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• Succulents like Portulacaria alfa or Senecio haworthii are examples for that. Leaves may look a little dried and brittle once they turn yellow. Those two features are signs of under watering. As soon as you spot the succulent leaves turn yellow, wrinkled, you should start watering them.

• If your succulent is in a pot with no drainage hole and/or you’ve used the wrong potting medium, your succulent leaves may turn mushy and yellow. Even if you water correctly, water will not drain away. Poor drainage could start to cause root rot and stem rot.

• Sometimes older leaves on a plant will start to turn yellow as they die. After a while they dry out, turn crispy, and fall off. It’s a natural part of life for many plants as they grow, just like humans will shed dead skin cells. Succulents tend to lose older leaves naturally at the base of the plant.

Most succulent plants are naturally green, but some varieties have mottled leaves and occasionally other colors mixed with green. Very few varieties of succulents have yellow leaves or tones when they are perfectly healthy, although there are.

Succulents like Portulacaria alfa or Senecio haworthii are examples for that. Leaves may look a little dried and brittle once they turn yellow. Those two features are signs of under watering. As soon as you spot the succulent leaves turn yellow, wrinkled, you should start watering them.

If your succulent is in a pot with no drainage hole and/or you’ve used the wrong potting medium, your succulent leaves may turn mushy and yellow. Even if you water correctly, water will not drain away. Poor drainage could start to cause root rot and stem rot.

All succulent species store water in their leaves, roots, or stems. Although most varieties of succulents have green leaves, some kinds have shades of red, blue, purple, pink and orange. Succulents are generally small compact plants that make great houseplants that require little maintenance.