Succulents

Not previously being a fan of succulents I know nothing about the little suckers, but when I spotted this quartet at Aldi for the princley sum of $5ea, got them to help fill out the front garden space

...not sure what to call the front space, it is our front yard but full of stones with succulents, grasses, Agave and Cycads.  It went (well the stones did) all the way to the guttering, gave a whole new definition to the word ugly.
We have since had the 'nature strip' area turfed (an entire and long post could be written on that saga) but after the Darling stepped in and rescued the project, we now have some lovely green thick grass.

Relocated a few of the succulents from around the garden, to add to the 4 purchased.

 and planted them amoungst the small rocks unearthed by the garden guy.
Update: Not so sure this is a succulent - am thinking a variety of  Aechmeda Bromelaide

Apparently, succulents 'sit on' the earth, as opposed to being 'planted'.  I scratched back the stones and the weed mat...oh yeah, weed mat, it covers the entire bloody block. No wonder the soil is so starved and in poor condition...sorry, I digress, scratched back the weed mat and laid the succulents on the dirt, scooted the stones back up around the plants and gave them a short watering.


Bordered the edge along the driveway with Mondo 'Snow Storm'. Time is needed for these little guys to fill in but we all know what Mondo is like, a little water, a little food and move over baby!
They came in a 14 section punnet for $14, there was 2-3 plants in each section, pulled them apart, and again, scratched back the stones and weed mat. 

 More work needed, along with some vision, but this is it at the moment.

 Not really my cup of tea.