I adore strawberry pots for non strawberries but they are high maintenance if you stuff them w/different plants. Invariably, some plants die and others survive so planter never looks together, unless you plant like Roselee and use 1 plant in all pockets. That's what has been working for me. Still evolving.

Sall, tillandsia great idea. Making mental note

Good idea Sall! If one has the climate for them broms would be perfect!

Hmmm ... just had a flash of inspiration. I have a large white strawberry pot planted with 'ghost plant' that has been fairly successful, but they get to looking kind of 'rangy' at times. For a change I might try THIS in it.

As they say "stay tuned". I feel the urge to try it coming on ... :-)

In a white pot? Simply dreamy!

I planted a few pieces of THIS in it. I like it.

The idea came to me to leave some of the 'ghost' plant. What do y'all think about that? Or should I do it all the same? Opinions please ...

Thanks Sall! I get the best recipes for lemonade from people on this forum!

Omg I love it as it is but I think you should go with the red plant, but replace as the other one declines. Actually, it won't decline but it will get "hangy" and ruin the effect

Thanks Bossy. I think you are right. This is as far as I'm going with it today so we'll see how well they 'play together' as Patty says.

Hmmm ... I may put a bit of ghost plant in with the brom in the lip on the bottom right side.

In a way I've gone with the tillandsia idea too by using a member of that family, ball moss, to stabilize the inserted pieces ... :-)

I like it, Ragna! do you want your other strawberry pot back ???

Here's a red ______ in the bromeliad family, I think. Wicked teeth but it is a no maintenance plant so my hands are safe. Girls, is this same as what you grow?

Here is another which I grow in a hanging basket. Very fast grower, growing rosettes on top of itself. Small, but I'm not sure whether tight quarters (12" basket) is what keeps rosettes small. Not an aloe, it is some brim I got at Peckerwood Gardens. no maintenance.

Bossy, how frequently do you water the green one?, is it winter hardy?

Omar

I watered once weekly when not hot outside and none in summer. Of course we had 40" with Harvey so don't know if that's a factor that needs to be considered. The red one gets no supplemental water,

Is it winter hardy?

Omar

I think these are both dykias. It is not what I am growing.

That's it! Dyckias. I find the bromeliad family hard to study and ID.

Yes, I agree. The reddish one looks like Dyckia 'burgandy ice'.

Omar, I have a dyckia similar to Bossy's green one. The leaves might be a little shorter and fatter. I bought it over 20 years ago and had no idea what it was. Mara is the one that told me it was a dyckia.

It builds on its self making a nice mound. If not covered it gets some freeze damage, but there's always some little ones underneath that survive. I was able to rescue four plants after the two day Feb. freeze. They grow fast and offset a lot.

Bossy, do the undersides of the leaves on your green dyckia have thin white stripes?

Patty, thanks for the offer. But two strawberry pots are enough. Or maybe you were gonna' say "Well, you ain't gettin' it! ... ;-) LOL

@roselee, yes it does

Hi Rose....I love seeing everyone's plants, and reading all the comments. I am finishing up my first summer after retiring, and I still have to pinch myself when I realize that I can actually work outside any day I want to, and feel like it. I am fighting with the doctors about the medications they are giving me.... that is what we nurses do! Always pisses them off! HAHAHA. I divided and moved 12 Elephant Ears and a bunch of iron plants this past week. I have 2 major winter projects planned: a new bed along the back fence and cleaning out an area behind our Dog Free zone along the back fence that is separated with Lattice fencing..... I have a lot of day lillies, liriope, and iron plants that are back there, just growing like crazy with the weeds. I am so looking forward to the next few months. Margee

No, Ragna, I was really going to give it back to you since you found some things that "work."

Patty is nicer than I am ... :-)

Actually I have a third strawberry pot. It's under the eaves on the side of the house and rarely gets any attention.

It needs the level of soil raised in the center and the dead leaves trimmed, but will show that small dyckias work in small strawberry pots. It's a little over a foot tall. The dyckia even bloomed in this dry, shady, out of the way place.

If no one wants this strawberry pot, I will take it off your hands.... LOL poor unwanted pot.