Isn't it amazing how different plants can look when grown under different conditions? I've beheaded and rooted and grown from leaves. Since I am terrible at marking what my babies are, I often get them mixed up. Here, I was in the process of beheading and replanting an area of Vera Higgins. Oops - looks like I couldn't tell the (now red) California Sunset from Vera Higgins when I planted them. So I quit trying to segregate the different colors - and wondered why I hadn't done that before. You can see lots of red California Sunset in the middle of this picture. And believe it or not, plant #1 is also CS that I propagated under different conditions. It will eventually match in color. Plants #2 are Vera Higgins. And if all these subtle differences give you a headache when trying to ID, the flowers will help confirm things. Vera Higgins has yellow flowers. And California Sunset has white flowers. So now that I've given you more than you asked for, I am happy to say that the preferred conditions is the same for both plants. Good luck and enjoy!

They were, unfortunately, that bad when I got them just a few hours ago. These were the only type of succulents left for sale, so I picked them up hoping they'd be able to start looking better if I took proper care of it. They were 50 cents each, so I'm not all too worried if they die, I just hope I'll be able to see them grow to look a little better. By suitable soil, does that mean that gardening soil works for these guys?

Top left looks like Echeveria nodulosa, and top right is a Sedum. The bottom picture looks like Aloe aristata.

Looks a lot like Sedeveria 'Harry Butterfield', but the part I circled looks like a different plant too me. Could just be the pic because it's small and grainy when enlarged;). The stem is so thick like a Pachyveria.