Should I fire my Bartender? haha
He's kind of stone-faced and really doesn't have a lot of personality! LOL
Container Renovations! (smile)
A = big pot of Angelonia...I Love this plant.
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WOW! These are Thai Beauties, but I just bought a bunch of Pink Symphony. They're pretty similar! Quite amazing!
Hi Kat!
So glad to see you are feeling better. Your plants are looking spectacular, as always. I love those Thai Caladiums and the Pink Symphony is quite stunning as well.
You really have the knack for color combinations. Your plants are so healthy and lush.
Give the bartender a good talking to about his 'tude. He's got a face only a mother could love! HAHAHAHA
Janet
She's baaaaaaaack. Great to hear from you Kat, you were really missed. Once again thanks for the pictures as I look out my front window at the snow that came down last night. I've been working on my containers also, I post some pics as soon as I can. Tina
I love checking in on this thread and finding more lovely photos! :-)
Kat, could you start a new thread when you get a chance? I noticed how long this one is getting, and it's a good bet that nobody on dial-up can open it any more... But be sure to post a link here so we don't miss it! *hugs*
So glad that you are feeling better! Plants look great! I'll take a Pina Colada please!
Kat,
Glad you are feeling better. I love your plants. You are very artistic in both what you plant in a pot and how you arrange the pots. Stunning!
I have 2 big pots that I've been wanting to talk to you about - The bottoms are smaller than the tops - now that I wrote that I realize that is normal - but these are more of an hourglass shape from the waist up. They are the lighweight poly stuff. Last year we had a family reunion at our house - I just threw in two azeala bushes - left in the pots purchased in - I set a large plastic plant tray inside for the pot to set on. I knew they would die- but they added a lot of color for the reunion. When I went to remove them - Argh! What a battle - when I first started lifting I thought oh not so bad - Yeah - it was floating - from all the rain we had - as I continued lifting, it became clear that this would be quite a fight. When I replant, I will put empty plastic soda and juice bottles under the tray, so that the water volume will be greatly diminished. From what I've been reading here (DG) I should look for plants a zone hardier than what I would plant in the ground. It's a tropical garden - but I'm on the fringes of tropical plants zone @ 7 - Dallas area. I have Mexican fan palms, Japanese Banana, Hardy Hibiscus, Black Magic Elephant Ears, Gardenias, Honeysuckle, Oleander, Sago Palms, Red Cyclamen (as groundcover in gardenia bed) purple heart, Mexican heather, Persian shield (not hardy, but I love the way it looks under the palms). I also a a big live oak tree. My colors are red, purple, hot pink with of course white and green. These pots are hip height, so it shoud be a rather big plant. I was wondering if you have any ideas on what might work?
Thanks,
Esther
So today I finally have time to plant my pots. OMG I keep planting and they keep multplying. I didn't realize how many plants I have already bought. I'm still not done, and I've been doing this for over 2 hours. I'm not even half done yet. I know that when I'm done though, I will be so happy with all my new containers and plants. I'll try to post some pics later. Tina
Esther...Are you thinking of using your existing plants to fill these pots? When you say you're using a tray, are you not filling the pots with soil? I know that if they are really big, it takes a lot of soil, but you can fill the bottom half with soda bottles/beer cans/old pots, basically anything to take up some space. If the pot's are hip height...that's big!
I've had Elephant ears in pots for about a year and a half and they're doing well. I'd say that anything that you listed would do well in a pot this size. I'd probably fill it with dirt though instead of using a planter tray.
These guys here are huge...I probably used about 8 bags of soil. I'm getting smarter though - filled the bottom about 1/3rd with old pots/cans/glass bottles...a bag of mulch, then used about 3 bags of inexpensive garden soil and 5 bags of top soil.
These are Chinese fan palms, which I think are very similar to Mexican fan Palms...they don't have a large root ball and I think it will be a while until they get to the garden soil!
Good Luck!
Tina! I can't wait to see your pics! SNOW in MAY??? You've got to be kidding?
Okay...it's time to start a new thread! Thanks Critter!
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/847230/
Myree...is anything showing up yet?
These I planted a month ago...and they're starting to really fill out! I can't wait until they all come up!
Kat, All existing plants have a spot in the ground- how tall are your red pots? the base looks about the size of the bottom of my pots. I use a tray inside to set the pot with plant and soil on. I was going to use it again to keep pot level on top of all those bottles.
My problem is that I can't find anything tropical looking for zone 6 - that's what it needs to be if I am going to leave it out all year. I hate the thought of repeating the battle I had this spring get the pot with the azeala out- for a while I wasn't sure who was going to win or if we both would end up in pool. LOL
Ideally ,zone aside, I'd like a tall canna like the red tropicana then have some smaller plants like purple passion and euphorbia, nemesia, What do you think of that combination? I'll put plant file pictures in my want list - just ignore bottlebrush bush & tree - have a spot for those- Maybe I'll just have to lift inner pot out & put in garage for the winter. What do you think?
Esther
I posted this on your new thread!
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Kat, Thanks for asking.
I haven't even seen a tip of a leaf. I am really disappointed. I may have put them out when it was to cold. My stargazer lilies are pokeing up all over but nothing from the caladiums. I am tempted to look and see if anything is under the soil. I have put all my post out in the yard now. Hopefully the freezes are over. It is much different here. All the plants are small. My roses and other perennials are looking great. Nothing like you have, but I do love my garden.
MyRee: Please don't get discouraged about the Caladiums. I went through the same thing last year when I first planted mine as it took at least 5 weeks before I was seeing anything (and it's warm here). They say the ground has to be at least 72 degrees before they start sprouting. Once they start though...it's just amazing how quickly they grow and fill out!
Kat
