Sut i greu gardd mewn potyn ar gyfer bywyd gwyllt
Cyflwynwch fwy o nodweddion bywyd gwyllt i leoedd cyfyng gan ddefnyddio potiau a chynwysyddion.
Sow your own mini wildflower meadow in a windowbox, line a pot with plastic to make a potted pond or use walls to create vertical herb displays.
Upcycle something into a plant pot
Runner beans growing in a old tyre ©Eden Jackson
You can use anything you like for planting! How about...
- Watering cans
- Chimney pots
- Old kettles
- Holey boots
- Metal pails and buckets
- Paint tins
- Pans and colanders
- Old sinks - or even bathtubs!
Make a hanging basket
Cath Hare
- Line the container or basket with an old woolly jumper cut to size, or choose a solid basket.
- Fill with peat-free compost.
- Start planting! Put in a tall, central plant followed by smaller plants around it, and trailing plants through the sides. Here are some ideas:
Cool blues: aubrieta, lobelia, wild pansy, nepeta
Hot reds: marigolds, fuchsia
Neutral whites: sweet alyssum, erigeron, ox-eye daisy
Tall central plant: knapweed, scabious, lavender, snapdragon, pot marigold
Herb smellies/eatables: verbena, tomatoes, chives, thyme, rosemary, parsley, sage, strawberry, dwarf lavender
Trailers: ivy, nasturtium, honeysuckle, sweet Pea, lobelia ’pendula’ - Continue building up plants and compost until about 5 cm from the top.
- Feed once a week and water frequently in summer.
Make a meadow pot
Long hoverfly on cornflower by James Adler
- If needed, make drainage holes in your container, drill 0.5-1cm diameter holes into the bottom of the pot about 15cm apart.
- Cover with rocks.
- Half fill with peat-free compost.
- Start planting! How about:
Cool blues: cornflower, wild pansy
Hot reds: poppy, corncockle, pheasant’s eye
Soft yellows: corn marigold, corn buttercup - Continue building up plants and compost until about 5cm from the top.
- Feed once a week and water frequently in summer.
- Sow each year.