From Pond to Scree

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After seeing BJS pond within a pot I decided to do the same last year.
Unfortunately the terracotta has not stood up to the harsh winter weather and the rim has come off.

I think the pool over flowed causing the pot rim to crack so I’ve taken it out, glued the rim back and am using it for those alpine plants that like a bit of shade. It’s now under the carport, which should give some protection to both plants and pot.

The Alpines are Soldanella carpatica, Cortusa altuica, and Olsynium douglasii and a couple of Sempervivums.
Ps, the creeping Fuchsia procumbens didn’t survive around the edge outside, but I’ve got some in the conservatory, so I’ll try again.

I sunk the waterlily pot into the ground and created another area around it for those Alpines which prefer a sunny position.

In this area are a dwarf Limonium (sea lavender), Phyteum scheuchzeri and Crepsis incanum, a pink dandelion. It’s in a pot not because it is invasive. It does not seed so propagation must be by root cutting, and I’m hoping the roots will come through the pot bottom, so I can just lift the pot for some propagation material.

To the left is the small pond containing my Sarracenia collection.

• 25 Apr, 2018
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