New snake pot and other succulicious planters
I don’t know when my Rick Van Dyke pottery obsession started, but I have it totally under control. I can stop anytime I want. Anyway, I needed a little pick-me-up a few weekends ago and found this fun snake pot at Rick’s booth at the Austin Cactus and Succulent Society‘s fall sale. Love! For now I have a ‘Cherry Coke’ dyckia in it (a division from my friend Vicki at Playin’ Outside), although when it grows large enough to obscure the snake I’ll have to plant something else. For now the fanged plant and the slithery pot seem a good match.
(If you’re interested in starting or adding to your own collection of Van Dyke pottery, his Fireseed Clay Art Studios in Austin is having a grand opening this Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.)
Speaking of fun succulent planters, I’m still loving this contemporary metal wall planter that the talented Bob Pool of Gardening at Draco made on commission for me. Yes, it’s a blatant ripoff of Potted’s City Planter — sorry, Annette and Mary! — but, hey, gardening often involves the theft borrowing of great ideas. Um, at least in my case.
Virtually exploding out of its pot in the back garden is a variegated American agave — so stripey and snazzy but totally out of control. I fear it’ll eventually break the pot in its bid for freedom, but I love its visual energy.
Are you enjoying any cool new containers or succuliciousness in your garden?
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I would be enjoying a new cool planter if that snake was slitherin any where near where I live. Great pots. Great plants. I am beginning to think about how I have to find room to put my plants this fall. It is to be 45 here tonight.
I just moved a variegated agave Americana to a new spot after it had outgrown it’s potted home. What a job that was! I got pretty scratched up in the process, but I was victorious none the less. Yours is so much bigger. If you ever decide to relocate it, I’d love to hear that tale.
I need to buy a bunch of snazzy containers for my growing Agave collection. Right now they’re still in black nursery pots. I need to do something sort of matchy-matchy with them. Actually, I bought a pot over the weekend at the Heronswood sale from Dig, one of those expensive southwestern stripey ones, that I’m going to put an Agave in.
I love your snakey planter with all the love in my heart! I want one.
OOOOOooooooooo I like!!! You have excellent container taste!
I’m pouting – yours is so much prettier than mine in that cool slither of a pot.
Far out new snake pot and it looks with the dyckia in it! Off to check out more of Rick’s work!
OMGGGGG…I love that snake pot! LOVE. Someday, SOMEDAY, I will own some Rick Van Dyck pottery! I’m still not over the pot I adored but couldn’t afford at Zilkerfest months ago!
That snake pot is a beauty. Good color.
You were right about the wall planters, they are perfect for little succulents. You have a great eye for cool stuff.