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Usage of Big Vase
By using big vase or terracotta vase, an elegant impact and new style in the art of garden decoration has been greatly present.
The big vases or planters normally were left empty without any plantings or with unsuitable plantings.
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For Texture -
Tryout: Fern.
It is very seldom that one wants to try to plant shrubs like Fern in a container. Fern brought about a great aesthetic value depending on the types of fern. Fern has existed for more than 360 million years ago and is one of the primitive plants. It consists of a varieties of green depends on the maturity. It can produce a lot of fertile soil and a large amount of nutrient. Fern reproduces through spreading of spore in a very high humidity area. It can grow very well in shades and with very little sunlight. The fern leaves with linear texture and length give a different look to the garden. |
For Spikes -
Tryout: Sansiviera trifasciata, Cordyline Yucca Filamentosa, Draceana marginata
Sansiviera is a first choice because of its leaves' texture which is long and easy to grow. It doesn’t have any branch and can grow up to 4 feet and 2.75 inches wide with white greenish flowers. Provide some |
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| horticulture fertilizer with compos soil. Then add some bedding ground covering plants as an attraction. This potted plant make a shadowy appearance and silhouette and the shining leaves if positioned near to the wall and function as protection from the sunlight. |
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For aesthetic value -
Tryout: Congea tomentosa (Shower Orchid), Asparagus sprengeri, Nephrolepsis (Sword Fern)
It is like a spreading carpet, this is the chance for one with very limited gardening space like an apartment, or condominium. This bedding ground covering and crawling plants is very easy to grow rapidly in the container. Transfer these plants to a container as an aesthetic value with the small leaves texture. |
For hippy afro look -
Tryout: Setcreasea purpurea, tetracera loureiri (mempelas), Clemantis paniculata (purple heart), Rhoea Spatacea (boat lilly)
For those who love crawling plants or bedding groundcover as a potted plant, it is an excellent choice to pick plants with purple light green color. Setcreasea with leaves look like a succulent ground covering plant can grow through the sprawling |
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| branches with 25 cm long under the shades and high humidity. It also can blossom with bright pink color and alternately arranged and can grow up to 7 inches high. |
As a receptionist -
Tryout: Caladium (Yam) species, Alocasia macrorrhiza
Plants with Caladium generally has a very good texture of its leaves and shiny. It stands out by itself. The proportionate size of the plants to the container makes it attractive with light colored terracotta vase. It can grow up to 3 meters high. It's very suitable to be in a large scale of garden near the entrance with some smaller container plants.
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