Make a Mosaic effect with cactai in a container

While the point of interest is the center cactai within the green ceramic container the various shades of green to blue 'clear coloured glass' stones covering the potting mix [containing the moisture within] assist in finishing the design off.

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Make the most of your plants attributes

Who would have thought that these stone statuets could have hair!

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Grow-Together Combinations

Grow-Together Combinations Good to Use Do Not Work Well One vigorous foliage plant in the center Growth retardants Upright verbenas, double impatiens, geraniums Rampant growers Foliage plants for neutral color & texture Tall plants Summer bloomers for summer market Slow growers Plants with long necks Creeping and very compact plants Various textures and forms Too many fine textures Analogous color harmonies Salmon with violet or fuchsia with bright red Slight succession of bloom for earlier market Extremes in bloom times Odd numbers of plants Only two plants of one species

Grow together combinations

Grow-Together Combinations
Good to Use	Do Not Work Well
One vigorous foliage plant in the center	Growth retardants
Upright verbenas, double impatiens, geraniums	Rampant growers
Foliage plants for neutral color & texture	Tall plants
Summer bloomers for summer market	Slow growers
Plants with long necks	Creeping and very compact plants
Various textures and forms	Too many fine textures
Analogous color harmonies	Salmon with violet or fuchsia with bright red
Slight succession of bloom for earlier market	Extremes in bloom times
Odd numbers of plants	Only two plants of one species

refrence: Container Gardens