New orange Hover Dish is sedged up
I planted up my birthday-present orange Hover Dish, but not with succulents. I went with a grassy mix of Texas sedge (Carex texensis) and yellow columbine (Aquilegia hinckleyana), with pink rain lilies (Zephryanthes ‘Labuffarosea’), divided from elsewhere in my garden, mixed in for good measure. All should survive winter freezes, and if not, they’re easily replaceable. I’m really enjoying seeing this from my kitchen and dining room windows.
The new stucco walls remain unpainted. It takes a long time for the alkalinity of fresh stucco to neutralize. I was hoping to paint this weekend, but with our welcome recent rains, I think I may push it another week.
The rain topped off my stock-tank pond, and with today’s sunshine the ‘Colorado’ water lily offered up a peachy-pink flower. Life is good. Enjoy the weekend!
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Your new walls looks fab. I can’t wait to see them painted. Your new orange dish looks good too. I like to use plants from the garden in planters. I hope yours survive. A belated happy birthday too. 🙂
Thanks, Lisa. We’re going to dry out this weekend, so maybe I’ll be able to paint soon. I just hope I don’t have to try one color after another to get it right. But I probably will. —Pam
Oh my goodness girl it looks fabulous! I need to get one of those! They look so cool! Love how you planted it.
Thanks, Candice! I know you love succulents, and these planters work so great for them. Have you seen my blue one? —Pam
The orange dish looks terrific with the blues in your garden. Looking forward to seeing what colour your little wall turns out!
I have the paint, but will wait for the big reveal to spill on the color. Soon, I hope! —Pam
Lovely. That Hover dish must make you very happy. It’s huge!
I do love the generous size of the Hover Dish, Diana. You can really mix up the planting if you want, and it holds enough soil so that it doesn’t dry out instantly in the summer. —Pam
LOVE the hover dish! We don’t use grasses enough. Totally going to steal this idea. I’m working on potting up some containers this weekend – one of my sedges is definitely going to get a new home – PLUS a bulb order just arrived. Thank you for the inspiration! I think this is now Pam Penick idea #542 that I’ve used.
What bulbs are you trying, Sheryl? Can’t wait to see your sedgy container! —Pam
I have to relocate some bulbs from front to back (proved too tasty for deer) and now I am looking at grass/succulent combination planted dish gardens with new interest. As Sheryl says, “Pam Penick idea #542 I’ve used”. Me too, Sheryl.
Ha! I just hope I don’t lead you guys astray. Bulbs need a certain depth of soil, and I’m hoping that my hanging planter is deep enough to make them happy. I’ve seen plenty of regular-depth pots (not hanging) planted with bulbs, so I know containers work. We’ll see how these rain lilies feel about a shallower dish. —Pam
I’m sure your fingers are itching to grab that paintbrush! The new pot looks great. Enjoy your cooler, wetter weather!
I sure am, Kris. Hope you get some rain too. —Pam
That is such a great view outside your window!!!!! I like your sedge idea…I may try that in my containers on the chicken fence. Do you suspect it will need a lot of water?
It’s in a lot of shade under the crepe myrtle, Heather, so I hope not. It may keep the rain lilies from blooming though, so we’ll see how it all works out. —Pam