On Saturday morning, on our way to do our usual weekend walk around Lady Bird Lake trail, we stopped in to see if there was anything that I simply had to have at the Austin Cactus and Succulent sale.
I really did have a mission. Another claret cup cactus,
Echinocereus triglochidiatus, to go with the one I bought last year, and which has so delighted us with its gorgeous red, long lasting flowers, this spring. I was lucky. I spotted one with two in the pot. That will make a perfect group when added to the one I already have.
My other mission was to find a few succulents to add to the ones I already had. They were to go in this planter. Several years ago, when my son moved into his house and was cleaning out a shed I spied this wooden 'something'. It might have been a tool box made in a school woodworking class. I definitely had a mind to repurpose it. It has kicked around for 4 years, first in the potting shed, then in the greenhouse. A few weeks ago David drilled a few holes in the bottom and painted it with some left over stain. Today I planted it up with the three plants I bought on Saturday.
Along with them are passalongs from garden friends, and all that remain of my graptopetalum which suffered heavy losses this winter.
A couple of other succulent planters are very happy to be out of the potting shed and into the fresh air. They are taking on new color and growth.
I really did have a mission. Another claret cup cactus, Echinocereus triglochidiatus, to go with the one I bought last year, and which has so delighted us with its gorgeous red, long lasting flowers, this spring. I was lucky. I spotted one with two in the pot. That will make a perfect group when added to the one I already have.
My other mission was to find a few succulents to add to the ones I already had. They were to go in this planter. Several years ago, when my son moved into his house and was cleaning out a shed I spied this wooden 'something'. It might have been a tool box made in a school woodworking class. I definitely had a mind to repurpose it. It has kicked around for 4 years, first in the potting shed, then in the greenhouse. A few weeks ago David drilled a few holes in the bottom and painted it with some left over stain. Today I planted it up with the three plants I bought on Saturday.
Along with them are passalongs from garden friends, and all that remain of my graptopetalum which suffered heavy losses this winter.
A couple of other succulent planters are very happy to be out of the potting shed and into the fresh air. They are taking on new color and growth. 
9 comments:
Love your succulent plantings- those are so much fun to make up!!!
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The title of this post scared me a little, but now I see you don't really mean it. So nice when that stuff that's been kicking around for years finally gets some use. I think I've got a shed-full.
nice re-purposing project.
What a great repurpose of an old school project! Your succulent collection is beautiful!
All of your sux are stunning! I know they are happy to be out in the sun and fresh air again!!!
Very nice! Succulents are just perfect for containers, aren't they?
Wonderful succulents! I am a good friend of Julie and have my own Succulent blog. I love how you made that old tool box (or whatever) into a planter. It looks great!
i think that may be a chicken feeder!
Kacky- I did have fun making this up. I hope the plants are happy in their new home.
Denise- Oh, I have plenty of projects waiting int he wings. It seems there is a wait time of about 4 years.
Katina and Mandy- Thanks. Always on the look out for a new idea.
Julie-I just hope they aren't finding our unusually hot spring too testing.
Alan- And they take a lot less work than other plants too.
Candy- Thanks for visiting. Enjoyed visiting your blog.
Anon-Now really!! I can well imagine that it might have been but what it was doing in the middle of Dallas I have no idea. Do you have some good authority on its beginnings? I tried searching on google but didn't find anything like it.
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