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Save a favorite pot in the garden

Garden Junk

Wind to wonderful!

A big wind in the West blew over my camellia again!  I’m surprised the pot didn’t break,…again! I love the color and thick sides of this pot, so for a long time it sat by my potting table waiting for inspiration.

Wind in the West blew over my camellia

Wind in the West blew over my camellia

 

Oh no, a big crack!

Oh no, a big crack!

I decided to use it at the corner of my patio to ‘hold’ a favorite low creeping plant, Cupflower, or Nierembergia, which has periwinkle blue flowers.I planted a small upright growing rosemary to soon be a ‘background.’

 

Saved ceramic pot placed at a corner

Saved ceramic pot placed at a corner

 

Now terrific, instead of tossed

Now terrific, instead of tossed!

 

More Crack Pots!

Billie Hayman‎'s broken pot shades the roots of her tree

Billie Hayman‎’s broken pot shades the roots of her tree

 

Donna McGlasson's solution, Nasturtiums!

Donna McGlasson’s solution, Nasturtiums!

 

 

 Shirley Fox buried the broken side of her big pot and planted creeping Germander, or Teucrium.

Shirley Fox buried the broken side of her big pot and planted creeping Germander, or Teucrium.

 

Tags | broken flower pot, Garden junk, recycle broken pots
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