tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post7815777830912468673..comments2024-03-28T03:06:56.796-07:00Comments on Prairiebreak: Hardy succulent containers: no brainers...Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-5554493963371753582014-04-18T05:26:56.056-07:002014-04-18T05:26:56.056-07:00I like your post. It's beautiful dear. Looking...I like your post. It's beautiful dear. Looking for <a href="http://www.durastarcasters.com/products/wire-containers" rel="nofollow"><b>wire containers</b></a> & <a href="http://durastarcasters.com/products/casters/heavy-duty-casters" rel="nofollow"><b>heavy duty pneumatic casters</b></a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04748293294555322958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-83024781707769527552013-11-04T02:57:00.836-08:002013-11-04T02:57:00.836-08:00I remember seeing those troughs at UBC when they w...I remember seeing those troughs at UBC when they were brand spanking new in 1976! and watching them evolve at the Lohbrunner garden subsequently as well...glad to know they're going through new incarnations. Gwen does design a wicked trough. She's not done many recently, alas. But I did two lollapaloozas for a mansion in Cherry Hills recently that were enormous and great fun. I should blog about those! Glad to know hypertufa survives your Alberta winters--but snow cover is cheating!Panayoti Kelaidishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-71134443429360639102013-11-03T21:27:42.244-08:002013-11-03T21:27:42.244-08:00Gwen's is stunning, as much for the "mini...Gwen's is stunning, as much for the "mini hardscape" as the plant selection. I recently received a couple of large, retired concrete troughs from the Lohbrunner Garden at UBC (about 100lbs apiece, I estimate). It is one of my ambitions for 2014 to design something spectacular enough to fit in with the above. <br /><br />I have some smaller hypertufa "bowls" I made that my girlfriend Kirsten outfitted with Sempervivum selections. I leave a couple in the garden over the winter, where they experience temperatures lower than -30C under a metre or more of snow. I was concerned they'd break from exposure to the extremes, so I reinforced the hypertufa mix with fibreglass. After they dried, I burnt the exposed fibres off with a propane torch. Never had one break!Jay Akerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01694141658809109776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-65988462807682382142013-10-21T15:30:01.878-07:002013-10-21T15:30:01.878-07:00Hi Panayoti, I would love to have cuttings of the...Hi Panayoti, I would love to have cuttings of these succulents. If there is anyone in the Chicago area that would like to trade, I have numerous rock garden plants, alpine plants, and native plants.<br />Sincerely,<br />JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-67658384624738932392013-10-21T09:18:36.703-07:002013-10-21T09:18:36.703-07:00Succulents in containers have been a continuing ho...Succulents in containers have been a continuing hot trend here in California for over a decade now. I love them all, but must admit the Sempervivums aren't as fool proof for me, they tend to get mealybug here or rot out in winter if drainage isn't perfect, and I find Echeverias often work better in our mild 9b/10a conditions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-13190422512163665142013-10-21T03:29:50.112-07:002013-10-21T03:29:50.112-07:00Amazing planters, it is so hard to plant them well...Amazing planters, it is so hard to plant them well and those are great examples. I love the mini landscapes they create. <br />It is a shame that troughs are so expensive in the UK, I am going to have to start experimenting with hypertufa to make my own.Spiky Obsessionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336642361281619338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-72185040600520683912013-10-20T17:51:39.699-07:002013-10-20T17:51:39.699-07:00I live in Zone 5: I probably have 100 or more (yes...I live in Zone 5: I probably have 100 or more (yes more) containers with succulents all over my garden...they are on top of walls, on brick pedestals, on the ground, against walls--everywhere. They sit around the yard pretty much the same summer and winter--and I find they don't need much attention summer or winter. Sempervivums, many cacti, most Lewisia, Talinum, sedums--all are very tough.Panayoti Kelaidishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-73609851970864159002013-10-20T15:48:47.934-07:002013-10-20T15:48:47.934-07:00How do you care for them in the winter?How do you care for them in the winter?LMGaudethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138587895214931551noreply@blogger.com