I would move skinny bones to the back middle of the planter and then plant something else in it's place, maybe something similar to the one on the right. Personally I would try and get some more contrast in the planter but that's just my opinion. They have some small bluish echeveria and sedum you can plant in the front corners and something in the very front that hangs over, maybe something like this.

Could you pls show a closer shot of Mr Skinny Bones?

'Cause from this distance, it looks to me like Hatiora salicornioides, a tropical, epiphytic cactus which would naturally hang when big enough, not the kind of succulent to be potted w/ a Jade. The tropical would want more frequent watering than the Jade. But it does look happy, I'll give ya that!

Beautiful plants Sam, that Kalanchoe looks pretty happy too as do the Jades.

Where in the US are you? Shall I guess Calif? Plants looking that gorgeous suggest great weather & good care!!

Believe it or not I'm in Omaha Nebraska and these have been indoors their whole life in an East facing window! :) I believe you're right about it being a cactus, but it has shot up like a weed! I'd be very interested to see what it'd do if it were in it's proper growing conditions!

This kalanchoe is stretched a bit but given it's available light I was expecting it.

Hi Sam. I think the plants are gorgeous too.

Been looking at it for a while trying to imagine what I'd do if it was mine. I like to make things having one main feature, then another a secondary feature, but not so it's necessarily obvious.

I love Mr Skinny bones - and his name. And I love the Kalanchoe too.

If I could do it, i'd make the tall straight stalk of Mr Skinny bones the main feature, and the Kalanchoe the 2nd. BUT - I'd need to play aroud with the shapes first on paper.

For eg I'd cut back the Jade a bit in a gental curve down to the Kalanchoe (but not right to the bottom, maybe even ending with an upward stroke).

I'd like to try to do a little bushy bit of the Jade, just left of the middle of it. I'd like to make the left part of Mr Skinny bones hanging like it is, but slightly further from the tall stem that it is.

If your slightly interested and would like me to draw what I'm thinking.

As for the plants coping with it. Kalanchoes die after flowering, it might need snipping off before it forms, jades are fine to chop and I'm not sure about Mr Skinny bones. Maybe if he's not going to like to have a slight trim, leave him as is. And a thin stake(?) to hold his straight stem up?

Forgot about the bonsai look. I can picture that too, but again would need to mess around on paper to what shapes I like ;-)

Helen

You said ..."Kalanchoes die after flowering"...Pls. research all kalanchoes as this is not entirely true. Some are monocarpic but not all.

Samj

Your planter is very nice looking. If you like to grow jade as true bonsai, it may be better to do so in its own pot. Shaping it will require 'vision' how it should look eventually - it may take years of pinching, pruning and wiring to get true bonsai, including its roots. If that interest you, it would help to get 'educated' about bonsai :) But even just pruning occasionally will shape plants nicely.

Helen I'd love to see a drawing of what you're picturing! I'm willing to do the work and the waiting game to get a fun result. The Jade plant is just one plant, I'll have to get a better look at the base to see how many branches it has formed.

I already have a single hobbit Jade that I'm trying to get the bonsai look with. I think I'd like to keep this Jade in the planter but just thing it out a bit so it doesn't take over the whole thing and push the others out. :)

Thought I'd take some better pictures in daylight. I need to get rid of that tiny guy in the corner but then I'll have a bare spot so I could transplant some of skinny bones to help fill it in.

Rina, I'm so glad you came in here and corrected me! I won't do that again without checking first.

Samantha, thats so Cool! What fun!!!

:-D

Don't thin it out yet. Lol

I'll be back. Just got a few other things to do

Helen, thank you so much for the drawings! I like the idea of bringing down the Jade a bit. I'm worried about actually trying to recreate it. I'll keep thinking about how I want to to grow eventually and update you!

Cool, I would like that.

There's some really good threads on here about "how can I prune my Jade?" and similar. Eg a few explain that if you cut a branch in the right place (I'm not sure, but maybe just above a 2 leaf bit), the stem will grow 2 branches out from there. So my imagination goes wild with 2D and 3D shapes lol. Can't wait to try it one day

It doesn't matter if pruning is done after 2 sets of leaves or higher: it should be done where needed. Branching will happen after 2, 3, 4 and so on pairs of leaves. Sometimes, there will be no branching - and that is what plant decided to do :)

Thx Samantha for the closer up of Mr Skinny Bones, which yes, is as I guessed. H salicorn......

I'd guess if planted in a more epi cactus setting, it would just become larger & more pendant as it became heavier. It seems so healthy, it's just so vertical that I'd guess the light's coming from directly above, like maybe skylights. Pretty amazing to learn it's Omaha, NE.

I don't think I have any suggestions to share, you're doing great w/out us!