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Fountain

庭院花艺

water fountain idea

bog garden

Nice use of Fiber Optic plant in fountain - natural tromp-l'oeil!

Fountain with plants in it and round it.

Fountain

all the greens... so soothing!

love the use of the fountain- (uses fiber optic plant?) also all of the different textures and shades of green- use in side yard??

Planted sculpture

ornamental fountain

Hart's Tongue Fern

Fountain

plants

Planting a in fountain

Objects

Cool

the greenery and plants within the birdbath

could use this for tiered planter

Side house

Best birdbath ever

Back yard

Love the fiber optic grass

backyard fountain idea

Laura

fiber optic plant

Doing this

fiber optic plant

planter

that the fountain is used for 'falling' shrubs like water

fountain of plants

Shade plants

i have the perfect spot

the fountain

Fountain

plants

Back

fibre optic plant in fountain

Garden

For ma

Plants

house garden

corner tier fountain w/plants, birdnest ferns

Cute for back corner

fontaine transformée en bac a fleurs !

Patio

what a great idea for the fountain!

like the use of the birdbath / fountain as a planter

Love this idea

Very cool "non" fountain!

shade

love this idea for birdbath to a planter

I like the idea of the fountain

using old fountain

Ok

love the fountain being used as a planter!!!

Plants

Turned a fountain into a planter

plants

using old waterfeature for plants

Nice use of a fountain with the fiber optic looking grass

Perfect use of my old fountain

I like the unusual plant holder. It also adds a focal point with height.

Backyard fountain

Fountain plantings as feature, rear patio.

could just plant a birdbath instead of having a fountain

Front garden

Has names of plants

The use of the fountain

Shade garden

Yard

Courtyard?

planted birdbath

bird feeder

Different fern

Birdbath

Fountain used as flower pot

shade garden with fountain

I love the fiber optic plant....never heard of it before, but should work very wel with my quasi - Japanese-style garden.

fountain

exteriorcontainerplants

birdbath?

Great shade focal

birdbath

Layered birdbath

birdbath planter

Fountain as planter

Nice contrast of textures

scooter

Trialling mimics flowing water

Bird bath

shade combination

Fountain plant idea

garden idea

backyard

height

fontaine

Nice use of fountain

love the fountain! nice focal point

birdbath planter

use of birdbath very creative!

Birdbath use

fountain idea

Great idea for using a birdbath as a planter

in need of another focal point in my garden this would be a wonderful alternative. I have a spot that doesn't get the best amount of water so something like this with succulents would be fab!

Shade plants

Try to do on side of house

nice use of a birdbath

Fountain

Shade garden

Fountain plants

Planter

Nice!

Mission style fountain with plants instead of water

Plants in fountain

Backyab

Plants in feature

très sympa !

layer plant textures

birdsnest ferns

Moss as always, fascinates, intrigues and moves me to plant more

LOVE the idea that a fountain doesn't have to have water in it!

Birdbath planter

Fountain

Great use of waterfountain. especially in a shaded aread

When the pump dies again

hermosa fuente para la parte interna

love the planter

Garden

Plant ountain

Textures, height

love the use of trailing plants in the fountain

love this idea optic plant Isolepsis cernua can sit in water along with other trailing water plants

for herbs?

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let's plant a birdbath

GREAT USE FOR OLD FOUNTAIN

PLANTAS EN FUENTE

Cool idea for a bird bath!

my birdbath

Texture in shade garden

Muehlenbeckia axillaris (Creeping Wire Vine)

Birdbath

Plant Fountain!

bird bath with plants

Love the waterfall effect of the plants in this fountain like structure.

use fountain as a planter

TRAILLING PLANTS

side wall brick work and grill

The whole planting area is greens and whites. The background plant up against the brick wall is a climbing hydrangea. The shrub in the top left corner is Choisya ternata (Mexican mock orange). In the fountain:The fibre optic plant (Isolepsis cernua) was chosen to imitate water spilling over the fountain. That's the grass like plant that looks like it has little water drops on the end of each blade. The trailing plant on the lower tier is Muehlenbeckia axillaries (Creeping Wire Vine). The lime green plant on the bottom tier is Selaginella kraussiana. There is a dark green form and a lime green one. You often find this in a place that sells indoor plants. The plant at the base of the fountain is Asplenium scolopendrium (Hart's Tongue fern). On the bottom left of the photo is an Epimedium (white flower...can't remember the cultivar...sorry) which is a great perennial in dry shady conditions, and on the right bottom of the photo is Aruncus aethusifolius (Dwarf Goat's Beard). I put in annual white impatiens around the fern for a little hit of white bloom for all summer. The fountain has no drainage but the plants I selected seem to thrive. Fibre optic plant can actually sit in water. If you can't find all the plants I have in my design check with your local nursery for other plants suited to bog gardens. (Plants that can sit in moist soil)

Fountain like plants overflowing bird bath

fountian idea

Patio

Garden decorating w/ statuary idea

Garden palette presentation. Planted birdbath. Shades of green.

shade garden fountain

Shade garden

interesting foliage holder and plants

optic grass in old fountain

like the statue with the plants growing in it and the bright green colours

Great REPURPOSING!!

Interesting

Outside

bird bath

tiered bird bath

Fountain garden

center of garden idea

Fountain idea

plants trailing like water from a birdbath

Grass fountain

fountain

fountain plantings

i love this for the back corner using a fountian as a planter

Hibbard

Сад фонтан

Plants

Tiered birdbath for front shade garden.

Planter

Great for shade Plant fountain

Pot idea

Idea for chelle,s planters. Put another on top for height?

Essa fonte com plantas

birdbath

Plantings in Fountain

Ok

No water fountain

Variety and types of plantings

like the idea of using a fountain or bird bath for a spilling greenery arrangement

Look for this plant for birdbath in backyard garden

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planter

What a great idea for an old fountain... Would look great with shade plants!

fountain as planter

bird bath garden

moss/succulent in vase.

This would like nice by the door and bay window