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melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » February 10th, 2020, 6:16 pm

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cycad in Erin Pottery container

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Hare's foot fern in Marie Hewartson container

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Mixed ferns in Marie Hewartson container

Redsonic · Post by **Redsonic** » February 10th, 2020, 6:55 pm

Lovely Mel. Very evocative, especially the Hare's foot fern.

Keels · Post by **Keels** » February 10th, 2020, 8:13 pm

Wow looks the goods. The cycad is pretty cool

MJL · Post by **MJL** » February 10th, 2020, 8:56 pm

Beautiful. Restrained and simple plantings in lovely little pots.

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melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » February 10th, 2020, 9:12 pm

Thanks Sonya, Keels and Mark. I'm lucky that I have a large female cycad that keeps producing pups. The hare's foot fern has been loving this half a metre of rain with associated humidity in the last week!

Matt S · Post by **Matt S** » February 10th, 2020, 9:13 pm

These are lovely, well done. I wish I had the time/space/talent for this sort of thing!

Matt.

melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » February 10th, 2020, 9:20 pm

Thanks Matt, It gives me something to play with that allows a fairly quick result....whilst I wait for my other plants to grow/thicken/etc. lol

Watto · Post by **Watto** » February 11th, 2020, 5:35 am

Congrats Mel, just lovely. Would look great beside a large bonsai!

melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » February 11th, 2020, 7:39 am

Cheers Watto!

MJL · Post by **MJL** » February 23rd, 2020, 8:50 pm

Hey MelB,

I was drawn back to this thread when I saw this article https://bonsaitonight.com/2019/04/26/le ... the-bayou/ I thought you might like it if you haven't seen it before.

Cheers,

Mark

melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » February 23rd, 2020, 9:04 pm

Thanks Mark, always good to see new compositions.

I've taken some shots of a few more of mine, after the rain they have gone crazy!

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terryb · Post by **terryb** » February 25th, 2020, 11:56 am

Awesome Mel! Can I ask what medium you use to grow your bloodgrass? If you have any other tips for keeping it looking good, I'd be happy to hear them.

melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » February 25th, 2020, 12:30 pm

Hi Terry, I believe blood grass is meant to be an aquatic plant, or at least the nursery near me sells it as that. When I saw that, I decided to plant it into coir mixed with a bit of potting mix, and also try to keep it moist by using pots that don't have drainage holes, or sitting in water. Also, I don't tend to keep them in full sun, more dappled sunlight, cos Summer here is brutal.

That one I've shown is kept in the shade house on the Eastern side of the house, so only gets a couple of hours of good light every day.

Edit: I suspect if it got more light it wouldn't grow so tall...that's something I'll look into eventually.

GavinG · Post by **GavinG** » February 25th, 2020, 1:34 pm

Graceful, elegant, and inventive. Well done, thanks for posting.

Gavin

melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » February 25th, 2020, 4:39 pm

Thanks Terry and Gavin, I'm enjoying growing something that can look pretty nice in a short time frame.

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