Rooting Plants Artistically: Thinking Beyond the Jelly Jar

By Boopaints
November 16, 2011

Why use old jars and glassware for your water rooting when there is a rainbow of colors and unique shapes just waiting to be found!

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Nov 15, 2011 6:42 PM CST
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Name: Vicki
North Carolina
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What a beautiful and colorful way to root plants! Hurray! Hurray!

Your window sills are so pretty and I love all the colors. Thumbs up

Thank you Becky
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Nov 15, 2011 6:59 PM CST
Name: Becky (Boo)
Phoenix, AZ 85022
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Thank YOU Vicki for taking time to read and make a comment!

I was given 6 cobalt blue vics bottles and 6 taller Emerson bottles (old!) on Saturday. One is already holding a rooting plant. Big Grin
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Nov 15, 2011 7:30 PM CST
Name: Sandi
Austin, Tx (Zone 8b)
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That's the way to think outside the box! Great use of found things. Your rooting bottles are like eye candy.
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Nov 15, 2011 7:32 PM CST
Name: Becky (Boo)
Phoenix, AZ 85022
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Thanks Sandi. YOU know I love my eye candy! Big Grin I wish I had more windows!

Thank you for allowing me to use your image of the "frogs".
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Nov 15, 2011 7:32 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
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Yay, yay Becky Boo! Thank You! Very nice article. So many choices, so many bottles, containers, shapes & sizes & colors. I never would have thought of salt & pepper shakers.

I'm drooling over your blue vics bottles! Blue glass is my favorite. Lovey dubby
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Nov 15, 2011 7:39 PM CST
Name: Becky (Boo)
Phoenix, AZ 85022
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I love blue glass the best too, Ann. The euro store has a lot of it for sale but I prefer to find it less expensive. (see images on the other comment thread here . . . there is some blue!

Tomorrow I'll take a photo of them to show you. Those things run up to as high as $10 each in antique stores or ebay!
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Nov 15, 2011 7:51 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
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YES! Photos please!
I always loved to find sea glass. My favorites were the blue ones --- RARE --- but if you happened to find a RED one you had found one in a million!
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
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Nov 15, 2011 7:55 PM CST
Name: Becky (Boo)
Phoenix, AZ 85022
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Ann, red is my favorite inside-the house color!

But I still love my blue bottles the most.
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Nov 15, 2011 7:57 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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I know. It's hard to decide between the two sometimes. I think I like that idea ~~~ "inside the house color". Red it is. I agree
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
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Nov 15, 2011 8:05 PM CST
Name: Sandi
Austin, Tx (Zone 8b)
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Ribbit *Blush*
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Nov 15, 2011 8:24 PM CST
Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
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Becky I call that article 'Eye Candy'. So much fun to read and I am fascinated by colored glass anyway. Couldn't quit looking at it. Lovey dubby
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Nov 15, 2011 8:36 PM CST
Name: June or Nancy-June o
Fort Leonard Wood, MO (Zone 6a)
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Love the colorful containers!
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Nov 15, 2011 8:52 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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I usually complement my plants in glass jars with colored water gel beads..adds additional fun as well. Indeed it is fun to see when the roots gradually move about to seek moisture beneath Big Grin in those shapely glass jars.
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Nov 15, 2011 10:41 PM CST
Name: Sheila F
Fort Worth TX (Zone 8a)
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Great article Debbie! I want to learn how to do the bottles in the first picture! Drooling

I hate to have to come in the shop and pot up a plant I up rooted while weeding. I will just stick it in water, but usually never have a nice size or color for displaying. Need to start collecting. Thumbs up
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Nov 16, 2011 1:39 AM CST
Name: Becky (Boo)
Phoenix, AZ 85022
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I'm glad you all liked the article, Lynn, June, Tarev and Sheila! Be sure to take a peek at the other comment thread with this article for more images!
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Nov 16, 2011 4:46 AM CST
Name: Chris
Ripon, Wisconsin
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Nice article Becky! You have some very creative ideas for items to use - I like it! Hurray!
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Nov 16, 2011 7:40 AM CST
Name: Charleen
Alford, Florida (Zone 8a)
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Very pretty and educational too. Love the colored glasses....
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Nov 16, 2011 8:32 AM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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Looking at the world through rose colored glasses. Big Grin
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
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Nov 16, 2011 9:01 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Vicki
North Carolina
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Forum moderator Region: United States of America
Purslane Garden Art Region: North Carolina Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Master Level Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
Thumbs up
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Nov 16, 2011 12:16 PM CST
Name: Becky (Boo)
Phoenix, AZ 85022
finding joy one day at a time!
Charter ATP Member Forum moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Art Purslane Garden Ideas: Master Level
Region: Southwest Gardening Enjoys or suffers hot summers Region: United States of America Birds Hummingbirder Container Gardener
Thanks Chris, Charleen and Vic!
Ann, I guess I do look through the world with rose colored glasses. It's prettier that way. Thumbs up
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