Category: Hypertufa Planters

Another Successful Hypertufa Project There are some things that are so simple yet turn out to be something extraordinary. This set of planters is just a one. Making these flat dishes was my experiment in using cloth as a...

Armed and Dangerous; Prickly, Spined and Gorgeous Many cactus plants are grown as houseplants – it’s not because they are so drought tolerant and can put up with neglect, lack of water, and overcrowding. It’s...

and How to Grow them Aloe plants are well known succulent house plants – distinctive and boldly spiky, they can add height and drama to a collection of Echeveria and other succulent plants. Even though they’re spectacular...

The Textural and Architectural Century Plant Called the Century Plant for a good reason, Agave live for many years in dry and inhospitable conditions. Desert plants from the southern United States and Mexico, they are slow...

by Chris Rentmeister(Ripon, Wisconsin, USA) I made these two head planters out of Quikwall. I’ve attached beads to dress them up a bit. The one on the left is planted with Dragons Blood Sedum, the one on the right with...

by Carla(South Dakota) I create tufa “sculpture” troughs: one-of-a-kind, free-form “art pots”… crafted specifically to showcase & enhance the unique & interesting shapes, textures and colors of...

by Zoe(Ottawa, Ontario ) How it looks now I have a plant that I do not know how to care for because I’m not sure what it is and therefore what it needs! I’m trying a grow light as I have cats that will kill my plants...

by Chris Rentmeister(Ripon, Wisconsin, USA) My first tall hypertufa trough. Comments for Tall Succulent Trough Aug 26, 2011 Love the Feetby: Jacki Hey Chris, this is so nice – love the classic shape, and the feet. It has a...

by Sue Wyand(Rochester, NY USA) Can’t remember where we got this, but it keeps growing. It’s got a singular stalk with leaves with little points on them. Any idea what it is and how do we care for it? This lovely...

It’s a plant for sale in a supermarket but they just call it a succulent plant. The leaves just look like fat pea pods. Comments for Succulent plant whose leaves look like fat pea pods Aug 24, 2017 Peperomia ‘Amigo...

Bundles of spikes. Kind of looks like aloe. These do indeed look like Aloe, and are related to them, but it’s Haworthia. There are several species that look similar in this genus; H. attenuata and H. fasciata are two of...

by Chris Rentmeister(Ripon, Wisconsin, USA) This small trough is planted with NOID (No Identification) semps and sedums. The small tree is an Ulmus minor ‘Jacqueline Hillier’ elm. Unfortunately the rabbits were rough...