The best succulents to buy online at Amazon, according to our garden expert

If you don't have time for a trip to the garden centre then consider one of these beauties

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Are you obsessed with succulents? You're in luck: there are plenty of bargain succulent plants up for grabs on Amazon.

When looking for where to buy succulent's online Amazon might not instantly spring to mind, but as the resident gardening expert at Ideal Home I've picked out a couple that are worth buying to make all of your succulent garden ideas a reality.

Here, then, is our pick of the best succulent plants available to buy on Amazon. You are welcome.

Succulents in stones inset into decking edging

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The best succulent plants to buy online at Amazon

Ready to cash in on one of the biggest garden trends around?

Time to get shopping for all things succulent-related, we think...

Indoor Succulents Plant Mix (6 plants)|£15.19 at Amazon

Indoor Succulents Plant Mix (6 plants)|£15.19 at Amazon

Fancy adding six succulent babies to your collection? This bargain buy allows you to do just that, providing you with a collection of tried-and-tested air plants in 5.5cm pots – perfect for popping on a windowsill!

Plant Theatre So Succulent Kit | £8.29 at Amazon

Plant Theatre So Succulent Kit | £8.29 at Amazon

Fancy growing your own succulent plants from scratch? This kit contains everything you could possibly need to do so, including 6 Peat Growing Biodegradable Pots, 6 Peat Discs (that expand when watered!), 6 Plant Markers, 2 sachets of Vermiculite, and, of course, those all-important seeds...

Sempervivum Mixed Pack of 6 | £14.99 at Amazon

Sempervivum Mixed Pack of 6 | £14.99 at Amazon

These pretty, hardy perennial plants look fantastic in pots or hidden between rocks – and now you can buy six ready-grown plants from one of Amazon's gardening experts. Win!

Warmplus 6.5CM Ceramic Succulent Plant Pots | £9.59 at Amazon

Warmplus 6.5CM Ceramic Succulent Plant Pots | £9.59 at Amazon

The plants aren't included in this deal, but these pretty ceramic pots are perfect if you have any succulent plants in need of a new home – not least of all because of their excellent drainage holes and accompanying bamboo trays.

Lewondr Succulent Pots | £16.99 at Amazon

Lewondr Succulent Pots | £16.99 at Amazon

Whether you're buying them as a gift or for yourself, these sweet little succulents come in pots emblazoned with positive affirmations. Which means, quite simply, you should feel brilliant about yourself whenever you take a gander at them...

Best succulent essentials to buy online

If you do opt to buy a succulent online, don't forget all the other essentials such as succulent compost and pots to help you not fall for any succulent care mistakes.

Coco and Perlite Potting Mix  |£5.99 at Amazon

Coco and Perlite Potting Mix  |£5.99 at Amazon

Overwatering your succulents is the very worst watering mistakes you can make, but this mixture is specifically designed to capture and retain nutrients – which means that you can feed your babies without drowning them. 

YUNSTK Mix Horticultural Lava Rock | £9.59 at Amazon

YUNSTK Mix Horticultural Lava Rock | £9.59 at Amazon

Before planting succulents into garden soil, improve the drainage by adding in horticultural grit. These porous lava rocks will do that job and more, also helping to retain soil moisture and provide essential plant nutrients.

Mcbazel Soil Meter | £11.60 at Amazon

Mcbazel Soil Meter | £11.60 at Amazon

This moisture probe takes all the guesswork out of your checking the moisture of the soil, being easy to read and doing the least damage to the roots.

With all of those tempting succulent buys for us to sink our teeth into, it's little wonder we're busily clearing room on our bathroom windowsill.

We just need to make sure we read up on how often we should water succulents before we get started in earnest, as we wouldn't want to drown our new arrivals...

Kayleigh Dray
Acting Content Editor

Kayleigh Dray became Ideal Home’s Acting Content Editor in the spring of 2023, and is very excited to get to work. She joins the team after a decade-long career working as a journalist and editor across a number of leading lifestyle brands, both in-house and as a freelancer.