Not *quite* as big as I thought they'd be - and that's a good thing, in terms of weight and keeping those epi roots tight. I probably won't even fill them with dirt until next year.

The one great thing about terracotta and succulents (epis, hoyas, jades, semps, etc.) is that it makes it tough to over water, much more likely to kill them than being dry - but I know what you mean, Jo Ann = especially in the endless hot summers here.

Great info. Jo Ann!

I've always wanted one of these, well, since I first saw a pic of one a few years ago.
http://lumberjocks.com/project...

These are interesting, DH could make this:
http://www.vertecology.com/the...

Tiffany, I really like that first one, a lot.
What a great way to display potted plants. That could even hang in a tree.

Ooooo, I like that too! It looks as though it works on the same principal as the 'hangapot' that I mentioned earlier. Oh, how I wish hubby was 'talented'.

Yes, I think so, Tara. I found the 2nd thing looking for pics of the thing/system I saw at the street market in New Orleans earlier this year. It was that same "opening" but they were pieces that could hook together sideways, diagonally, in a diamond. He was asking more than I thought some shaped pieces of wood should be, but now wish we'd at least taken a pic.

Lynn, I like to hang pots from trees too, either from the limbs or hooks attached to trunks. Ever since I discovered the rolled green plastic-coated wire at the hardware store, (under $3 for 25 ft.) I've done some different things with hanging them, and making some longer arms for some. It would be easy to use it to hang classic-shape clay pots by the rim. One could hang those, or any cache pots with a drain hole and a rim.

Between that and the stuff I've seen because of this discussion, I've got ideas to use other items for hanging pots. Like actual cooking pots with ruined teflon (I love a visual pun and I'm sure DH could finagle some holes in them,) wicker baskets coated well with urethane (though would still probably only last 1 season outside,) cute watering cans, a wire ball stuffed with moss/peat, sit pots in a hanging Easter basket if warm enough where "you" are for pots outside at Easter, a plain piece of wood that looks like a swing with the right-size hole(s) cut to hold a pot, something I make with scraps of wood would look better than these plastic things. Not all of these suit my personal taste, but came to mind, so sharing them.

I've never tried hypertufa but if I did, I'd prob make something that hangs.

Good stuff to think about, work on during the off-season!

Tiffany, do you have any photos of how you used the green plastic-coated wire? I would love to see what you did.

I really like the geodesic hanger - very cool!

Sure, I used that rolled wire for a few things.

In this pot, there's various kinds of supports for this philo vine to climb on. I wired them together so they couldn't lean or blow apart.


This pic shows some really long hanging things, replacing the really short ones the pots come with.


I used some short pieces of it to stake little succulent plants, and am going to replace all of my fishing-line 'trellises' with it next spring, and the coat hangers used to hang pots lower. (On porch posts mostly, and criss-crossed on the support legs of the cover over my potting area.)

Those with more flair for style would probably do more attractive stuff, I'm all about function, and very small plant budget... Hanging in a tree though, these wire hanging arms are "more invisible," really cool.

Such a nice collection.It looks like a gardener lives there LOL

Thanks, Jo Ann! Need to bring most of those pots inside next week - oh jeez. Luckily some will be OK outside under a pile of leaves.