New Succulents

These arrived on Thursday, from Ireland (Succulents Ireland). I don't have any more of the smaller terracotta pots, so had to use a mixture of pots, but will re-pot them when (if?) I get any more of the smaller terracotta pots I bought locally. There is a little plant in a pot of water (at the top, right of the photo), and that's a greenovia, but it's unrooted and I don't want to put in a pot until it has some roots.

I was waiting for a couple of photos I'd bought from Next to be delivered yesterday (and they were), but when they arrived I discovered they don't have drainage holes, so ended up not using them. It's so hard, and time-consuming, to drill holes in ceramic ... I'm still trying to drill a hole in a mug I bought from a charity shop earlier in the week. So far there's just an indentation, but maybe from now until Xmas I will have managed to drill a hole!

The little teapot, I painted because the terracotta looked very dark, and I wanted the plant to stand out more. Not exactly how I wanted the teapot to look, but I think I'm going to re-pot that little Echeveria when I get some more pots, and I'll try and re-paint the teapot - maybe in a creamier colour.

Before and after ...

I watered the new succulents yesterday, and today I noticed that the paint had come away from parts of the pot! So, yes, I will have to re-paint it later ...

The two pots (or planters) from Next -

And the charity shop mug -