I like to repurpose things. I never had good strawberries in this good quality heavy terracota pot.
The strawberry plants needed to be watered daily, were drying fast and didn't give us big berries.
This year, I decided to choose new residents for the pot. They got excited and jumped right in:
This is the very beginning:
Senecio mandraliscae Blue Fingers is the main plant here.
I love its silvery-blue color! Blue fingers grow vertically.
This is the latest picture. All plants got considerably bigger:
Blue lobelia gets along with drought tolerant neighbors. Being drought tolerant doesn't mean they do not love water. Succulents do love water! I bought lobelia for other containers in my garden and had several tiny plants left. When several 'windows' in the strawberry pot became unoccupied, I went around the garden looking for candidates. Lobelias were asking for a home, and I decided to try. The experiment gave good results - plants with different watering needs coexist peacefully.
Do you like it?
***Copyright 2011 TatyanaS
I am definitely a fan of succulent (and other drought tolerant plants) containers and am gradually going in that direction year-by-year.
ReplyDeleteI like your arrangement and you have some plants that I've never seen around here.
I love it, very pretty! I just got photos of my container with my Sempervivum to post this week. One of the Hens was blooming so needed to get a shot of that.
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That looks great. I'm surprised to see the lobelia with the succulents. A nice combo. I saw a cool strawberry pot today. May have to pick one up and try something like this too!
ReplyDeleteI do like your container, especially that last shot of the blue Senecio with the Lobelia flowers. They look great together.
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ReplyDeleteLovely pot, I love blue fingers and how you've combined it with the lobelia :)
Had to comment because I love it! Blue fingers points the way in colour and unique shapes so the companions are perfect. Very artistic, it could do with a title
ReplyDeleteDid you say Succulents ?
ReplyDeleteLove love this post.
You know your giving me ideas.
Yes I love it!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely, that blue.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are stunning. I love them all.
ReplyDeleteplants with different watering needs coexist - I agree - another 'rule' discarded
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful combination of plants. Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteOh I LOVE it! What a beautiful way to display your succulents. I am feeling very inspired! Ok strawberries you are officially getting the boot! I'm trying this =)
ReplyDeleteAmazing! I love the colors and the lobelia. It is great. Thanks for sharing such a good idea.
ReplyDeleteMaybe don't taste as good as the Strawberries but those drought loving plants look just great with the Lobelia.
ReplyDeleteI love your natutality me too this year wildflowers among the tame sandy
ReplyDeleteLove succelents and have lots in terracotta pots as drying out not such a problem for them. Strawberry pot looks great planted up like that.
ReplyDeleteDo I?! I LOVE IT. Stunning color combo of the blue lobelia with the succulents. Repurposing is one of the best things about gardening!
ReplyDeleteThank you, my friends! This is my first Blue Fingers. I am not sure if it'd survive the winter. What would you recommend me to do with it? Should I bring it indoors?
ReplyDeleteFabulous, Tatyana. I love it. I wish I would have kept my strawberry container. Ah, hindsight...
ReplyDeleteTatyana, Your Blue Finger succulent looks great. I just planted one in the pot on my patio table. Against the lake and the sky - looks pretty good if I may say so myself. As it grows this summer should even look better. Enjoyed your post today. Jack
ReplyDeleteOh I like those kind of containers where the plants can grow out every which way! The succulents look great in there too and lobelia always makes a nice filler, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteClever, Tatyana ... I really like this!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking pot. I especially love the Senecio mandraliscae Blue Fingers. Will you overwinter this in your house?
ReplyDeleteThe color of that main plant is so beautiful, and it looks so healthy. That container, i also learned from another blogger yesterday is a strawberry container. I wish we have that style here too. I want to grow Portulaca there and i can visually see the hanging stems all filled with flowers.
ReplyDeleteI love it!! I've seen other blogs with clever uses of strawberry pots but yours is the only one with succulents. I might just give it a try next summer. :o)
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone!
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