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Which low height house plants for my plant stand?
tina_harrison12
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I have small pots on a stand I need plants for, on a windowsill, what would work here?
This area is cold in winter with low light. By cold I mean aprox 12-16 degrees, and cold as next to windows. I don't put my heating on if I can help it. The plants need to be ok with this.
But they also need to be fine with lots of sun in summer and warmth, as the window acts like a greenhouse.
I would prefer small flowers, and would like trailing ones in different colours if possible.
I like flower colours; pink (but not hot pink), purple, burgundy, and especially deep raspberry, marroon, to match my decor. And lots of flowers if possible.
I'm not a fan of ivy, cactus, ferns or something without flowers. I find if I forget to water ferns they look awful and shrivel up, so I'm not going there again.
They need to stay small and not outgrow the pot too soon. They need to be small in height because it looks bad when they seem to nearly touch the shelf above. Unfortunately, I can't find white pots the right size, that are wider but less heigh, to allow for slightly taller stems, I've put the height in the images.
I bought a lot of pansies for £15 for this plant stand last month, and it was uncertain whether they would survive because although it's cool in winter, there isn't much light usually - since there is more light outside from above. This autumn so far there has been enough light! But unfortunately I threw them all out as they got spider mites and died completely or no longer looked good. Unfortunately I forgot to save seeds! I had them about 1 week before they got spider mites and only about 3 weeks in total. So frustrating, as they looked great to start with, lots of lovely colours I spent ages choosing which colours to go for. And before I knew it everything was ruined too soon.
Should I try pansies again, will they work in the conditions I described? Should I get seeds?
What about a mix of small geranium seeds, do these trail? I can't tell the size from googling them. Whenever I get pictures it doesn't say if they are 10-15cm or there abouts.
Please list options I can Google, ideally with a picture in this forum, and lots of flower colour options if possible.
I have no idea why these images loaded on the side as on my phone they are up the right way!
This area is cold in winter with low light. By cold I mean aprox 12-16 degrees, and cold as next to windows. I don't put my heating on if I can help it. The plants need to be ok with this.
But they also need to be fine with lots of sun in summer and warmth, as the window acts like a greenhouse.
I would prefer small flowers, and would like trailing ones in different colours if possible.
I like flower colours; pink (but not hot pink), purple, burgundy, and especially deep raspberry, marroon, to match my decor. And lots of flowers if possible.
I'm not a fan of ivy, cactus, ferns or something without flowers. I find if I forget to water ferns they look awful and shrivel up, so I'm not going there again.
They need to stay small and not outgrow the pot too soon. They need to be small in height because it looks bad when they seem to nearly touch the shelf above. Unfortunately, I can't find white pots the right size, that are wider but less heigh, to allow for slightly taller stems, I've put the height in the images.
I bought a lot of pansies for £15 for this plant stand last month, and it was uncertain whether they would survive because although it's cool in winter, there isn't much light usually - since there is more light outside from above. This autumn so far there has been enough light! But unfortunately I threw them all out as they got spider mites and died completely or no longer looked good. Unfortunately I forgot to save seeds! I had them about 1 week before they got spider mites and only about 3 weeks in total. So frustrating, as they looked great to start with, lots of lovely colours I spent ages choosing which colours to go for. And before I knew it everything was ruined too soon.
Should I try pansies again, will they work in the conditions I described? Should I get seeds?
What about a mix of small geranium seeds, do these trail? I can't tell the size from googling them. Whenever I get pictures it doesn't say if they are 10-15cm or there abouts.
Please list options I can Google, ideally with a picture in this forum, and lots of flower colour options if possible.
I have no idea why these images loaded on the side as on my phone they are up the right way!
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Don't buy a plant stand then look to see what you can squeeze into it.
Or Rock cress or Aubretia. I hear they are hard to germinate.
Geranium 'Thumbling hearts' 💜