How to create a display of succulents in your garden 

From a gravel garden to planting in a picture frame, we get the experts to share clever tips for succulent success

Sempervivum 'Gold Nugget'. Picture: Alamy/PA

Whether in bowls, troughs or even picture frames, succulents can add a touch of the tropical to a garden, in a display of multi-coloured rosettes or in a dry bed among cacti and other drought-loving favourites.

The deep-coloured Semponium ‘Destiny’ — a cross between a hardy sempervivum and an aeonium which can produce a very large flat head up to 60cm across — won Plant Of The Year at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show for Surreal Succulents and would make a great stand-alone specimen if you’re short of space.