Hi Mike, good to see you, hope you are feeling ok after Friday ( hope I've got the right day)
Think it is quite old, apparently it belonged to my sisters mother in law, who had had it for many years, but not sure how many. It looks a bit sorry for itself but the whole pot is brass.
Not to everyones taste but I love it. Looking forward to filling it with flowers.
how about a meditteranean planter? echeverias, euphorbia myrsinites (for trailing over the edge) and that lovely aeonium as well as a variety sempervivums...needs virtually no attention once planted, except to bring the echeveria and aeonium under cover for the winter.
I have two "gardens" like this - the sepervivums and sedums are fine outdoors, but I bring my echeverias (and aeonium, if I was lucky enough to have one) into the unheated greenhouse (they rot if the rain gets inside them over winter) - I'm about to replant them in their containers (tomorrow if I have time) and then I'll load a photo.
Thank you gardening granny and Verdun, I think I would have to pop those into pots over winter and keep them in the potting shed. The 'pot' would be too heavy to bring the whole thing inside.
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Thanks Verdun, will look them up. Pot seems quite big, its 26 inches accross.
Hi Mike, good to see you, hope you are feeling ok after Friday ( hope I've got the right day)
Think it is quite old, apparently it belonged to my sisters mother in law, who had had it for many years, but not sure how many. It looks a bit sorry for itself but the whole pot is brass.
Not to everyones taste but I love it. Looking forward to filling it with flowers.
Lovely suggestions, just had a peek, love bacopa, thats a deffinate. Couple of Verduns suggestions are on the list too.
how about a meditteranean planter? echeverias, euphorbia myrsinites (for trailing over the edge) and that lovely aeonium as well as a variety sempervivums...needs virtually no attention once planted, except to bring the echeveria and aeonium under cover for the winter.
Thank you gardening granny, Would I have to bring the planter inside or just cover the plants in fleece.
Because the pot is quite large and is heavy empty. So when filled with earth I don't think I could move it.
I have two "gardens" like this - the sepervivums and sedums are fine outdoors, but I bring my echeverias (and aeonium, if I was lucky enough to have one) into the unheated greenhouse (they rot if the rain gets inside them over winter) - I'm about to replant them in their containers (tomorrow if I have time) and then I'll load a photo.
Thank you gardening granny and Verdun, I think I would have to pop those into pots over winter and keep them in the potting shed. The 'pot' would be too heavy to bring the whole thing inside.
Really appreciate your advice and ideas.
If this pot is being a bother to you SGL, I'll dispose of it for you........ in my new acer garden. It's a beauty. It'd look lovely filled with ferns.