23 Fairy Garden Flowers and Plants
Invite woodland creatures into your garden with flowers and plants they love, as suggested by authors Liza Gardener Walsh and Betty Earl.
Make Your Own Fairy Garden
Want to invite fairies into your garden? We rounded up the whimsical creatures' favorite flowers and plants, including picks from Fairy Garden Handbook author Liza Gardener Walsh and fairy expert Betty Earl, author of Fairy Gardens: A Guide to Growing an Enchanted Miniature World.
Ageratum
Ageratum's pretty blue blooms make it a bright, colorful choice for fairy gardens.
African Violet 'Persian Prince' (Heather Demers)
African violets are considered miniatures if they are 6" to 8" or less in diameter, and large if they're over 16" in diameter. Semi-minis are 6" to 8", while standards are 8" to 16". Trailing types have long runners that branch and spread; they can grow in hanging baskets or shallow pots. 'Persian Prince’ (S. Sorano, hybridizer), is a miniature with so-called girl, or scalloped, leaves. Girl leaves are usually fleshier than boy leaves, which are solid green.
Flapjacks
Flattened paddle leaves give this succulent a playful feel and bring strong architectural interest to any setting. Indoors, give this South African native bright light, and water only when the top inch of soil is dry. Low thirst means you can skip town for a week or two with no thought for watering. Also known as dog tongue, desert cabbage and paddle plant, this plant is known botanically as Kalanchoe luciae.
African Violet 'Pixie Blue' (Rodney Barnett)
African violets come in a spectacular variety of leaf types, flower shapes, colors and sizes. This plant, ‘Pixie Blue’ (L. Lyon, hybridizer), is a miniature trailer with single flowers.
'Medusa' Ornamental Pepper
Dwarf 'Medusa' is ideal for containers, growing just 6 to 8 inches tall. This variety produces long-lasting, upright, sweet fruits that are safe for a children's garden. The twisty peppers, which may remind you of Medusa's snake-like hairdo, start out ivory and ripen to yellow, then orange, and, finally, bright red.
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