Friday, April 26, 2019

A project on a winter's day...

This last winter I spent a lot of time in the basement with my plant prisoners. My desk is there and so I was writing on the book, while surrounded by plants spending the winter indoors; a nice arrangement. After returning from the NW Flower and Garden Festival in February I felt inspired by a couple of the City Living displays (the first two here) and decided to plant up a hanging container with some plants I'd accumulated.

There are cryptanthus...

Rhipsalis

Tillandsia

More cryptanthus...

And more tillandsia, T. usneoides to be exact.

If the container (it's a "evenslice" hexagonal pie plate) looks familiar it's because I first used it as a hanging planter back in 2016 (here). That version was fun, but I think I like this one better.

There is one problem though. The first round of plants were just sitting in the pie plate, these are actually planted in it—with soil—yet I didn't make any drainage holes. What was I thinking? Yikes. We don't get summer rain, but spring can be wet. I'm going to have to be careful.

Otherwise I'm calling it a success and I can't wait to take it outdoors...

Weather Diary, April 25: Hi 74, Low 46/ Precip 0

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10 comments:

  1. Very nice! Is there somewhere protected where you can hang it, where it won't fill up with water? Then again, we are having a rather drier spring than normal, so maybe you won't have to worry. We could end up with a dry period that starts in May this year.

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    1. I was just lamenting (on FB) the fact the forecast has no rain. I thought I would be a good gardener and get things planted in April so the rain would help water them in. Oh well, I'm not going to complain about the sun.

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  2. Looks fantastic. Given your OHs skill you could always drill from underneath to create drainage holes.

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    1. Thanks, and yes...but I just picture that ending badly...

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  3. Your Cryptanthus are stunning. As these plants are conspicuously missing from local garden centers, I think I need to mount an on-line search. Sneaking some pie plates out of the house should be easy when it comes time to pack up our kitchen for the dreaded remodel...

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    1. That's just insane. There should be cryptanthus everywhere in your part of the world!

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  4. What a cool idea! the plant palette looks great together. To avoid too much rain maybe you could hang it under the roof overhang. Shouldn't be too hard to drill a couple of holes in the bottom with a power drill and large bit too.

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    1. Oh that our house had a rood overhang. Those are conspicuously missing on a lot of houses here in Portland.

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  5. That turned out nice.

    Is your basement really a plant prison, though? More of a plant haven, IMO!

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  6. Well done, Loree, a nice blend of color and texture. I love the repurposed pie tin!

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