Tall narrow 'pots' sort of 🙂

jocero.johnstone

So husband salvaged a few old terracotta pieces of land drain/culvert.  They are really pretty and I thought about planting in them.  Being open at the base they can be inserted into the ground to give height.  Any thoughts on what would like to live there?

jocero.johnstone

AnniD

Sempervivums perhaps? 

jocero.johnstone

Thanks, garden is south facing so they might like it.  There's a random diasica in one at the moment, but it's only there temporarily 🙂

Lizzie27

Erigeron karvinskianus would look very pretty in full sun/dappled shade. I have two in similar pots at the foot of steps.

jocero.johnstone

Oohh, pretty 😁

LG_

I grow mint in bits of terracotta pipe pushed into the ground - about 6-8 inches poking out. They don't spread that way, and look good.

philippasmith2

Depends what you want to grow really.  Anything which needs confinement such as Mint , Vinca minor etc. would perhaps suit - need to be aware of keeping well watered tho.

Wibble

I have a (group 3) clematis doing quite well in a similar sized/shaped receptacle.

jocero.johnstone

Wibble, that's interesting, was going to put a clemetis freckles in, wonder if that would work?  The roots would be able to penetrate the ground eventually, but it would stop slugs attacking it when young as I could gravel around it...