Just got this new hanging pot yesterday! My wife and I would love to hang this in our home, but I am not certain what plants would thrive in a ceramic pot with no drainage holes.
I am open to any recommendations, but I am new to hanging pots and what works best! Any advice would be great.
The pot measures 11" W x 3" H.
by bootyscoopin
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String of pearls
Whatever you put in there be very careful with water since there’s no drainage (and a glazed pot to boot).
Air plants.
Drill a hole in the bottom of this. If you haven’t done that before, you will have to do it under water and get a special bit. But I think it would be worth it! Strings of whatever would look nice but I worry about the drainage. I was also thinking cacti… perhaps a dog tail cactus but I’d worry about it holding water.
I’m seeing ROY G BIV in that planters future
Use it for propagating jade plants! They love the sun!
Plastic plants unless you make some drainage holes.
I would use it for plant cuttings. Since you have no drainage holes you could fill it with water and add some cuttings for water propagation. I have some pothos and spider plants that are pretty happy as water propagation, but you could switch it out when they are ready to transplant.
Airplants or succulents is the only option. Pretty terrible planter tbh
air plants. they don’t need soil and you can just mist them with water
I filled a similarly odd shaped pot using small (small!!) nursery pots kind of folded so they were more oval shaped and put some pea gravel or foam chips in the bottom of the ceramic part so the pots aren’t sitting in any excess water. I put a slow growing hoya in it and it’s been very happy for years now. I can take the pot down and tip it to one side (holding the plants in with my other hand) to drain off any excess water, but I make sure not to over water too.
Hoya is very happy. You could also do ‘string of’ plants (hearts, pearls, etc) or do succulents that do not like to be moved, like burro’s tails.
That’s a cute little pot, good score.
Put some small rocks or gravel in the bottom then 2-3 small sized same plants. Trailing would be pothos or monstera, three spider plants, or even “goldfish plant. I would not drill a hole bc it will just drip.
I see it is pretty narrow so filling with dirt is possible just be sure the is rocks or something to aid drainage.
You can try a Hoya carnosa. I have one in a shallow 70s planter. It’s been in there for about 5 years now and it’s super happy. I put a bit of pea gravel in the bottom and I lightly water once a week.
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I can see English ivy looking gorgeous in such a pot
Succulents, watered sparingly
I personally would only use it as a propagation container.
Turtle vines
Maybe by filling with rocks, a collection of air plants?
A prayer plant would be so cool! They have trailing habits and would probably spread out beautifully in there.
I would put Spanish moss in it and hang it up
Baby’s breath? Anything puffy shaped like clouds, tbh
i think fake plants would work best for this 🤭
Pothos would be fine for a while if you don’t over water. Won’t last forever, though. You’d need to repot once you start losing a bunch of leaves