Kokedama
Watching Gardeners’ World yesterday evening, I was intrigued to see Joe Swift learning how to make Kokedama, or hanging plants encased in moss. I see this is a trend which has swept the globe but passed me by. Behind the times as usual. I liked what I saw on Gardeners’ World: a shed with hanging plants dangling along the front. I’m less keen on the idea of having these indoors and also put off by the high maintenance. Watering my pots and baskets is one thing, soaking a root ball every day quite another. So is it genius or a daft idea which I suspect exposes plants to too much potential root drying? Opinion seems widely divided between, ‘Gosh, what fun!’ and ‘Pah! What a messy waste of time!’ Anyone had a go?
There are tutorials on YouTube and lots of examples on Pinterest.
Photo from here.
Possibly these works of art are more suited to a city garden than to one in the country. And we're kidding ourselves if we think we can make our gardens look Japanese. You just have to be Japanese to understand how their gardens work. Or so I think.
There are tutorials on YouTube and lots of examples on Pinterest.
Photo from here.
Possibly these works of art are more suited to a city garden than to one in the country. And we're kidding ourselves if we think we can make our gardens look Japanese. You just have to be Japanese to understand how their gardens work. Or so I think.
I fail at keeping hanging baskets looking nice some years.
Last year was very bad for baskets; I took mine down much earlier than usual. They are of course looked down on by horti-snobs but I think they have a place. In my porch.
outside in the warm / hot weather.
Hah! You will find us all complaining of the cold here.
(Anonymous)
hanging plants
Margaret P
Re: hanging plants
I think they can be overdone but do have a place.