I love container gardening but not terribly imaginative as some of you folks. However, I present to you my latest. I used to have bettas in this container, but they kept dying. So I got a creeping jenny, washed off the dirt and voila. It likes it there!
Nery I love your planter.
I found the big TX teacup at WM and the smaller one at a specialty nursery. I love these. The big one has sans. cylindrica and the smaller one a noid aloe.
I love those teacups and saucers. Saw one in a gardening catalog the other day and fell in love. The glass fish is cool too.
Voss: I love that Glass Fish! Where did you get it? We have a 150 gal Marine (Salt Water) aquarium and I would love to put a plant in one of those fish for that room. I have a couple of large shell planters already, but that Fish is really unique! I could just fill it with soil and a nice trailing plant .... and sit it on top of the aquarium and let it trail down the side.
I don't remember, I want to say I got it at a nursery in Dallas, but I've had that planter at least 3 years ago, so memory is fuzzy on it.
About filling w/ dirt, my planter has no drain hole. When deciding what to plant, I just looked up aquatic plants and selected something small, easy to trim if needed. I like your decorating idea. also, I'm fascinated by shell planters but husband constantly fights me about using too many doo-dads around the house and he's right. He's my voice of reason.
I plant a lot of things in glass jars/vases and such with no drainage. I just put a layer of washed pebbles in the bottom and then the soil. You have to be VERY careful about watering ... it is easy to overwater. So, I just water when the soil is dry and only a teeny bit of water. Here's some of my glass containers ( Please ignore the messy desk)!
Plantlady:
Very impressive group of plants flourishing in glass-planters, and thanks for the advice. I have a few glass containers you have inspired me to use!
I'm a newbie to indoor house plants. Would you mind identifying the ones you used and found particularly "easy"?
BTW, that is NOT a messy desk (in my world, anyway.) I never have the guts to roll down my roll-top when company's around, let alone take a photo!! ;-)
Thanks in adance,
Emily
fantastic looking. duh! I wasn't thinking of terrariums or the like. very very nice.
Emily: Here's a link to a list of great terrarium or dish garden type plants .... I just plant any house plant in an open glass jar, but with the jars with lids, you can use plants that like a lot of moisture
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/terrarium~plants.html
Thank you for the link, Plantlady! I can't wait to get started.
--Emily
Good Luck in your Terrarium Gardening CapeCodGardener! Sure hope you will post a photo when you get it all planted up!
Too Cool!
Vossner, i bet you bought that creeping jenny from Brookwood...we used to grow it there...???? If it is creeping jenny how are you growing it in the house as I love this plant so much!!!
lin.....great web site...thanks as this will be one of my new projects.....
it might have been from Brookwood. The planter is very close to a huge picture window so it gets enough sun.
Note to self: go to Brookwood and eat their fish tacos and cheesecake w/ raspberry sauce. Then work out for about 10 hours straight!
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Bettygail: I have been wanting to do a big terrarium for some time ... can't convince my DH to get rid of his 150 gal Salt Water tank for me to use, LOL! I am thinking of buying a 10 gal with hood/light to plant as a terrarium, just haven't gotten around to it yet! I asked "Santa" for one for Christmas, but he forgot! I have a birthday coming up, so maybe I will ask for one for my birthday present! And also the plants to put it in it! :) I think terrariums are great, not a lot of work and so pretty to look at ... you should check out the Terrarium thread here on DG .... some really nice set ups people have!
Voss: I don't know what BB is, but sure sounds good ..... we should all meet there. Aaah - cheesecake!
sorry bettyg. I meant BW for brookwood.
What great idea, Nery! I've never seen a container like that before.
Lin yours always look so cool!
:) donna
I am sorry to report that plant started declining and I finally threw it out. Soon I will go to my water garden store and purchase a floating plant in the hopes it will do better. Will report here.
Well, shoot! I've heard that can happen after a while with plants grown in water (like peace lily in a betta bowl/vase), and that you have to periodically give it a break by potting it up in soil -- but I wouldn't have expected that to happen in just a couple of months. We'll look forward to seeing what you try next!
Oh, and just to check... when you said, "I used to have bettas in this container" did you really mean the plural? Or did you put the bettas in one at a time? While single bettas can do fine in a community tank, they are definitely anti-social with others of their species....
critter, one at a time. one first, it died, then did another, it also died. Years ago I had a pair and that didn't last a week. I learned my lesson.
I have lucky bamboo in water and I change the water every 6 month or so. In between, I just add water when water level goes down 1" or so. Extremely low maint., but lucky bamboo wouldn't look right in the fish planter. I will try a floater plant and see what happens. Will report here.
OK, just checking! :-)
I wish I could remember the name of the common aquarium plant that grows like a leafy rope... As a kid, I scavenged it from a fish bowl after the gold fish's demise and kept it in a quart mason jar (with snails) for about a year... tough plant! I remember trimming it frequently as it grew. I think that duckweed also will grow in just a little container, but those teeny plants might not have the impact you're looking for.
I also need to ck my petstore. they likely have something in the aquarium dept that would suit my needs.
Check this out ! http://www.nextag.com/glass-fish-bowls/search-html and http://www.shop.com/op/~Glass_Fish_Bowl-prod-39296604-52246896?sourceid=3 I can't tell if it is an exact match but it sure comes close.
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pretty darned close. I love the bookend ones. may have to get that one.
