I've had a lot of fun making spheres out of hanging baskets, or using a topiary sphere filled with panty hose with soil in them all coiled up. Whatever works...


This is the bigger type, made with two hanging baskets wired together, with their coir liners filled with Sunshine Mix #4. This is the third winter for it, so we'll see how it looks when it emerges. The spaces left by dying Semps get filled with either the chicks from the remaining ones, or I will fill them in; I don't 'plant' them, just set the chicks on the surface where they root quickly.




Here is the panty hose sphere and a link to more images and how-to on Hometalk; http://www.hometalk.com/187601...

They look great!

Very nice!

Beautiful.
I so wish we could grow Simpervivums down here!

BlueFox, Your sphere turned out super awesome!! I have had one in my garden for about 6 years and love it.

Great idea with the panty hose!

These look great! I've been wanting to try that with the achimenes but never have.

Donald is saw your achimenes on another thread somewhere. They would be beautiful in a sphere container. Hope you give it a try.

Achimines would be great! I've also seen beautiful moss ones, but a lot smaller. There is no limit to what you can do. My spheres all took such a beating over the winter, but they are surviving and starting to come back. I just have to take better care of them.