I'll get a better pic later. This one doesn't show much of the full shelf on the left. I have lights installed in that too. The window faces south

Your plants are beautiful! I don't think my Husband would let me do the lights thing,,he thinks I am crazy with my plants lol I love them! We have long very cold winters. I am in Buffalo NY and they keep me busy all winter. Thanks for sharing and would love to see more :)

How do I 'display' my plants? Stick them in every possible spot that gets light and hope they survive until spring. There is a post with a bunch of people's window plants here.

Dave, you read my mind. I am always thinking about neat ways to display my plants without destroying the walls of my apartment with hooks and nails. I would take a single, dramatic plant display any day over dust-collecting knick knacks.

My two displays aren't fancy at all, just using teeny tiny pots in one itty bitty kitchen window (2.8-inch wide sills!) and an inexpensive IKEA table in another along with cheap white pots hung with from windows with jute string. You can also check out websites like Apartment Therapy for inspiration. These folks take full advantage of even the smallest windows! (Granted, they are probably allowed to nail and drill into walls a lot more than I am. Keep in mind that some ideas can be a tad impractical for the health or type of plant, though.)

Some things that are easy and keep it interesting design-wise and take advantage of every square inch of available light:

• Vary the plant heights to maximize light exposure; you can use old candle holders, cans, jars, homemade shelves using 2x4s, wire shelving sold at hardware stores, or even other plant pots to double as a stand/mount to raise some plants a few inches
• Also hang plants at varying heights
• Use multi-tiered shelving in windows if possible (I think someone on this forum (Tiffany? maybe?) has some clear shelving that looks really cool that doesn't seem difficult to install--I want these shelves!)
• For climbing plants, consider pot trellises and/or moss poles for a "living wall" or more upright effect, or trim them back to serve as background for flowering or variegated plants
• For a contemporary or minimalist look, coordinate pots using similar colors or choose related hues from a specific color palette; more eclectic/bohemian style folks can do whatever they want! : )

See, if I could just drill, this display would be so much better. Sorry for rambling so long! : )

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jentsu your plants are very nice,,,so green! lol

Gosh, I just realized I didn't scroll the whole way down and somehow I replied to "Dave" and not "shellini." Sorry about that! Good luck Shellini, and Dave, your plants are awesome.

Dave, your plants look so healthy. The little gardener toad? frog? is adorable too. I should have been an herpetologist.

shellini

Did you see this thread? -click me-

Thank you Mentha! I try to give them what they when when it's convenient to them, not me. Ha

i forgot about this, it's not in a window, but it's kind of taking over the house..

wow, wow, WOW! That is beautiful too! One of these days I want to design my house in a Spanish hacienda type with a small courtyard only have the courtyard under glass. Then I won't have to worry about my plants demanding more light.

One day my girlfriend and I plan to move to southern Florida and I'll be able to do all of this outside! Thanks again! :)

I love that wall of pothos, really nice!

Thanks! It needs a full repot, badly. But doing so is going to be tough since its wrapped itself around everything it can find. I'll take care of it in June though.

By the way,,,here are some of my plants,,The pics are few months old but they still look the same.

These are mostly succulents

I went to Home Depot and bought a finished shelf and a set of brackets to hold some smalls and to have something to look at while I wash dishes

jentsu926 I just loved the way your plants looked in the white pots! Today while at the store I bought a bunch at the $ store and was replanting a lot of mine lol

That's awesome! Can't wait to see your finished product. Though some designer types would argue that all white is "boring," too many colors and patterns in my very small space have a tendency to make it look cluttered. Happy plant decorating!

shellini

Your plants look great, nice reddish color on few!

The small seedlings - are they in glass containers ? Are there drainage holes in them?

Rina

The ones on the window sill are in votive candle cups lol,,,no drainage but I only water a dribble,,The white cups are 3 oz cups with an inch of tiny stone in the bottom ,,no drainage.

They look very nice and for a while, they will be fine. Just don't be surprised if any start declining - watering just a 'dribble' is not the answer in the long run. Plants - including succulents - need water. They just don't like to have 'wet feet'. Even stones in the bottom won't solve that problem - sooner or later plants are either thirsty (if not watered properly) or, if watered more, water will accumulate in the bottom - has no place to drain.

Hope you don't take this as a lecture - just an observation.

All your plants look very nice. What is the large one in large white pot (just behind the violets)? Looks like a Gollum, but can't tell for sure.

Rina

Wow, that Wall O'Pothos really is something, gosh!

Got to say tho' they look lovely, I agree the glass jars will have trouble sooner or later, it's just a question of time, sorry.

I've got a few different kinds of set ups since I'm indoors only, apartment.

The Star of my Kitchen window, Hoya kerrii

its neighbors on the window, assorted Aloes

Hum, photo loading seems to have failed my last 2 times. Excuse me for a moment.

Perpendicular to a West window, above the kitchen table, the Hoyas like it just fine.

Just left of the shelves, next to the west window.

These hanging baskets are vegetable bins bought maybe at the hardware store, $12 or so.

very convenient & it's easy to swap stuff in & out w/ them.

The bracket at the window was already there, but I sometimes add curtain rods from which to hang lighter weight pots.

Someone had mentioned trying to stage things at different heights. In another room, that's what I've done here to maxize on the good light

Many things are possible, one doesn't necesarily have to have them directly in the window. Some can be near it, this is maybe 5 ft. away. Asst'd Sans., a Begonia & Anthurium.

I lived in Buffalo for 2 yrs. during college, I know how you need the cheer. The local fellow from Tonawanda who I lived w/ used to overwinter Caladiums in his closet. When he brought out the bulbs & they started to grow around March, he was like a new man!!! Stay Warm!

Those hanging baskets are a great idea, lmontestella! I've been mulling over ways to take advantage of vertical space without having to put shelving units up (which would block more light coming farther into the room), and I think something like that might help out nicely.

Thanks for your reply Rina. Yes it is a gollum. I bought that last year in a tiny pot,,it grows fast! I know the plants will have to be moved but for now seeing as they are so tiny and I just separated them I am letting them get bigger. Believe me, I would be devastated if I loose any lol

Dave, is that all one plant???

Here's my setup...not really a display, more like a "holding place" where they can live until spring when they go back outside. In this photo, I haven't even dragged all my plants in yet. There are even more now.

Gardenfanatic, are you talking about the pothos? If so, yes, just a single plant that's never had a haircut.

This is my first time posting,..hope this works

Shelly, What a warm and homey window. Very pretty!

I love bench windows. My great grandmother had one on either side of her living room. What do you have in the Wardian case? I just pulled mine out of storage and need some ideas.

thank you. I need to see the green this time of year.

Right now the case just has a few ferns and an episcia, it went through a recent housecleaning.

I don't consider my plants on display while they're inside for winter, they're just trying to survive. This pot (term used loosely, it's a 5-gal bucket with holes added to the bottom) is in my unheated laundry room near a S window.

Plants go wherever they can to get near a window, and any (almost) flat surface is fair game, even a chair!

Some stay outside permanently in a mini garden.

(many more pics here: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/1485681/mini-garden?n=44 )

Cramming plants together helps squeeze as many as possible as close to windows as possible:

Air plant (this one is Tillandsia ionantha) is displayed in the crook of a Dracaena tree.

A "mini jungle."

Some crammed windows:

(Mentha, if you see this, I've clearly and totally been caught being hypocritical. Look at the sticker. You deserve to know it's been there for about 4 yrs. Given myself a time out! LOL!)

Glad I'm not the only one who leaves the stickers on. I feel justified now. lol. The hardest ones to get off without residue are on clay pots. Why do they have to put the stickers right on the rim? The first picture with the monstera, are those all the same plant or are they different kinds of ariods? What is the spade leaved one?

I have been looking for some shelving that my husband will like. He hates metal racks but I love them because they don't inhibit light to the lower shelves. I found a 5 ft long glass shelf that is sort of funky looking. I'm going to buy it with my tax money to put in front of my window. The lower shelves can be used fro books and the uppermost ones can hold smallish plants.

The top pic has Monstera, Philodendron bipennifolium, and Pothos.

Lucky you, I can't find Philodendron bipennifolium locally. I have been looking for one for a while now. Maybe one day I'll find one online.

And there's more! We joke about living in a tropical jungle.