Documenting this progression of a ficus (Moreton Bay Fig?) on a lump of concrete slurry, both of which I collected Inner West Sydney.
The ficus as a cutting last summer.
Concept is a focus growing out of an urban concrete wall. In this case the discarded concrete slurry (no photos of it before - and I have had it buried in the ground until today) has a lot of nice texture that I am hoping the roots will weave their way around. See pics of the top to get an idea.
Previously the concrete was going to be the pot / slab to display the plant horizontally, but seeing how the ficus has been growing I decided it may work better as a “wall”.
Till next year…
Ficus on Concrete Progression
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Ficus on Concrete Progression
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Re: Ficus on Concrete Progression
Interesting idea! I have two lumps of concrete and I love ficus so might try something similar in the future...
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Re: Ficus on Concrete Progression
If you do, let me know how it goes.
I love concrete. I live the texture, subtle tones and that it can be made into anything. Yes, now ai am older I love brutalist architecture!
It may fail, but I am hoping something interesting and different comes from it.
I love concrete. I live the texture, subtle tones and that it can be made into anything. Yes, now ai am older I love brutalist architecture!
It may fail, but I am hoping something interesting and different comes from it.
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No idea what I am doing…
No idea what I am doing…
