Tuesday 20 July 2021

I Seem to Have Decided........................

.............................what I'm going to display on the plant stand...........without really thinking about it.

 Because at Saturday's boot sale I bought these 3 small plants for £5, Thrift, a Succulent and a trailing thing that I've forgotten the name of

 and found this old pot and saucer for £1

So it's going to become a sort-of rockery/cacti/succulent display stand.  There are plenty of stones from the veg beds to put in the bottom of the pots and lots of small shingle from the front drive to top them so hopefully all good for drainage.

Just one more pot and one more plant needed. Completely different plants to my first idea but that doesn't matter.


 

Back Tomorrow
Sue


28 comments:

  1. Thrift is such a pretty flower, with a great name too

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    1. It has a proper name too but I can't remember it

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  2. I wpuld have it festooned with trailing things all over to cover it up.

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  3. I think you can't go wrong with trailing things, and can take cuttings and make more trailing things!

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  4. It looks lovely Sue sorry I do not know the name of the plant but will have a look latter.
    Seems to be a but cooler this morning.
    Enjoy your day.
    Hazel 🌈🌈

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  5. The trailing plant looks like Ajuga and the silver Sedum is very easy to take cuttings from.Just stick them in compost filled pots and they will root in about three weeks.

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    1. I like big sedums too - good flowers for autumn

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    2. I think it is ajuga, too. It is often sold in the US as a ground cover. It spreads!

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  6. Plans are there to be revised according to progress.

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  7. I love trailing things too. Don't think that is Ajuga but maybe there are various vaarieties. I have several Ajuga Reptans in thhe garden - their leaves are a darker green and they have purple flowers.

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    1. I don't think it said Ajuga on the mans plant label. Think it began with a C

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    2. There are quite a few different ajugas. Ajuga is commonly called bugleweed. I had one with a purplish leaf.

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  8. I love the plant you call “thrift.” You have really transformed the plant stand. It gives me incentive to paint a small table in my garage and use it with clay pots I also have doing nothing right now.

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    1. Thrift grows wild on shingle beaches in some places, its a pretty little plant.
      Your idea sounds good - especially if you have everything ready to use

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  9. I have a shelf full of succulents too but I will confess that mine are plastic! I killed all of the real ones and found fake that look real to me!
    Do what you want and add or change when you feel like it! I think it's great!

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    1. I like how it looks and it's different to the old shabby chic step ladder I had at the smallholding and the cottage

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  10. I love it and your plant choices are beautiful! It's a wonderful way to display plants and can easily be changed up whenever the mood strikes you.

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  11. Thrift: sea pink? (Armeria maritima) Not sure it can survive as a house plant.

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  12. All looks lovely, and I love the colour of the plant stand also

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  13. Excellent, and when it all fills out, wonderful.

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  14. I like succulents and they do not require lots of care. My cactus and two jade plants require water once a month. Both have doubled in size since I've had them.

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    1. Aloe Vera and a Money/jade plant are all I can keep alive indoors!

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  15. I have found Thrift does not respond well to tap water, so be careful, I know you'd hate to lose it. Looking forward to seeing how this grows and fills out in the coming months. I just bought a cart and filled it with art materials!

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