Not sure if I should put this in a container or leave it on the ground or what to plant on it. I do not want something that will hide the shape when it grows in....have you any ideas?
Thanks alot, Margie
New garden sculpture...what & how to plant?
Gosh....that looks so nice...Just the way it is. Maybe you could attach something decorative to it. And then do some nice colorful plantings around it. Just a thought :)
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Renee....that might be a really good idea, as I have trouble growing things in that spot. It is mostly shady, but gets morning sun. Maybe annuals would be the say to go.
What would you suggest for putting on it, something decorative? Something like clear, colored beads at the top maybe...making it look victorian. Actually I saw something like that on a garden show just recently.
That is very nice and fun. I have something similar, smaller and it hangs and twirls.
I don't know it would work with yours, you would have to see it, but maybe you could glue some small craft mirrors or the colored stones to the wall, in some sort of design. I did that on a dog house (we've never had a dog that every set a foot in the dog house), spelled his name in those colored craft stones, about the size of a dime. I used all red to spell CZAR and it looked so good that I did it in clear stones on a fence for my daughter's dog, Drake......is there some kind of ground cover to grow under it, there is a pretty one that grows in the shade, I forget the name but the flowers are purple and it is a perennial, very easy to grow. Don't forget to show us a pic when you finish!!!
Black-Eyed Susan Vine (Thunbergia alata) would look great growing up that lovely sculpture, Picturelady.
Oh my, a night time road trip south might be in order!! I love it Margie! It's really special......how about one of the miniature versions of Hedera helix or a variegated Ficus pumila (Creeping fig). Both are easily snipped and shaped, wouldn't mind the mostly shade conditions, and you could control how much/little of the structure for it to cover.
OFG and Candy...I will look up the plants you suggested...I had originally thought of the creeping fig.
Candy...I was thinking about you yesterday. When I bought the sculpture, I also picked up some cocoa shells for mulch. A few hours after I put it down a man came to measure some windows. The first thing he said is, is that chocolate, I love chocolate and now I am so hungry. What are you baking???
I read on the bag, that it deters cats...a neighbor cat has been using my flower bed as a litter box. So far, one night anyway, it is working!
Margie
Beautiful garden sculpture! It would look fabulous with a lovely flowering vine on it. Have you considered any yet?
I love that sculpture. Very unusual.
Happenstance is right. Ficus pumila varigata would be exceptional. It is invasive but it would be able to cover it and with judicious pruning you wouldn't lose the shape. I would also suggest Clematis (or two) as the twining would, in my opinion, accentuate the shape.( I don't know if my orthography has become sub-standard with that last three syllabled word.)-Bagpypr
Margie, the sculpture is beautiful. I would put a vine on it that won't grow so vigorously to cover it, but to compliment it. Sounds like you've gotten some good recommendations above.
The sculpture is exquisite! What is it made of?
Why don't you grow something on the wall...to accent the sculpture. The Ficus would cover the wall and give a good backdrop to the piece...and you could always paint/bronze/whatever the piece to stand out even more.
Just my thoughts...the sculpture really is lovely...lovely and graceful.
Carol