What do you plant in your down under pot? I have tried Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' and Tuberous Begonia.

I want to try something new this year. I have shade and want to attract hummingbirds. Hanging next to it will be a hanging basket of Lavender 'Mona' & a hummingbird feeder.

Has anyone tried Begonia 'Bonfire' in a Down Under Pot?

Medium pot is 9 1/2" high x 7 1/2" diameter

Susan, what is a Down Under pot? How does it differ from other containers?
Looks very interesting.

I've never planted in one of them and have always wondered if the plants do as well as they claim. What do you think Susan?

valleylynn said:Susan, what is a Down Under pot? How does it differ from other containers?...

Ditto on Lynn's questions...and What is at the top of the pot? Looks like a big wick?

Is it something to hang it by?

There is a little video here showing how to plant them:

http://www.kinsmangarden.com/c...

The hook is somehow secured inside...

Well that is cool.

Yes, they look very nice. I still wonder what holds the hook on, unseen. It looks like they come in all colors and glazes. Neat!

I may have seen somewhere, a cactus planted in one of those. Silliest thing I've seen...

Well now that would look pretty silly.

pardalinum said:There is a little video here showing how to plant them:

http://www.kinsmangarden.com/c...

The hook is somehow secured inside...

Thanks for stepping in with the info, I've been out of town visiting sunny Florida filled with beautiful palm trees and just got home this afternoon. I planted it with a purple Oxalis, watered it in well, and left town. My experience is it gets rooted in best if left turned upside down for two weeks before hanging. I checked it today and the plant didn't do so well while I was gone. I gave it a drink and hope it pulls through.

I planted an oxalis and it is not doing well.

Oh no.
I am not familiar with oxalis, anyone else here know much about them?

I have a purple oxalis but it is kept indoors and near a window in filtered light. Even with that limited light, I get flower blooms. It likes to be watered regularly.

Oh its the prettiest little plant! I have grown the green and the purple.. but I don't know what happens to them ,they come back but I think I plant over them before I realize will be nice to plant in my Hosta pot.,

BTW I saw those pots at the Texas landscape convention.... hmm might work as a fundraiser. I forgot what keeps the soil in.

citysylvia said:BTW I saw those pots at the Texas landscape convention.... hmm might work as a fundraiser. I forgot what keeps the soil in.

One end has fiber & a hanger the other end is the hole you add damp soil & plant. Let it sit that way for a couple of weeks so plant gets rooted in. Hang, soil doesn't fall out. I got mine from http://www.kinsmangarden.com/c...

That pot looks really nice! I wonder how heavy it gets..?

It hangs on a Shepard hook at my house.

Cool but I don't think I would hang a cactus in one, unless its somebody you want to stop visiting. lol