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Growing Succulents

November 22, 2011 - GrowOrganic

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Categories: Succulents Plants, Landscaping & Flowers, Container Gardening

Debra Lee Baldwin Says:

Dec 7th, 2011 at 7:09 pm

Wonderful video, Tricia. (I’m going to borrow the fast-forward idea for my next one.) Lots of good info on the succulents and how to pot them. I’ll be sure to pass along the link. Many thanks for the mention!