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- From: Melanie <melaniev@optonline.net>
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- Subject: [gwl-g] Inovative containers
- Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 14:42:06 -0400
This morning I stopped by my favorite retail
nursery, Main Street nursery in charming Huntington Village. My good friend
Gianna runs their Greenhouse and there's always something new and cool to find
there (although prices are quite steep).
Today I was drooling over the 4' high and 4' across
clump of Symphytum in their herb garden when I noticed some really cool, unusual
containers. They were made of ceramic, 22" high, 4" wide at the bottom and 10"
wide at the top. Imagine those containers that florists soak long stemmed roses
in but these were all different ceramic patterns.
When I asked about them Gianna starting laughing.
It turns out these are inverted bases from ceramic birdbaths. She explained that
every now and then they lose the top bowl part of a bird bath due to employee,
customer or mother nature accident. She had the idea to invert the hollow base
and plant it like a planter. One key element is to first take a wooden stake 1"
square about 36" long and hammer it in the spot first. Then slide the hollow
base over the stake, press firmly along the ground level and fill with potting
soil.
The stake keeps the whole planter stabilized
through bad weather and stray dog incidents.
She was able to sell me two of them at the bargain
basement price of $5 each!!!
The best fun is now shopping for plant
material to put in the containers. My first is a combination of Sedum
"Dragon's Blood", Sempervivum "Red Rum" (one rosette is 9" across) and Bronze
Fennel. I think I'll plant the second one with
dwarf hosta :-)
If you'd like a digital image showing mechanics,
contact me at melaniev@optonline.net
Melanie Vassallo
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- [gwl-g] Inovative containers, Melanie, 06/06/2005
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