Containers for Bromeliads
Insider's Garden : Episode TIG-204 -- More Projects »
Discover the secrets to dressing up your soil-grown bromeliads with beautiful containers. Author Kurt Cyr explains how to pair your bromeliad with the perfect container and how to make your own rustic gravel pot.
- Create a formal look with footed and classical containers like wrought-iron urns (figure A).
- Allow the shape of the plant to dictate the size of the appropriate container. For example, plant small bromeliads in similarly sized containers, and larger plants in a proportionally sized pot. Also, consider the complementary and contrasting colors of the plant and the pot (figure B).
- Focus attention on the plant by placing more complex bromeliads in simple containers.
- For a contemporary look, plant bromeliads in glass containers or (figure C) old candleholders, and use moss in the container for decorative purposes.
- Not all contemporary containers need to be metal or glass, this wicker pot makes an interesting focal point (figure D).
- A container can even be made from a hollowed out block of wax (figure E).
By applying simple pea gravel to the outside of a terra-cotta pot, you'll achieve a very rustic-looking look (figure F). The cool gray and tan of the rock is a great foil for the hot tones of red- and orange-flowered bromeliads.
- Apply a clear silicon adhesive and attach one piece of gravel at a time (figure G).
- Try to lay the flat edge of the rock against the surface of the pot.
- Add moss to finish off the top (figure H).
Guests Kurt Cyr
Kurt Cyr Interior Design & Decoration
Phone: 1-800-KURT-CYR (587-8297)
E-mail:
kurt@kurtcyr.com
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