I wish I could find a stash of old wash tubs! I really need at least one more. Just might have to break down and buy a new one. I like the varieties you have put together!
Thanks! Two were here, and I appropriated another one from the abandoned house next door. I love the size of them. If you ask me, their real life begins when they get a hole...! My Mom used to have some old, tall, metal milk bottles with the handles on the sides that were cool to plant in. Guess they finally rusted into that great planter box in the sky...
First of all,you gals are lucky to be able to get stuff out.Although it has been in 80s here the last couple days,we are in for a return of cold weather.I don't think we will get a hard freeze here but I've heard them mention snow.Hardly more than a few flakes here but it has kept me from planting flowers. Yep, those old galvanized tubs are a treasure & I have amassed a collection.Only thing is hubby doesn't like me to put holes in them.A friend once seen tubs planted here & started collecting them. Unfortunately she passed away & her hubby gave them to me. I treasure them. sewNsow
I had no idea what a hodge pot was so learned something new... I actually took a plastic party ice/drink container and threw in marigold, purple euchanasia and cosmo seeds... only thing that's grown so far is the marigolds.. but I think I see some of the euchanasia sprouts.... I read about the violets and they sound gorgeous, going to have to look into those.... I've been dying to go get more flowers and flower seeds this week... lol. Have a good one
Took some pics today, some updates on the hodge-potting here... Maybe lipstick on a pig, but don't know what else to do with this fugly metal thing except hang pots on it... Everything is slow to get going this year... ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden ) Under the pecan tree... Hodge-pots under pecan tree ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden ) So many plants in here, getting comfortable as neighbors... Hodge pot ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden ) A new combination of Cordyline fruticosa, Tradescantia zebrina, Dracaena surculosa in the back. On the table is Tradescantia spathacea and Dracaena sanderiana, with some Alternanthera cuttings I put in there yesterday since the other two leaned away from each other more than I expected, leaving empty space. Hodge pots on porch ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden ) A hodge of succulents, Tradescantia sillamontana, Senecio rowleyanus, two Crassulas. Just added the latter 3 to this pot yesterday. Succulent hanging hodge ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden ) A little palm with Tradescantia zebrina, Begonia, Impatiens, Alternanthera. Double-decker palm pot ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden ) Thanksgiving cactus with Columnea and Begonia cutting. Thanksgiving cactus with Columnea and little Begonia cutting. ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden ) Dracaena 'Janet Craig compacta' with Tradescantia zebrina. Dracaena 'Janet Craig compacta' with Tradescantia zebrina ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden )
PiO; you're using a GOOD camera and very good skills for these quite good-looking photos.. Thank you for posting them that we may enjoy your plants with you.. Hank
Thanks, and thanks! I do enjoy using DH's camera, and had to tweak the brightness on most of these once on computer. It was hazy yesterday. Always worry they'll look different on some other computer though after messing with them like that. If others have pics, feel free to share here!!
More hodge pots, I only have a few pots left with just one kind of plant. Guess I'm addicted... Who else is hodge'ing? I'd love to see some pics! Recently saw some red Hypoested paired with Maranta - that was extremely catchy! Chocolate mint with Tradescantia 'Red Hill' and Selenicereus anthonyanus cuttings. Sedum and rat tail cactus (thought it was dead when I bought the pot of Sedum) with Rhipsalis capilliformis. Callisia fragrans, Tradescantia fluminensis and zebrina, wax Begonia, an unhappy Coleus cutting. Thanksgiving cactus with Tradescantia sillamontana and other various cuttings. This one I like a lot, all tiny leaves. Tahitian bridal veil (Gibasis geniculata,) Portulaca pilosa, Callisia repens, variegated Aptenia cordifolia. Parts of it are wilted since I just cut the ends off and stuck them in the pot. A NOID burgundy Philodendron with wax Begonia, Coleus cutting.
Thanks! If that would make you happy, go for it! Would love to see a pic if you do. Imagine how many pots I'd need if these were all separate - not doable! More hodge'ing will occur when frost threatens I'm sure. Whatever can get plants through to next spring...
Here is a real hodgepodge pot. I initially started it for a praying hands hosta and some impatients. Then I had a dark leafed autumn joy tat needed a home. After I had scattered nasturtium seeds I had a few left and the pot looked thin so I scattered a few in the pot. Now it is one of my favorite pots. I never would have put pink and orange together, but it feels cheery to me now. Hodgepodge pot ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )
Jewel, it does to me too! Very cheery. That variegated Aptenia in the pot with all small leaves had a bloom at one of the ends, I was kind of bummed about snipping that piece but know there would be a lot more flowers eventually if there were more actual plants and branches in there, so was willing to wait. But a couple days after snipping and sticking the cut piece back in the soil, even before the leaves recovered from wilting, the bloom was opening again. What a strong plant! Here's another one not yet pictured here. Easter cactus with Callisia. ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden ) Is this (at link below) taking hodge'ing too far? http://www.gardenstew.com/viewtopic.php?t=30170
Here are some other combos, greatly reducing the number of pots I have overall. 2 Plectranthus, Tradescantia zebrina, fluminensis, and pallida. ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden ) Pretty new Begonias added to base of tree, with Alternanthera and Hypoestes. ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden ) The 3 dark pots hanging here need the sides jazzed up! Hodge of hodge-pots. ( photo / image / picture from purpleinopp's Garden )
