Should Succulents Grow In Shade Or Sun

The majority of succulents have evolved in open spaces where not many tall, shade providing plants grow. From this piece of information alone, we could conclude that succulents need sun rather than shade.

But, unfortunately, it is not as easy as that. The word ‘succulent’ is used for 10’s of thousands of plants that can be very different in the way they look and grow. Their needs can also be very dissimilar.

On top of that, because of their popularity, succulents often find themselves miles away from home, in completely different climates. And I’ve not even touched upon the many hybrids that have been developed by crossbreeding, altering the plants needs and growth habit. It is impossible to definitively state that all succulents prefer sun or shade.

But we can narrow it down based on the climate, seasons and succulent type. I’ll also discuss whether it’s possible to find a middle ground that all succulents would tolerate.

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Timeline:

00:00 Intro
01:12 Sun & shade outdoors vs indoors
02:52 Climate & weather
04:53 Type of succulent
06:17 Middle ground

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[Cleog]

Omg lol, my succulents are indoors with afternoon sun in front of my patio doors with a roof on top. I do notice the colours are not as bright as they should be. I don’t have a lot of room, but I tried grow light with no luck, so far the plants I haven’t killed off are doing ok 😊

[karenmorton]

I appreciate your to the point, informative videos. Live in the USA and the summer months in North Carolina are brutal...VERY HOT ....only allow morning sun. Winter my succulents in a large, very sunny window.

[seemasachdeva]

Hi. Nice information. Me from Kolkata, India. Here the climate is something like yours. So this was was and will remain important for me. Thank you.

[jillianleblanc]

Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection beautiful

[marialakshmi]

My big dark Aeonium like A purple rose and A black rose are fine in full sun but all the smaller hybrids, variegated ones and A lily pad are getting crisped leaves even under 50 percent shade cloth now we are over 100 degrees F. Hopefully they will all bounce back in autumn.

[BanuBengu-mqhm]

graptopetalum mendozae and sedum clavatum were fine in mid-May, they were on the balcony and got direct sunlight, the noon sun is very hot, but in June some of their leaves burned and I moved them to an open but full shade area because they were only in a 5.5 cm pot and they were small. I didn't want them to die, but now it's the end of July and they've lost their shape and aren't growing. I'm afraid to put them back in the sun because the temperature here really goes up to 42 degrees. Do you have any suggestions for them?

[backyardhouseplant]

Thanks for this one..i forgot to put back my haworthias in shade for just few hours and they got sunburned specially the soft ones..

[daym]

As shared with me, echverias don't stretch if the watering is cut down, when the light source is a limiting factor say indirect light and its located indoors.
They don't die either, Infact they remain compact
What are your thoughts about this Kat is this right or detrimental ?

[marialakshmi]

Sempervivum are also more of a morning sun lover or 50 percent shade cloth lover in summer... they have really appreciated my shade cloth along with my Aeonium which I think would have died if I didn't have them under cover this summer.
Others have stretched under the shade cloth, all the chubbies especially my Pachyphytum need more sun than this.