Good things come in small containers. What about you? Pics

12 years ago

Do you tend to favor plants in small containers?

I love being able to have several different kinds in containers small enough to fit on any sunny window sill I want. I don't know, I just LOVE small plants in small containers. What about you?

What are some of the smallest plants you have? Maybe we could start another thread someday about the largest ones we have.

Look how many I can fit on one window sill and still many more to come in. About 25 more.lol

Mike

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tapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
12 years ago
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Al
jessiec777
12 years ago
I love miniature stuff and I love plants...combine the 2 and I'm in heaven :-) Great pics!
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Thanks so much for the info on these amazing beneficial herbs Strawberry Hill, I will definitely plant all of them for my cat friends. I will cover the catnip with a small cage contraption so that they'll only be able to get to the new growth... :-) That is such great news - that after so much rain still no BS on your potted roses. We also had mega liters of constant rain for 2 days and I decided not to use the corn flour dusting, and there is not one BS leaf on any rose....just as you said, the soil is the key....I also gave the BS prone roses an extra teaspoon of Gypsum as you advised (along with the Potassium Sulfate) ...just before the rain started falling. I watered in in very quickly with alkaline tap water, the rain did the rest. I think that's another great idea - to keep feeding them Gypsum and Potassium Sulfate to keep them BS-free during winter - until our next spring. many thanks :-) I won't give any Nitrogen either, seeing that they stop blooming anyway during winter. Carol, maybe you can try wrapping just a tiny piece of any citrus fruit peel around the area where the aphids are worst? I did that over here and the aphids jumped of like flies... but the Hydrogen Peroxide sounds like a great treatment for the aphids plus it adds oxygen, I think that is the best solution, as advised by Strawberry Hill...I will also try that...I think clay can do with some oxygen.... thanks for liking the Nguni cows, yes they are so beautiful...and quite docile... we have another breed here called 'Afrikaner'-cattle...they are quite strong as well but not so docile...used in the beef industry. They are also much bigger than Nguni's. I hope you enjoy your snowy winter wonderlands, I hope you, Jim, and Strawberry Hill will post winter photo's. Today it is 96.8 F and a strong warm berg (mountain)- wind is blowing. really magical. I decided to look up the definition of a berg wind: Berg wind (from Afrikaans berg "mountain" + wind "wind", i.e. a mountain wind) is the South African name for a katabatic wind: a hot dry wind blowing down the Great Escarpment from the high central plateau to the coast. When the air that has been heated on the extensive central plateau flows down the escarpment to the coast it undergoes further warming by adiabatic processes. This accounts for the hot and dry properties of these off-shore winds, wherever they occur along South Africa's coastline.[1][2] Although berg winds are often called a Föhn winds, this is probably a misnomer, as Föhn winds are rain shadow winds that result from air moving over a mountain range, resulting in precipitation on the windward side. This releases latent heat into the atmosphere which is then warmed still further as the air descends on the leeward side (e.g., the Chinook or the original Föhn).[2][3] Berg winds do not originate in precipitation, but in the mostly dry, often arid central plateau of Southern Africa. On the other hand, katabatic winds are technically drainage winds, that carry high density, usually cold air from a high elevation down a slope under the force of gravity.[3] These are thus "fall winds", which occur most typically down the coastal ice slopes of Antarctica and Greenland. Berg winds blow off the African escarpment in response to large scale weather systems in the South Atlantic Ocean, the African interior, and the Southern Indian Ocean.
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bikerdoc5968 Z6 SE MI
12 years ago
The problem I have is my small plants get BIG so I whack them and then have lots of little ones that I don't know what to do with and it never ends!
ssk22 Ohio 5b
12 years ago
Mike,Al
Great plants.
I never throw a leaf or cutting out. I have so many "starts" everywhere. I would not have room for all the pots. Every plant has some sort of leaf sprouting roots. Thanks for sharing.
Sharon
MattyG515
12 years ago
Seriously great pictures and plants! Thanks for sharing your pics and your wisdom!
Matty
prayerrock
12 years ago
I love small containers, and the ones posted have been so neat! Here are some from my collection.

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Julie_Alley
12 years ago
Love that Dorstenia in the pitcher! so cute.
pennyhal
12 years ago
I love small plants of all sorts. That's what got me into this...I don't even know what to call it...a zillion little plants that grew to be big plants so that I had to buy some more little plants...oh, a vicious circle! I'm now digging leaves out of the trash just in case they may sprout. That might be an obsession.
marquest
12 years ago
I like to plant in big dish gardens, but when I find a odd pot I like to plant a single small plant.

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puglvr1
12 years ago
Wow you guys have some really NICE plants. I just love all those pots...just fantastic!

Thanks for sharing them.
pennyhal
12 years ago
Those little guys must not have holes in the bottom of the container. So, how do you water them without killing them?
marquest
12 years ago
I don't know what the others do but I am not a heavy water person and have no problem growing a plant in a container without drainage. I don't encourage this for people that love to water. I know how much water to put in the container without killing the plant.

If you really want to rinse the soil water as much as you want lay the pot on its side and it will drain out the side.

I figure growing in the ground dose not have a hole in the bottom I do not need a hole in the bottom of my pot. LOL
ggarner
12 years ago
Here is one that i did. Its a small little cut about 1" across, drilled out so it will drain.

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whip1 Zone 5 NE Ohio
12 years ago
This plant has had a rough life. It's been tipped over, dug up by pest, and knocked over more times than I can remember. The pot is 2X3
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2 of my Gollum Jades
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meyermike_1micha
Original Author
12 years ago
Another very small potted plant!

Whip: Those are so cute!

Ggarner: I love your not so container pot idea. Quite different and very nice:-)

Hi Marquest and Pug!

Mary: Adorable. I love them all. They take up so little room, right?

Love the Acorn one. I actually tried it and it's working.:-)

Very nice everyone else. Thank you
meyermike_1micha
Original Author
12 years ago
Oops. here is one more for you:-)

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greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
12 years ago
That one is cool, Mike...!
And look at that snow on the ground ;-0
Here are a few of my smaller container succulents....the Aeonium has been re-potted.

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Josh
greenjay
12 years ago
OMG ! Such great potting ideas ! Nice to see some really creative plant lovers out there !
TT, zone 5b MA
12 years ago
Great stuff, all...

(BTW, Mike...6-10 inches of snow tomorrow? What?!?!?)

A few of mine:

O. herrei
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P. migiurtinus
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E. francoisii
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Tom
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12 years ago
Nice thread everybody, very cool blooms Tom, some pretty bizarre looking forms:

Here's another small thing, these were a couple of cuttings

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that were barely 2" tall & bloomed. I had just cut them off the mother plant:

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my little Euphorbia milii x moratii
User
12 years ago
More little charmers

Kalanchoe orgyalis

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I wish this grew faster & larger for me

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Aside from the color, I like how these leaves look like felt or suede.
meyermike_1micha
Original Author
12 years ago
Karen: Absolutely beautiful, the Kalanchoe in particular! I love the color and the looks of the texture. Very nice. To see flowers on your Crown of Thorns at that size is so unique. Cute

Tom: I though we would get a break from such horrible winter last year and our lack of HOT this pst summer would lead into a warmer than usual winter. Not so I guess.

I love your plants! Absolutely beautiful. Do you think you could help me pick one of those out at the next Cactus show and mentor me with an O.herrei or a E.francoisii..? Lol. I had to scroll up and down several times just to spell the plants name, let alone care for them. I think I saw some of these at the show but was afraid to try growing them.

Mike:-)
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12 years ago
Mike,

I don't believe E. francoisii takes any special care. At least I've never known it to (tho' mine looks much different than Tom's).

Let's see if I can find some pix

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I like the ornate leaf pattern.

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another view

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Hard to believe mine & Tom's are the same plant.
micki
12 years ago
Wow,
the diversity and creativity is brilliant, everyone is so talented here. As you know I'm a newbie to succulents, I like to have a little of everything. Here are my new babies I purchase last month with the exception of the two front right. Next to the aloe I've love to have an ID, I've been successful with many cutting from it, but don't know its name. (?)
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I'm glad I took a pic of them when I just got them to see if I'm helping or hurting them.

Everything has done well except the Echeveria 'Perle von Nurnberg' the pinkish grey rossette, (third row middle) her lower leaves are limp and dying off. Actually, from this pic it looks like it had begun to some degree. Most plants are sorely neglected at stores. Many of them were pretty close to the window (right on the sill) I have since moved them back. I'm not sure if it's dryness, over watering or cold but I'm taking off lower leaves today. Description says hard to 36 degrees. This happened when I was away for 3 days but I watered before I left. Any suggestions by you experts is welcomed, of course.

I have also lost some leaves on the Echeveria 'Ramillette',(front left, green rosette type) but before you say over watering I've watered everything the same and all else has done well. Unless, due to their fleshy leaves they need less. They must be a more toucy plant. (???)
) All are in clay pots now
here's an update
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apparently no picture of the E. 'Ramillette' however notice the brusing on the
'Little Jewel' Pacyveria glauca
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located 3rd row right next to E. 'Perle von Nurnber' first one I mentioned.
These 2nd set of pics were not taken today so hopefully this will illustrate what I mean.
I probably should have started another string. Forgive me for that, I'm still learning here.
Micki
micki
12 years ago
I should have started another string, my apologies Mike. Really cool acorn container!
Micki
CorpsmanCooper
12 years ago
I'm getting all kinds of ideas from you all! Here are a few of mine in little containers

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greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
12 years ago
That frog-pot is awesome! What great color.
Can we see a pic of the face?

Josh
CorpsmanCooper
12 years ago
Josh,
It was actually one of those sponge trays from the 1960's. Like the ones people used to keep by the sink.

Here's a picture of it's face
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This is the whole ensemble
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I wonder if I could use this piece to plant in?
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Here's another one I'm going to plant in. I had my husband drill a hole in the bottom of it!
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meyermike_1micha
Original Author
12 years ago
Al/Tapla would love this! He certainly has a passion for frog stuff!

Very very nice and such a great combination!

Micki: That is a great bunch of little ones I see there:-)

Hey Josh@! A whole lot of damage here but the electricity is ok, thank goodness. It a very cold day with high wind gusts!

Nice picture Karen. I just may give it a go when the next Cactus show comes along. Yours does look different but still very nice. Love the leaf pattern and the little pot it's in.
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
12 years ago
Excellent!
I think you could plant in the shallow drip-tray, though it would need daily watering no doubt.

Josh
CorpsmanCooper
12 years ago
Thanks Josh and Mike! I too LOVE frog stuff! With my first pregnancy I was hoping for a boy because I saved all my frog stuffed animals from growing up. When I found it was a girl I ended up doing princess and the frog theme in her room just so I could incorporate the frog stuff. I even had a pet pac man frog at one point named Burp and my first car was a green Geo Metro that was aptly named 'The Frog Mobile' or 'The Mean Green Bean Machine' LOL

As far as the drip tray, I'm not sure if I will plant it or not. I would need something with extremely shallow roots. I would have to use more of my sepervivum tectorum I'm thinking. Not sure if I will plant it or not.
emerald1951
12 years ago
Hi, all, I really like your little pots...I have a ? how long can the plants stay in these little pots?? and how well do they do? just wondering...I really like all the different things you all have planted in....I have tried growing plants in different things too, sometimes the plant thrive and sometimes they don't....how are yours doing and how long have you had the plant in theses pots???
thanks for posting....linda
luvidaho_2010
12 years ago
2" pots.
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Small blooms too.
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Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
12 years ago
Hello Everyone,

I dont have many small containers like some of you...

You all have the best little displays!!! Love the acorn AL amd Mike!!! They are doing great!!!

Here are a few of my little containers..

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Had a DR seedpod open the other night...thought it was pretty interesting!!!
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Take care everyone,

Laura in VB
norma_2006
12 years ago
Would I qualify I am a small pakage, I don't eat very much, 4ft.19, and 88 lbs. that is why my husband married me. LOL that is the also the reason I like crassula, they didn't take up much room.
CorpsmanCooper
12 years ago
Laura,
I just recently got a adromischus cristatus myself! They're cute little plants and curious looking aren't they!

~Erin~
Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
12 years ago
Hello Everyone,

Hi Erin,

Im very happy with this cute little guy!! It already has a cute attitude!!! Yes, I very happy with this!!!

Glad you like yours too!

Lets see a pic? : ) I bet its a cute one!!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Laura in VB
CorpsmanCooper
12 years ago
Woops! Sorry Laura that was meant for luvidaho, the post above yours. The adromischus cristatus is the first plant in those pictures. It's a curious looking little plant which is why I got it. Here's a picture of mine
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luvidaho_2010
12 years ago
Erin, they are cute little plants. It seems like it has taken forever for it to finally bloom. It has had the flower stem/spike (not sure what it is called) for a couple months, the single flower opened a few days ago. One bloom open, 5 to go, definitely a lesson in patience with this one.
Tami
Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
12 years ago
CC,

LOL!!! Thats ok... i love them all!!!

Laura in VB
ilovetogrow z9 Jax Florida
12 years ago
I like the small ones. I am pretty small myself.
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One of the babies. Loving the fall color.

CC, Erin, That Brillo Frog was probably one of the best sellers for Duncan. It is glazed in 'Spring Bouquet'. I still have that mold in the garage. The ceramic fad dropped out in the late '70ies. I bought a defunct ceramic business in 87. If I could not plant in it the mold went. I love to combine my hobbies. Still do. Good pots are hard to find and I think the market has junk. Good to see an oldie but goodies come out. Great photos everyone. Paula
meyermike_1micha
Original Author
12 years ago
Paula! Very well put.

Your right. And to find a very unusual pot is almost impossible. One has to be creative to find any that become a speaking item around the home.

Beautiful plants and that soft blue/green color is so pretty.

Laura..Wow...Look at you with all your other plants. I love them all. Bravo !

Norma, too funny:-)

Lu... Not bad!

Mike
pennyhal
12 years ago
Absolutely enchanting! Wonderful plants and pots selected with such care!

But see now. That's how I got all into trouble. Saw all these cute little things, had to buy them, but they sure didn't stay little long. Do these succulents sort of stay small being limited in size in these little pots, or do they burst out at the seams like I do after Thanksgiving dinner?

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