CategoryMINI GARDENS

Sempervivum Heaven #❤

Finally had the time to plant up some Semps I had all over the garden in pots.

Sempervivum Facts

  • The majority of sempervivum are frost hardy so dont panic when frosts arrive, these plants will thrive.
  • Sempervivums are monocarpic, which means that once a rosette flowers, it dies, they will produce lots of little semps for you to enjoy around the base of the flowering stem.

10 Mixed Succulents 5.5cm – Sempervivum Houseleek Hen & Chicks

Some photos to share with you of the lovely colours and texture semps have 🙂

 

I Hope it inspires you to get out in the garden 😉

 

Planting a Sedum Fairy Garden

I have been looking at fairy gardens and the creative little accessories people make to add to the enchantment and was inspired to create my own.  Being a total Sedum addict, I have around seventy types in my personal collection that I wanted to show them off and group them together in a lovely big shallow planter. The only problem was finding one. After a good few weeks of looking my lovely hubby came home with one for me and I was over the moon, it’s strange the things that make me happy 🙂

I was in the garden in a heartbeat, selecting the plants I wanted to use, not having much in the way of “fairy garden” accessories it’s a fairy garden minus the fairy but including a solar power hula dancer. I know a little strange but still cute she also has some multi-coloured fairy lights that come on at dusk, again solar and it just gives it some life in the evening.

To give the mini garden some hight I used a lovely mosaic pot I had dropped and broken in half and yet still couldn’t throw away.

So here it is so far, I hope to be creating some little fairy garden accessories soon and I will keep you posted 🙂

Mini Succulent Gardens – Root Cuttings With Style

For the last few weeks, I have been popping in all my local charity shops to find planters in white/cream for my living room. I thought it would take forever to find planters I liked on such a tight budget but I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly it all came together.

With so many cuttings and baby succulents all over the place, I needed a way to save some space and display them so they are pleasing to the eye.

This was also a way for me to protect a few prized plants from the snow and intense cold weather we had in Feb/March, having a few of each plant in different locations around the home/garden for me gives peace of mind.

Once the small plants and cuttings have become more established plants they will be potted up or added to a larger display.

 

My charity shop planter finds totalled £5.60 #bargain 🙂 all the plants were ones I already had so this was a very cheap way to give the living room some life and soul.

Will update over the coming weeks with new plants and planters 🙂