Plant of the Month – Succulents Indoors

In what other plant group can you find such an assortment of foliage shapes from green globes to finger-like forms to tree types? The patterns and colors of leaves or stems are amazingly varied, and the often-spectacular flowers; some like water lilies or daisies; appear in striking contrast to the fascinating plants.  Succulents Indoors has got to be one of the most unique plant families that can create spectacular arrangements your guest will without a doubt “oooooow” and “ahhhhhh” over.

Many succulent plants come from the Tropics and Subtropics such as semi-deserts and high deserts, so they have a tolerance for surviving longer in dry conditions and little soil. This makes them low-maintenance, tolerant and easy to care for, perfect for the stress a home or office can take on a plant!  Succulents like bright indirect light indoors, if exposed to direct light they can sometimes sunburn.   Water these gems thoroughly, but let the soil completely dry before watering again.  Avoid soils with high organic content and stick with a fast-draining cactus mix.

There are so many uses for such a large family of plants from the Cactaceae Plant Family.  But as always, I have to give my two cents and let you know my personal favorite use of Succulents Indoors is in orchid arrangements.  They make the perfect pair not only visually, but also their light and water requirements are surprisingly similar.  A delicate Phalaenopsis (Moth) Orchid planted with trailing and rosette-formed succulents at the base of it’s graceful stem keep your eyes in a constant state of attention.  You can match the rainbow of colors that an orchid comes in with the equally colorful foliage of the succulents or create a sophisticated arrangement with a simple white orchid and succulents in various shades of green.   Mixing and matching is part of the fun and the possibilities are endless.

Other great ideas for Succulents Indoors:

• Dish gardens – create a miniature landscape of texture and form.
• Low table arrangements – Pick 1 variety of succulent and repeat it in small individual containers or a long thin container to give a modern appearance.
• The Vintage Look – Use soup cans or mason jars as containers for succulents and it will give your plants a rustic look.
• Modern Succulents – Plant succulents in a clear glass vase, it can be short or tall, but be sure to fill the vase with some charcoal at the bottom and sand or small pebbles at the top with soil in between.
• The Finishing Touch – don’t forget to top-dressed your creation with large or small stones, river pebbles, designer glass pieces (upscale nurseries carry this in various colors), black, white or colored sand, lava rocks or sea-shells for a beach feel (it’s amazing how much succulents looks like coral and sea anemones).

Customer Survey Results shows that we are a Plant Service living up to our name

First off we would love to thank all of our clients who participated in our survey!  As Interior Plantscapers in Orange County we understand how important it is to keep business standards and values at the highest level possible and what better way to know this than to ask our clients!  We  appreciated all of your feedback and felt very warm and fuzzy with the pleasing results.

Our conclusion is that we are living up to our name:  The Personal Plant Service is providing quality work with a personal touch.

Below is a detailed summary of the results of our survey, please feel free to leave us any comments you have.  We are always striving to serve our clients the best way we can, so any feedback is always welcome at the Personal Plant Service.

~ Highlighted in BLUE are our top scores!  (the ratings are based out of 5 total)

OUR PEOPLE

Poor ~ Fair ~ Good ~ Superior ~ Exceptional ~ Rating

Professionalism                     0%       0%      2.2%       20%              77.8%           4.76

Plant Skills & Knowledge      0%        0%      2.2%      23.9%            73.9%           4.72

Tech’s communication          0%        0%      4.3%      23.9%             71.7%           4.67

Account left in good order    0%        0%      6.7%      26.7%             66.7%           4.60

Courteous & Friendly           0%         0%     0%        13%                  87%              4.87

OUR PRODUCTS

Poor ~ Fair ~ Good ~ Superior ~ Exceptional ~ Rating

Cleanliness & Health of          0%    0%      8.7%      34.8%              56.5%        4.48                your plants

Quality of plants &                  0%    0%      6.5%      28.3%               65.2%        4.59             containers  offered

Current design achieves         0%    0%      8.7%      30.4%              60.9%         4.52             desired results

Timely color rotations            0%    2.4%    9.8%      24.4%              63.4%         4.49

OUR PERFORMANCE

Poor ~ Fair ~ Good ~ Superior ~ Exceptional ~ Rating

Service is personalized        0%     0%       0%         28.3%              71.7%         4.72            and meets your needs

Quality of service                  0%     0%       0%         37%                  63%           4.63           meets expections

Timely response to              2.2%   0%      0%        21.7%                 76.1%        4.70            requests

Overall performance            0%     0%       0%         26.7%              73.3%         4.73

PUBLIC RELATIONS

1.  How likely are you to refer Personal Plant Service to a friend or relative?  Would you say the chances are:

Excellent        76.2%

Very Good      21.4%

Good              2.4%

Fair                  0%

Poor                0%

2.  May we use you as a reference?

Yes                   95.2%

No                    4.8%

As you can see from these results, we were thrilled to know that our customers feel that we are doing our job as Interior Plantscapers in Orange County exceptionally and living up to our name.

The highest compliment our customers give is to recommend us to family and friends, and 95% who responded said they would refer our service to others.  We are always interested in any referrals and would love to enhance your family or friends home or office.  Please let us know how we can help make more environments clean and beautiful places you’ll love to be!