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Creating Plant Displays

Insider's Garden : Episode TIG-207 -- More Projects »
Garden expert Katherine Whiteside shares tips for decorating small spaces like powder rooms with plants that enliven and bring warmth to the space. She recommends "thinking outside the box" by incorporating unusual display elements like a window box or kitchen wall grid.
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A sponge placed in the bottom of a sconce suspended from a wall grid will steady pots placed in it.
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Finish a window box with Spanish moss to cover individual pots. Plants left in pots are easy to move in and out as blooms fade.
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When placing plants on the floor of the powder room, use large plants with a presence, like this Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema) or a palm.
  • A wall grid borrowed from the kitchen provides an unusual and efficient way to display plants. Pots can be suspended from S-hooks attached to the grid, or in sconces. (Note: Never place plants in a sconce connected to electricity.)
  • A window box, at home indoors or out, is a terrific way to group plants for display that gets them up off the floor. Leave plants in their pots so they can be carried easily to the sink for watering or for changing out as foliage and blooms fade. Cover pots with Spanish moss to give a finished, unified look.
  • Decorative shallow trays can hold a grouping of plants and look especially nice featured on glass shelves so often found in powder rooms.
  • Choose large distinctive plants if they are to be left on the floor in decorative containers.
  • Some plants to consider for powder room displays include ferns, flowering cyclamen, rabbit foot fern (Davallia), palms, Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema), polka dot plants (Hypoestes) and jasmine flowering vines.
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Katherine Whiteside
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PO Box 341
Garrison, NY 10524
Phone: 845-424-8335
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Insider's Garden : Episode TIG-207
•Plants in the Powder Room
•Powder-Room Plant Decorating
•Creating Plant Displays
•Displaying Air Plants
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