Overwintering Houseplants In My Basement
How do I overwinter my houseplants? Bring them into the basement under grow lights. Works fine for me!
Hypertufa
Hypertufa Pot Designs For My Houseplants? Let’s Give It A Go!
In this ongoing saga about my obsession with House Plants, the indoor kind, I am now trying my best at incorporating Hypertufa Pot Designs for my newer purchases. It is kind of exciting to check out a plant and then decide what shape of hypertufa mold I might want to use to get the best…
How About Making A Hypertufa Crevice Garden?
Easy to take care of? Not much watering needed? Sounds like an ideal garden for a busy lifestyle right? So that is why I have decided to make one of my latest hypertufa pots into a small crevice garden. I was contemplating all the succulent planter ideas I could come up with and I realized…
Painting Hypertufa Planters – Renewing An Old Planter
Have you tried painting your hypertufa planters? I have decided to try that since I have been going with a theme color inside. I thought that it might be nice to try a theme color for outside…or at least for those plants that are to be place in my Screened Porch Jungle. Do you use…
Semps and Hens and Chicks…Oh My!
It’s halfway through August! How has the summer passed by so swiftly? The Sedum “Autumn Joy” is so full of its green buds and I will welcome the pinkish tinge which will be developing, but I don’t want the summer to be over yet. I haven’t even gone on vacation! But who am I kidding?…
Moss Tufa Looks Blah! Let’s Replant My Largest Hypertufa!
My Moss Tufa, the giant hypertufa trough that I wrote about in this post, is not looking as well as I thought it should. Most of the moss had changed to an orange color and had long strings hanging up off it. Not real attractive to me and not the look I was going for…
Check Out That Shape!
Recently, I ran across this plastic planter at a garage sale. This was an especially nice shape to use as a hypertufa mold made of a hard resin-type material and would have made a nice planter on its own. But it is WONDERFUL as a large hypertufa mold for a trough. And I have found…
What Can I Plant In Hypertufa? Trying Sedum Sunsparkler Blue Elf
Recently on a quick stop in Lowe’s Garden Center, I bought a plant that I had not seen before. It was Sedum Sunsparkler Blue Elf. This lovely blue succulent looked like just the type of plant that I love in hypertufa Why you ask? Because it is lower growing, mat forming, and then it blooms…
At It Again – My Portulacaria Afra Bonsai Pruning
Portulacaria afra is such a great succulent to grow. It is fast-growing, forgiving of neglect, simple to plant. What more could I ask of a succulent? Since it is called Elephant Bush as a common name, no wonder it grows fast. After all, when it is munched on by elephants and just grows back again…
I Have To Get Finished Replanting Hens & Chicks
OK, I really know the answer to my problem to get finished replanting Hens & Chicks. Stop buying more! I have so many that are waiting for a hypertufa pot to cure or leach, so I need to put on the brakes! But there are hypertufa planters waiting and ready, so I need to buckle…