Texas Gardening: The Bittersweet blooms of Fall Part II, 0 by UniQueTreasures

UniQueTreasures wrote:
I've really enjoyed that little truck. I found it at Ross and then a couple of weeks later I found the trailer at Goodwill. I lined the bottom of it with sphagnum moss and there is about 2-3 inches of potting soil in there. You named most of the plants in there. There is also gizzard plant and a ribbon plant in the "cab". The "engine" compartment has a couple of waybigo ruffles portulaca and some pink ice plant. The gizzard has bit the dust now, and the polkadot plant (or whatever that red splotchy thing is) went crazy and got really leggy. I finally cut it off. Everything else is still in there. The India Frills coleus trails over the bed of the truck. I'll have to get a new photo of it since Ive moved it to the front yard now.

The schefflera is in that big pot behind the truck. The aloe that you see is actually mother of millions growing up through the bricks. There are 5-6 stalks of it still there that is about 18 inches tall. Actually it's taller than that, but lays on the ground for about 6 inches before growing upwards. The Tahitian bridal veil is something that I bought a hanging basket of years ago. The basket is long gone, but each year, that center island gets taken over by it. It completely covered the whole island this year. I finally pulled most of it up and tossed it because I missed that space to park my big pots. There were so many pots on the patio that you could barely see the bricks any more. The arrowhead is also in the island and not in the truck. Gardengus sent me a variety box of little sedums that I planted into the trailer. They've all done well also.

The only bad thing is that the truck and trailer dry out completely, so need to be watered sometimes more than once a day.

Sylvia, I've never grown any hostas. I've seen them on here and they are beautiful. But doggone it, I don't need any more obsessive plants! HAHAHAHA

I love grasses too Bananna. They make such pretty containers. I think Ill try some of those silver bells next year. Every time I see them in a photo I tell myself that. :-)