7 different forever plants in the garden

You might have seen when I made some Front door forever decorations earlier this year and of course I have experimented with making forever plants inside for a while here, here and here.

This year, I branched out (!) into the backyard. Here is how I made another vine trellis type plant last weekend.



I started out with some mulch, a forever vine branch from JoAnns, a square container I got from a friend of mine when she moved and a trellis structure that I bought at JoAnns several years ago.



I added mulch to the pot.



Then I folded the vine branch in half and in half again.



And stuck it inside the trellis.



Then I stuck the trellis into the mulch and pulled gently on the leaves so they would stick out.



Here are 6 other even easier forever plants that I got at IKEA.



These SOCKER pots are only $0.79. I think their whole line of forever plants are called FEJKA. Here are the ones in the picture above.



I already had the terracotta pot from Home Depot. The brass pot is a new purchase from the thrift store at $1.29. I used this and this plant here.



I have a real one in the mix here. And this white pot and this pot with this and this flower.


I REALLY like their take on a Fig tree. They could even do a bigger version of this. I would buy it. I used the MANDEL pot for it from a previous year. Looks like it has been discontinued. In the white pot I have three of these (on the right) These are the same as the ones I used at my front door. The white pot is ceramic. The galvanized pot is the one size larger than the one I showed you before. $0.99. The "in the garden" sign is from a local artisan. I would love to make some more myself as I talked about here.



Here you can see all the clusters of forever plants although the trellis one is playing hide and seek behind the column. So here it is again...



I also wrote a post about solar and LED in my back yard.



Here are all the posts about our Patio make-over:
Living room remodel - the windows
Power washing the deck and patio
Progress on the deck off the master - hand rail installed
Our Patio progress: paint, sprinklers, flower bed, and new concrete - the work
Our Patio progress: paint, sprinklers, flower bed, and new concrete - the progress
Our Patio progress: Columns make-over and a couple of bandits caught snooping
First weekend outside - new furniture and a side of pineapple under the trees
Searching for a rug or two or ... for outside. Find out which one(s) I picked

I will be interested to see how much they fade in the summer sun. I will let you know.

Where do you stand with forever flowers? I see them used more and more inside. Would you use them outside though?

Next: Searching for a rug or two or ... for outside. Find out which one(s) I picked