Yay! I did it! My first hypertufa planter!

First, thank you Bethie for steering me in the right direction!



I kind of "speed weathered" it. I know they are supposed to have time to leach out the alkalinity. I read about giving them a long soak in vinegar water to neutralize them.

I wanted this to have a very primitive "carved out of a boulder" look so I am pretty pleased! Today I'm making mushrooms! :-D

 

Hummingbird that looks great! Do I see Living Stone succlents in there?

 

NO, lol, those are just real stones!

I would like to find some of those, they are so interesting!

This is what I've got:

Bear Paws- crassulacea
Sempervivium Bronco
Sedum Sarmentosum
Pacific Mayfair Hens and chicks
Emily Hens and Chicks
Raspberry Ice Hens and chicks

and Burro's Tails

Now hopefully I don't kill them!

 

LOL! They look like the living stones!! I had some of the living stones and they were awesome but I guess I watered them too much and they died! I love succlents and have thought of making a collection of them as you have but just have never gotten around to it. Your's look great!

 

Thank you, I do the same thing (over water) so I made the soil a pretty sandy mix. I love them too and hope to have a bigger collections some day. :-D

 

Great job Anna!

 

You really did a good job Anna.I want to do that but never have enough time.

 

Any plant would be proud to have such a lovely home. 8)

 

Thank you! Once I had the mix at the right consistency it was much easier!

 

Thanks Eileen! I got side tracked yesterday, but plant to work on them today....I've also got some leaves I want to try casting!

 

That came out real nice, lots of different plants would look nice in there.

 

Thanks Neshane! Now I've been making loads of mushrooms..they are really fun to make....and LEAVES!

 

It's hyper-tufa madness! A lovely form of insanity.

 

I like to go out in the garage on rainy afternoons and play in the mud. I recruit a couple of my sons to help...they are very intrigued with hypertufa.