My own mother (may she rest in peace) never believed in Mother’s Day. She was a pleasantly cynical woman, who believed the whole thing had been dreamed up by a greeting card company as a way to sell more cards. She was right, of course, but my mother-in-law is not a cynical woman and I think she would be hurt if I didn’t remember her on her “special” day.
The creation in the above photo is my gift to her this year. Instead of buying something ready made, I went to my favorite nursery for inspiration. I bought a rectangular hypertufa and several plants from their extensive and irresistible alpine collection.
I first created a better drainage layer by adding sand, then soil. These are the plants I used:
Aubretia “Dr. Mule’s Variegata” (purple rock cress)
Orostachys “furusei”
Armeria maritima “Rubrifolia” (sea pinks)
Raoulia australis “hookeri”
Erodium x variabile “Flore-Pleno” (Heron’s Bill)
Muehlenbeckia axillaris (wire plant)
Here’s another view from above:
I tucked them all into their new hypertufa home and watered them in with Superthrive. She’ll love this. Mission accomplished!
I wonder how long it’ll take her to kill them………
That is absolutely gorgeous! I’m sure she will love it. Let’s hope the plants live a long and happy life 🙂
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Thanks, Martha. Fingers crossed…..
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It’s wonderful, dirtynailz! A great present.
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Thanks, CJ. I wanted her to have something a little bit different. As if I don’t already have enough to do these days!
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Ah yes, but it was a labor of love! Happy Mother’s Day, all!
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Same to you, HD. Off to the Casey Farm plant sale tomorrow morning bright and early.
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