bog plants thrive when planted in drilled rocks, such as the red lava rock, green sandstone and rainbow sandstone shown here.
Here’s a great way to include bog plants in all sorts of unusual places. These tiny tabletop water gardens can be featured as centerpieces on your table (indoors or out), can sit in a sunny spot on a counter or windowsill, or can liven up a bird bath or shallow water container.
Tabletop water gardens are a piece of cake to set up and care for. You will need:
- a rock with a drilled hole through it
- a small or dwarf bog plant
- some moss or planting medium
- a shallow water-tight container (even a pie dish will work)
Even better, our table-top water garden kits include the rock, plant and planting medium, which means you only need to find a container.
Once you have everything you need, you can assemble your tabletop water garden in just a few minutes. Just three steps:
- Prepare your kit. Remove your kit from the packing materials, and prepare the plant, rock and growing medium. If your plant is potted, remove it from the pot and gently remove some of the old growing medium.<br>
- Plant your rock. Wrap some of the new growing medium around the plant’s roots and gently insert the root mass into the hole in the rock. Be sure that the growing medium extends to the base of the hole. Use the remaining growing medium to fill in around the top and bottom of the hole.<br>
- Place in a dish of water. Any dish or container that holds water will work fine. Just be sure that the water level always extends about an inch or so up the height of the rock (more is fine). The rock will slowly absorb water, keeping the roots evenly moist.
This tabletop water garden includes red lava rock, a pitcher plant and some moss
And you’re done!
We offer three styles of rock and several suitable plants through our online pond plant store.
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I live in a apartment with a small balcony that gets hot afternoon sun (CA). I love the horsetail stalks and would like to grow them on my balcony and when tall enough cut them for a vase in my apartment as part of my interior design. Is this possible? How?
Thanks for your time.
Absolutely. Horsetail rush is really very adaptable. You’ll probably have your best luck growing a few plants in a water-proof container with some substrate (dirt or gravel) in the bottom. Just plant your horsetail directly in the substrate and keep the water level a few inches above the soil line. Horsetail often sulks for a few weeks when it is first planted, and then it should start taking off. If you’re plants aren’t over-crowded, they will grow to be 2 - 4 feet tall. Have fun!
Thanks, for the tips for growing table water ponds, I am sure I will use your tips in the future. I love the plants and seems easy to care of.
Have a great day.