small is beautiful

I really must empty those sink gardens and get ordering my hostas, now you have set me off again Brian! lol :O)

Fantastic.

Yeah! Get those Hostas ordered Oliveoil! Lol. nice to see the Hostas starting to flower here too Brian. first one to flower....Stiletto! The one you sent me!

Are they the Tufa troughs Brian made ? I am trying to find his instructions on Goy. Not much luck so far.

Diane
The so called Tufa ones are a lightweight cement mix Which I imagine would last many years The Troughs in the picture are made from Heavy Duty Polystyrene meat boxes, pretty easy to do and course if they need moving it is possible.
Others on Goy use fish boxes, the ones I have seen are generally thinner sides to them so would need a bit more care in handling.
I do have stone and cement ones but with each passing year they become more of a problem to handle, not sure why I keep wanting to move them.lol
B

You have some lovely unusual alliums Brian and the tiny Hostas are very attractive. Having the plants in troughs is a good way to display them and see them individually.

The member whose name I cant remember put detailed pictures on the site showing exactly how he made the
Tufa troughs. Much better than plastic !

Diane
If you look on the Scottish Rock garden site there is an article on construction of hypertufa troughs (to give it its proper name)
If you use Polystyrene depends how well it is made there are some on sale in the garden Ctrs that unless you pick them up you would not know they are not stone.That good.