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Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 14:28
| Please, pics that are all about the pot . . . |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 14:34
| strawberries, we don't need no steeenkin' strawberries... |
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- Posted by steve_mass 5b (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 14:36
From the Cravino garden; Hosta Amour 
Steve |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 14:39
| one hole needs to be replanted with a real mini to regain symmetry, huh? |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 14:43
| needing a home . . . |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 14:46
| some don't last very long, but enjoyed while usable. |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 14:51
| showing signs of it's age |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 14:56
| what I said b4 about the strawberries |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 14:59
| complementary methinks |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:01
| commonly done re-purposing |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:02
| Well, you didn't speficy 'HOSTAS' in pots, so here's some begonias in a cement planter that started its life as a fountain. It's resting atop a chunk of poplar tree which had to be cut down weeks before. |
This post was edited by Hostanista on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:06
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:03
| This is the same cement planter after the begonias died off, filled with various greenery from around the property for fall and winter interest. |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:05
| rusty, errr, make that rustic |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:08
| A Dutch "wooden" shoe (actually it's clay) potted up with Portulaca. |
This post was edited by Hostanista on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:09
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:08
| That's correct, hostanista, this thread is supposed to be 'all about the pot'! Missed the Begonia pic! happy trails (through the snow around here right now) hh |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:10
| Good answers, thanks! |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:10
| Copper stork bird bath with ferns and fuschia |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:13
| I see you have re-purposing down pat <_> |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:15
| This "pot" is an old wooden swing, too rickety to sit on. Impatiens fill it up. |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:17
| hard to see embedded tipped barrel |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:19
| Another bird bath that you can barely see planted with white Lobelia. |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:23
| actually, we really do like strawberries, but in the shade, ummm, |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:25
| Small Fuschia in a bullfrog |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:28
| and hypertofa is cheap and easy to make |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:28
| Ajuga in a small bird cage |
This post was edited by Hostanista on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:29
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| Sadly I either don't have any clever pots, or I don't have pictures of them! But I'm inspired by some of the great ideas here - my favourite is hostanista's great swing filled with impatiens (one of the hardest working flowers available and one of my favourites.) Jan
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:39
| But Jan, I like that BIG brown pot! |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:45
| now if only I had a matching tea cup to go next to the pot |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:50
| cement pots git character with age |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 15:59
| pedestal required |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 16:06
| a 'MichiGander' pot - ok, mebbe it's a swan ^_^ |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 16:13
| mebbe a plain pot jes need a good pedestal |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 16:30
| da ol' holler stump trick |
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| Hypertufa was fun but messy. These were made summer of 2011. I hope to have a project this summer. My trough DH's trough The leaf |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 16:41
| basket-cases |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 16:47
| sometimes plain is what fits best |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 16:54
| hanging cast iron frame garage sale find, with pot dropped in |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly 4 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 17:14
| bundt cake pan |
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- Posted by gogirlterri 5 IL (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 17:21
| Hostanista: I absolutely adore you bullfrog. I am in love with it. If I could sneak up to it and kiss it do you think it would turn into my prince:? Ii's eyes are absolutely captivating. Theresa |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 18:21
| Theresa: Yes Mr. Bullfrog is a heart-stealer for sure. Here he is this summer guarding the Toad Crossing at the creek. He had lost his Fuschia by then. I might try a small fern in him this spring. And that's Cooper my Aussiedoodle in the creek. |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 18:32
| A old wicker side table, turned upside down, spray painted bright green, holding a massive Poinsettia from the previous Christmas. |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 18:35
| An antique fireplace grate I got for a steal at an outdoor market, which I plant up with different things every year - that one has a variety of annuals. The metal dog standing guard is Spike, cut from an old propane tank (not by me). Can you tell he's a boy? |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 18:47
| Sometimes pots don't have to contain anything at all. Here's some extra clay pots I had lying around that dressed up a shady pathway between houses leading to the back yard. A few bits of newly planted Japanese Spurge add a touch of green. At the very top of the pic is an old red maple syrup bucket planted with a fern. |
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| Fun topic! My favourite plant in a strawberry pot is succulents.  An old birdcage planted. |
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- Posted by gogirlterri 5 IL (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 20:45
| Gosh; my creative mind is overwhelming me! I don't know where to go. I have so much that I think of as trash that can make artistic potted displays. OMG, the last thing I need is a reason to SAVE more stuff. But what an honorable cause :) |
This post was edited by gogirlterri on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 20:50
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- Posted by Don_in_Colorado 6a (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 22:09
| Since I got into hosta, I've had a desire to take care of plants during the winter, to take the edge off not seeing my outside plants, I guess. I have just a few African Violets potted up; here's my dwarf in a 2" pot. I like the leaf variegation on this one. Regards, |
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| No rustic pot here, but I liked this $5 'Sagae' from HD in an existing pot. Bernd |
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| In 2010 as an experiment I planted several $3 TCs from HD in this pot in front of the house in the porch; they liked it there. But all died over winter or in spring, possibly because I piled snow on them. Bernd |
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| Here are a couple of green pots that I put hosta in last year. I love pretty ceramic pots. Guacamole Red Alert |
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| Love this thread. What wonderful imaginations you all have. I was glad to see the flowers included. I have lots of hostas in pots but the pots themselves are not all that unique. I usually hide them behind other things and the pots are to bring the plants to different levels. I'll look through some pictures and see what I have to share. |
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- Posted by almosthooked none (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 16:56
| Beverly I love your concrete leaf. Did you make it? I would like to try making some concrete ideas on internet I like too and when it is a bit warmer will try them out |
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- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 20:07
| Awesome thread with separately loaded photos. I was noticing the leaf of cement or hypertufa. I think Little and Lewis out in Bainbridge Island WA made a business out of their cement items. Great artistry complements (or is that compliments?) our gardens. Another layer of beauty. That first photo, with a bait bucket, was that CATCH OF THE DAY? Or is there a hosta named FISH OR CUT BAIT? It is a real challenge thinking of the symbolism. |
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| Caladium and Elephant Ears in a hypertufa pot I made several years ago. Deb |
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| Hypertufa troughs on a small retaining wall planted with various sedum ground cover, basket of Vera Jamison front left and rouge succulent ground cover spreading through the rocks. Deb |
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| Geranium in fall dress, planted in a wooden carpenter's tote. This is the best photo as an example of the "pot" but, the plant was actually pretty during the summer. As a plant-pot-head, I'm enjoying everyone's pot plantings and getting inspired as well ;-) Deb |
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| My "concrete" leaf was made from leftover hypertufa mix. The recipe I used was too much for the pot I wanted to make. I had enough left over to make the two troughs and the leaf. To get the veins of the leaf (sieboldiana Elegans) to show you need to add more water. So I added water to what was left to make the leaf. I would do that again, less left over? Smaller leaf. Original pot I planned (no plants growing yet so not so pretty) |
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| Here is my be-yoo-ti-ful glazed strawberry pot. Planted with anything BUT strawberries. I saw this gorgeous pot at T.J. Maxx weeks before the planting season started, a couple of years ago. And I GRABBED it because I knew it would be gone like the wind if I didn't. And I am sooo glad that I did. I made a mini Japanese garden for about 18" around it by putting a large marble tile on the ground, then covering that with an inch of river gravel and surrounding the tile with a "fence" of pieces of slate to contain the gravel. |
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- Posted by tsugajunkie z5 SE WI (My Page) on Mon, Feb 18, 13 at 18:40
| Well, not the pots, but the pots' holder. A horse evener over lancifolia.
tj |
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| Very creative tsugajunkie, I like it a lot! I may have to copy your idea, that is, if you don't mind! One thing I'd like to mention about the hangers (for your pots of impatients) that you called "horse eveners" ... in our part of the country the middle one is called a "double tree" and the two outside ones are "single trees" used, as you indicated, for team horses pulling wagons or old school farm implements (instead of tractors). |
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 wheelbarrow, hosta, and native friends |
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- Posted by tsugajunkie z5 SE WI (My Page) on Tue, Feb 19, 13 at 17:21
| Thanks Deb. You go right ahead and use that idea. More years ago than I'd care to remember (so let's just say during the Eisenhower/Kennedy terms), my uncles on farms around Stevens Point, WI used horses for many things even though they had tractors. They referred to the hitches as single and double tree eveners. I picked it up for a couple bucks at an auction many years ago and my wife was quite perplexed but I knew it and my contorted pine were made for each other. tj |
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| Pictures are fixed. Now I can share a few. Better late than never I guess. I've enjoyed all the above pictures. I can not wait to plant lobelia in a pot and put it on a pedestal and place it somewhere. Here is maybe the most unique planter I have. It is an rusty upside down lamp given to me by a neighbor. I love rusty things around in the garden and have quite a collection from him.
It is right by the front door so quite a feature. By the way HH, The mosaics in your garden are great. I like mosaic too and now want to do more as planters. Robert Frost hosta is raised up on rusty wheel rims from trucks. I learned by mistake not to actually plant in them. There isn't much of an opening in some of them and the roots eventually got very tangled and hard to get out but I do like to put another pot inside of them.
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- Posted by almosthooked none (My Page) on Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 13:06
| Some of my stump plantings. This planter is now in the middle of my 3rd last... last bed made and planted in the 2012 fall. |
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- Posted by almosthooked none (My Page) on Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 13:16
| Another stump with a sword fern planted but always seems to need more water so I may more it. This too is in one of my latest fall plantied beds Half the lombardy popular is still living. I have two copper patio fire pits planted but the picture was not that great but makes for a beautiful arrangement. |
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- Posted by almosthooked none (My Page) on Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 13:25
| Planted in the fall and same stump in the background when fern has died back. May have to try something else to plant in it this spring |
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