Containers are a great way to have a garden without a yard. Plants can be grown in anything from an empty soup can to a whisky soaked wooden barrel. Succulent plants are great choices for containers. They are more willing to tolerate a pot you’ve forgotten to water the last few months. Hey, you’re busy, I know.
Succulents and cacti do best in bright sunlight. If your window gets full sun all day these would be a good choice. Bright, indirect sunlight will also work too.
Here’s another idea for a plant container; your favorite coffee mug – after it cracks! I just loved this little daisy mug (I keep meaning to do something like it for the store….). But it cracked in a way that couldn’t be fixed.
It’s about 16 oz, so, I popped in a plant growing in a 3 inch plastic pot. It’s a crassula (succulent plant) so it doesn’t need a lot of water anyway. When it’s time I can just grab the handle and whisk him off to the sink. The mug still leaks, so I have to make sure the mug is finished dripping before I put it back. I’m pretty clumsy so I am gathering quite a collection!
Hi! This is such a cute idea for a way to keep your plants in their plastic pots, but yet let them look great! I bought a couple of Fittonia plants for indoors, and they came plastic pots down inside of pretty ceramic containers…I love them because when I water them, the excess just goes into the ceramic part…no mess! I am going to try your idea here…but with a non-cracked cup! LOL! Your mug is very beautiful tho, and I would have to keep it as well…cracked or not!!! Thanks for posting this great idea!
Julie