Garden Update: Succulent Strawberry Pot Planter
Hello world!
I hope you're all doing well! How's the weather in your neck of the woods? It's another sunny day here in Miami and I'm feeling great, mostly because I got to spend some time with my love yesterday after a few days of not seeing him - he just got a new job and has been adjusting to the new schedule and I've been busy with college work. Also, I had a productive weekend and my classes went really well today, leaving me in a great mood! Actually, I'm still on campus right now, I didn't want to leave just yet because the library was calling me... What was it saying? It was saying if I go home I'll get distracted with a million things, but if I seek refuge in the silence of the library I could get a lot done - namely, this blog post and then some reading for Wednesday. So, here I am. I love the FIU library, though these days it's packed to the max with people in every corner... I couldn't find myself a place to sit at any of the tables or independent study booths so I'm currently sitting Indian-style on the floor in the Greek Mythology aisle! I could be here all night!
This entire post is on the bright blue strawberry pot that I filled with succulents and cacti and gave to my mother this past Mother's Day (last shown in this post). As you can see it totally rocks, in fact I'm starting to consider it one of my best planters yet, it's definitely the most diverse! I think it's doing really well especially because of the extra drainage and aeration provided by all the openings around the pot. When I filled this planter I made sure to add a thick layer of large rocks at the bottom, and since its openings aren't the kind with little lips/cups (which keep soil, plants and rocks in better), I also clustered rocks at the mouth of each opening as a barrier to keep the rocks in and to support plants while their roots start to grow and form an anchor in the soil. There are lots of different succulents and cacti in this planter, most are pictured and named in my Garden Update from July in case you're interested in their names.
This planter is really blowing my mind with how well it's doing, I already joked with my mom that I wanna take it with me when I move out again, haha! Of course I'd never do that because I gave it to her for Mother's Day, but I definitely have to make myself an identical one! I can't get over how well it photographs too! Do any of you have a strawberry pot planter filled with succulents and cacti, if so what has your experience been like so far?
This entire post is on the bright blue strawberry pot that I filled with succulents and cacti and gave to my mother this past Mother's Day (last shown in this post). As you can see it totally rocks, in fact I'm starting to consider it one of my best planters yet, it's definitely the most diverse! I think it's doing really well especially because of the extra drainage and aeration provided by all the openings around the pot. When I filled this planter I made sure to add a thick layer of large rocks at the bottom, and since its openings aren't the kind with little lips/cups (which keep soil, plants and rocks in better), I also clustered rocks at the mouth of each opening as a barrier to keep the rocks in and to support plants while their roots start to grow and form an anchor in the soil. There are lots of different succulents and cacti in this planter, most are pictured and named in my Garden Update from July in case you're interested in their names.
This planter is really blowing my mind with how well it's doing, I already joked with my mom that I wanna take it with me when I move out again, haha! Of course I'd never do that because I gave it to her for Mother's Day, but I definitely have to make myself an identical one! I can't get over how well it photographs too! Do any of you have a strawberry pot planter filled with succulents and cacti, if so what has your experience been like so far?
Have a great afternoon!
Recent garden posts you might like:
Garden Update - September
Garden Update: Random Stuff
Garden Update: Garden Tour Update
Sunny Sunday
Garden Update - July
Catherine
xoxo
The amazing Stapelia Grandiflora cactus continues to grow bud after bud which results in a constant blooming of flowers.... Here is one flower bud before it opened....
And here it is the next day after opening.......
Yes, AWESOME - every time!
Check out how many flower stalks these Echeveria's have put out! It's salmon pink flower mania at the top of the strawberry pot! Such delicate perfection...
Now, for me this is a first - seeing a dried out flower stalk sprout a new plant from the tip! Has anyone out there ever seen this happen on one of their succulents with dried out flower stalks? Wow, as if succulents weren't hardy and resilient enough already, this is truly a wonder of nature!
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