Dish gardens are lowly scale landscapes . The miniature garden are placed within shallow and open container ( such as " dishes " ) . Dish gardens are commonly situated within charge card or ceramic smasher . Other coarse containers for dish gardens include jounce , honest-to-goodness milk cartons , soup mug , bowls , troughs , jardinieres , cans and logs that have been entirely hollowed out .

Benefits

Dish garden are popular because they are both heavyset and attractive , and also have sufficient drainage . Also , dish gardens are capable of thriving on indoor inflammation and air conditioning .

Other Names

Dish gardens go by many epithet – cactus gardens , European gardens , foliation gardens and foliation with fresh flowers . European ravisher garden often include rooted sprigs ( either of chrysanthemums and azalea ) and African violet .

Caution

ensure your dish garden is leak - trial impression to prevent hurt to wood piece of furniture , such as a wooden dresser . Permanent damage could occur due to the leakage .

Soil

For dish garden , the dirt blend should be very light . The dish garden should always consist of ample moisture regulators that take up almost 50 percent of the full composition . Peat moss is ofttimes used in dish gardens .

Plant Selection

One concern with dish gardens is plant life chop-chop outgrowing their residence . Dish garden usually have limited root space . Because of these factor , it is vulgar to choose very slowly - growing plants to get in dish gardens , which cuts down on have to supercede them ofttimes . Some pop dish garden plant life let in Irish moss , Swedish common ivy , partridge berries , African violets , creeping Charlies , hurler flora , club moss , jade plant life , cobra lilies , plush plants , sundew and asparagus ferns .

Design A Moss Dish Garden

Choose a dish or terrarium of any size without drainage holes or with a saucer underneath . Put about three inches of potting soil in the dish . Look for various types of moss to enhance the optic appeal . Collect objects such as small careen , sticks , and small accent plants to let in in your dish garden . hard push one division of moss into the soil at a time , put together the sharpness of the sections together until the full ground surface is cover . Spray the top of the moss with piddle once it is all plant and place your dish garden in the desired location ; moss typically opt shade .

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