Top 10 Succulents for Beginners: Easy-to-Grow Varieties

Here are 10 carefully selected easy-to-grow succulents for beginners.

1. Echeveria 'Momotaro' Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ / Price: 300-800 yen Popular variety with pink-tipped leaves. Hardy and easy to propagate from leaf cuttings.

2. Sedum 'Aurora' (Rainbow Drops) Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ / Price: 200-500 yen Turns red in autumn and winter. Easy to propagate from stem cuttings.

3. Haworthia obtusa Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ / Price: 500-3,000 yen A soft-leaf Haworthia with beautiful translucent windows. Keep in bright indirect light away from direct sun.

4. Graptopetalum paraguayense (Ghost Plant) Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ / Price: 200-500 yen Cool grayish leaf color. One of the hardiest succulents.

5. Kalanchoe tomentosa (Panda Plant) Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ / Price: 300-800 yen Ear-shaped leaves with brown-edged margins. Popular with children too.

6. Echeveria 'Shichifukujin' Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ / Price: 300-1,000 yen A clustering type that produces many offsets. Great sense of growing achievement.

7. Senecio rowleyanus (String of Pearls) Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ / Price: 300-800 yen Spherical leaves strung together in a trailing form. Stylish interior accent.

8. Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' (Black Rose) Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ / Price: 500-1,500 yen Chic and distinctive black foliage. Winter-growing type that goes dormant in summer.

9. Pachyphytum oviferum (Moonstone) Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ / Price: 300-800 yen Adorably plump, thick leaves. Colors change to pink-purple in cool weather.

10. Lithops Difficulty: ★★★☆☆ / Price: 300-1,000 yen Called "living stones" for their rock-like appearance. Unique watering schedule, but deeply rewarding once mastered.