It all started a few years ago when I saw cute little tillandsias in tiny terra cotta pots at Dig Nursery on Vashon Island. They were adorable but I didn't buy any and later wished that I had. Seeing tiny pots at a craft store reminded me so I got a few and got my first tillandsias at the Northwest Flower and Garden show a couple of years ago. Miraculously, they not only lived but grew. A new plant interest was born along with a desire to find interesting containers for the tiny beasts. The egg holders were found on sale after Easter last year at a discount store.
The smallest pot here just came from Dig a week ago and is a bit over an inch tall.
This pot is a bit larger and nicely holds a four inch Albuca spiralis which came from the NFGS.
Molbaks has been getting a lot of diminutive house plants in one inch pots. Today, at the show, they had florist cyclamen in full bloom in one inch or smaller pots. Very cute. How do they do that? Anyway, to go with the tiny plants, they've been getting a lot of similarly sized ornamental pots in which to plop the plastic pot.These came from Molbak's, Dig, and Ravenna Gardens.
It seems like every time I visit Molbak's they have different and interesting small pots that cost three to five dollars. It's like penny candy used to be when we were kids, cheap and cheerful.
A metal pot holding some of the ball moss that came along with the huge box of Spanish Moss from Florida. While I now have more than enough tillandsias, my delight in lilliputian pots is still alive!
One of my favorites looks great with this little succulent from Dig.
While I admire miniature gardens, having one myself is not of great interest. However, these small versions of large pots make me smile.
This came from Molbaks a year or so ago.
So, there you have it, my latest cheap thrill. Have you found yourself going through a new plant or container phase lately? Do tell! (In graphic detail!) Happy Friday the 13th!