Stumpery Pot recipe

Don’t have the space for a stumpery? Try this mini version in a pot!
What you need

• Container of your choice
• Gravel for drainage
• Potting soil
• A piece of driftwood
• A selection of plants
• Wire

1. Make sure your container has drainage holes and add a layer of gravel on the bottom to help with drainage.
2. Fill the pot hallway up with potting soil.
3. Place the plants in the pot leaving a space for the driftwood. Fill in with potting soil and press down.
4. Attach some air plants and a bromeliad to the driftwood with a bit of wire and place in the pot making sure it’s secure.

The plants
Tanya chose a selection of plants that contrast in colour and texture.

• Begonia ‘Cool Breeze Rouge’ – tolerant to the heat and cool weather too, this pretty green-leaved plant will take on a port wine colour as the heat rises.
• Pteris straminea – an easy to grow fern with textural green leaflets.
• Bromeliad neoregelia – known as the most showy of the bromeliads in a variety of colours and patterns.
• Tillandsia species – pretty epiphytes that need no soil and absorbs moisture and nutrients through their leaves.