winter day when I discovered you can order succulents, wholesale, online. You know those little adorable plants that make wonderful party and wedding favors? Well, the first time I received that box of gorgeous plants and accessories, delivered right to my farmhouse porch on a freezing cold New England day, well let me tell you, I was a happy girl.

I wound up ordering tons for party favors for a very special celebration.

Then later I put together a really sweet arrangement for my mother-in-law for Mother’s Day.

Today, I thought I’d round up some other fun ways to plant succulents. Cause I need some inspiration for my NEXT purchase. I think I’m overdue. And yes, I think I’m addicted.

But I really think you’ll love these 9 simple planter ideas for succulents.

Read here for the 6 Reasons Succulents are the Best Plants Ever.

And go over to my youtube channel for an instructional video about planting these beauties.

So without further ado, here are the 8 ways to plant some succulents that I rounded up today. I’m thinking all of them would make gorgeous wedding favors or decorations. Just order a few trays of these stunning hens and chicks or even order trays full of variety in one of many color tones to go with your color scheme. Choose one of these adorable planter options, and you will have a memorable favor that very well may last a lifetime.

But, since yesterday was my birthday, I’m not thinking of favors at all… I’m thinking of splurging on myself…

Read to the end and please help me with some ideas!

1. Temporary Housing

First, you might want to propagate your own succulents. You can totally do that. Here’s a great way to temporarily house your new little plants. It’s ingenious really… in fact, I feel like an egg head that I didn’t think of this sooner. (Ugh, sorry, bad pun. )

2. Antiqued Charm

Pot them beautifully in this new planter that you make look antique. (And, score, you can make it for cheap!)

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3. Center of Attention

Make a gorgeous centerpiece. You’ll want to stick with low-growing, compact succulents–like these gorgeous options from Mountain Crest Gardens–for a centerpiece. In fact, Mountain Crest Gardens offers the perfect accessory to help you with this one. Check out this wreath form, which will make things extra easy.

4. All Corked Up

Put ~~a cork in it~~… Put one in a cork, or two, or four… But, if you don’t wanna collect all the corks you may need to round up a slew of these for party favors, gifts, or wedding favors but you like the rustic look of cork, check out these beautiful mini cork planters. (fyi, if you have any left over I love these as votive holders. The candle light flickers beautifully through the cork.)

5. All Wrapped Up

Of course you can wrap ’em up in ribbons for a beautiful look that you can coordinate with any room decor or to make truly perfect wedding or party favors.

6. Rustically Charming

Now me, I’m a simple gal. I like things that look down-home charming, so I gotta point out you can also wrap ’em up in rustic twine. (Bonus… this involves one of my favorite things… Mason jars!)

7. Wild & Fruity

If you’re a wild-and-crazy kinda gal or just want an adorable planter for your kitchen window sill, grab a quart-sized mason jar and go a little wild and fruity.

8. Nothing to Shell Out

But let’s be honest, free is always best, and if you’ve collected a few neat treasures on the beach lately, you don’t have to SHELL out anything at all to make this sea shell planter.

9. Flagged to Remember

Even if you’re not one to wear your sentiments on your sleeve, you may love wearing your sentiments on your succulent… at least if you’re hosting a party where you wanna make sure your theme is perfectly understood. Choose any simple small pot, like the little clay ones we ordered online. Type out your sentiment. Cover the back of your paper in washi tape, cut out the flag shape, and insert a toothpick to make the flag. Go here for more pictures and info about our extra-special farmhouse celebration we hosted this spring.

10. Cooking up one more great idea.

Last, but not least, I love my succulent planter I snagged at our Give-And-Take Room at our town’s dump. I’ve always loved old enamel pans but never knew what to do with them until now. What do ya’ think? Is this pan a perfect succulent planter or what?

Click the picture above or go here to see a little facebook live video when I planted that arrangement.

Of course there’s countless ways to house your favorite succulents… Mountain Crest Gardens is truly the “Ultimate Succulent Store”… you’ll find everything you need there–every variety of succulent you can imagine and lots of planter options, like this beauty that you can see me planting as a special gift in the video you can click to here or below.

In fact, like I said, yesterday was my birthday. And I wanna treat myself to some succulents. .

I love their terrarium kit and their fairy gardens. . .

Or maybe I’ll get a gorgeous assortment of succulents like this tray and some adorable mini planters and spread the beauty out all over our house…

Maybe if I’m feeling the love I’ll even give some away to a few elderly neighbors whom I like to visit, or our mail carrier or country store owner or our favorite cashier at the grocery store.

Then there are a few corners of our old house where succulents just can’t grow, maybe I’ll get some of these they-look-real-but-they’re-artificial succulents to “plant” there.

Honestly, I don’t know how I’ll choose. But I’m gonna start loosing sleep over this, so please leave a comment telling me your favorite choices over on Mountain Crest Gardens. It’s always fun to do a little dream shopping, no?

Imagine you have a $200 gift card–what would YOU get here today?

I’d really love to hear what you’d get!

I planted . . . but God was causing the growth. I Cor. 3:6

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