Hey, Michelle. I’ve seen the aqua pots used various times on yt but you’re the first to make me truly see how it works and want one. You’re a great teacher, sweet lady!
I love Moss Rose. They were my first plant I bought 20 years ago to start a roof deck container garden. They were sweet and colorful and bloomed all summer. Next year, I went up in May and was disappointed that they hadn't survived the winter. Cleaned out the dead pots and bought/planted more. Next year I didn't get up to roof deck till June. Was I surprised. The entire pot was filled with teeny dots of new moss rose! Never had to buy more as they reseed profusely. But have small roots, so if they pop up where you don't want them, easy to pop out and replant or give away. A wonderful plant.
I have 3 Lady Shalott roses in my garden that I prune to maintain as large shrubs. I also have one trained against a trellis as a climber and has reached all the way to the roof line of my house. Basically once the plant is well established it will throw long canes that you can let go or cut back, depending on how you want to use the rose.
I love the apricot colour in the garden. So pretty. Also the gabion tables are very cool. Wow you really packed those succulents in. Very cute planted in the heads.
I love my single Little Quick Fire. I'd plant more, but deer are a problem here and I can protect ONE. :-) Love your pots and heads and the combinations you chose. Gorgeous!
When you say stuffed, you mean STUFFED. The heads are wonderful. Yes, the Aquapots will become a super best seller. I will get some as I always have to find someone to water pots when we are away for just a couple of days. Your pragmatism is so welcomed.
Michelle, the heads are perfect for the cottage garden! Love that pastel yarrow. I have the old fashioned white that I am trying to get rid of. It's too tall and spreading!!!
I love the aqua pot inserts. I have 8 of them. Still not sure how I ended up with 8 since I only ordered 4 but the other 4 came from another company that I'm sure I didn't order them from. I already had a couple of the original aquapots which I loved. The inserts are great in that I don't have to purchase any more of the heavy ceramic pots and can use pots that I already have on hand. I love the ceramic pots but at this stage of my life, it's getting harder to lift / handle them by myself.
Your cottage garden is coming along nicely. The Lantana is beautiful. We're in a heat wave and drought, so my plants are feeling it. I planted Lantana in a pot but I don't think it's getting enough sun , only morning sun.
Great and inspiring video as usual. The two large pots with the leaf motif design are so lovely. Would like to know where you purchased them from. Thank you for great videos.
Michelle, I love the heads planted up with succulents. So cute! The black planter pots look beautiful. I’m confused! I thought that big center area under the lid was supposed to get dirt also??? Oh, could those round shapes fit into any square planters? 😅❤😅
Eloise..the girl head, already had a hole that had a little plastic plug and I just popped it out...should have shown you...and the david head already had a drilled out hole too.
My Aqua pot inserts have been working great here in South Eastern NC. Just one tip, some of them are keeping the soil too wet if you don't have plants that like a lot of water. My cannas are huge and loving life.
The David I found at the Klehm Garden Fair a couple of weeks ago and the girl...she was at my garden center...she had a chip so I could not sell her...but she is good enough for me.
I also purchased a Aqua Pot from Proven Winners. Unfortunately, my address was wrong (my error) and the post office wouldn't deliver it. Long story short, I'm still waiting. Proven Winners was sooooooo nice about my error. Great customer service. I'm worried about my arb living through the winter since there isn't as much dirt in the pot when you use the Aqua Pot. Do you have this worry?
Love your stars and stripes hair scarf!❤🤍💙 I was considering Lady of Shalot as a climber in my garden, but I went with 12ft James Galway instead. When shopping on the David Austin website, I noticed that it lists TWO Lady of Shalot English roses: shrub 5ft tall x 4ft wide AND a short 8ft climber. There's also hedge bundles in the shrub size. I LOVE your Yarrow - the Summer Pastel shouts cottage garden to me as does your Hollyhocks! I feel the same sense of accomplishment growing flowers from seeds. Nothing else like it! Your succulent heads are beautifully whimsical and you've inspired me to do something similar next year for my two porch pots. I have Sedum in my garden already. Moss Roses take me back to my childhood helping my Mom plant flowerbeds. And this year, I found Twister Grass Juncus that definitely looks like Albert Einstein with a spiral perm!
