Florida Gardening: Miniature gardens, trees, and landscapes in Florida..., 2 by DavidofDeLand

DavidofDeLand wrote:
These little "Banshee's" ( a female Spirit and Woman of the Fairy mounds in Irish Mythology ) were made out of those same Martini picks. I got a bag of 100 on a clearance at 'World Market'. Their greenery clothes and hair are made from exterior caulk...

Moss, Inky Fingers Coleus, and the stalks of Ming Fern create the tree in the first picture. Tillandsia ionantha from Guatamala is a tiny Bromiliad that makes a great Miniature garden plant. You can just see the tips in the second pic. The third picture shows them in the early beginnings of a miniature garden, used as bedding plants between the walkways, which are an old concrete decorative block buried.

The fourth picture shows the same area 3 months later with some left over tiles and a few more plants and doodads. Miniature Gardens don't need to be rushed and it is more fun to just add slowly as you have the time and a new item, plant or thought pops in your head... The Tillansias are still in the same location 2 years later in the same garden. The have produced many babies and I always look forward to Winter when they turn Hot Fuscia and put up little brightly colored flower stalks...

Have a beautiful Saturday!

This message was edited Jul 6, 2013 7:01 AM