So a few days ago I decided I was going to build a succulent wreath. I had long wanted one but when I saw them selling for $100 dollars at a local nursery, I decided I needed to make my own!!! So in the midst of a torrential downpour and what felt like freezing cold, I got to work.
Lots of the sempervivums came straight from the garden and from a variety pack of eight happy sempervivums I got just the other day for only $10!!!
The wire frame $4, the moss $3.50 and bam! All in I was under $20... does that justify buying the agave parryi I have been lusting over?!!? Now I just have to be patient enough to let everything settle into place.
Happy monday and april 2nd!!!! pray for sunshine everyone!!
I'm impressed at your handiwork AND the low budget! By all means indulge in that A. parryii.
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you! I was unsure of how it would turn out but Im happy with it! The nice thing is that it's entirely hardy. So besides some clean up here and there it should last for a long while. And I totally agree, agave Parryi indulgence sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWow....it looks fabulous. I've thought about making one but haven't been sure what I would do with it after I made it, concerns about hanging it somewhere and having the back create water damage on the wall...
ReplyDeleteBTW you really do deserve the Agave parryi, what are you waiting for?
thanks! truth be told, I have no idea where I will put it either... but I'm hoping that I will wake up one morning with an "aha." I suppose the addition of some kind of rubber stopper on the back could solve the problem all together. One of my initial thoughts was on the gate into the back garden.
Deleteand the parryi... I really don't know!!!! I have shown unreal levels of constraint.
DeleteLouis - likely a silly question...
ReplyDeletehow did you get the moss into the wreath? Was this easy? Or difficult? Thinking holiday presents!!!!!
No silly questions. I soaked moss and got floral wire. The I put the moss on a wire wreath frame, wound it with wire to secure and then continued the process all over again. I did that a few times until it was thick and dense enough to support the roots of the succulents to grow into. Then I just put succulent cuttings that I had prepared into the moss and let it root for a few weeks. It was super easy. I think that would be wonderful for holiday gifts.
DeleteTHANK YOU!!!!! :) Great instructions!
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