some of my accent plants

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some of my accent plants

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I'm slowly accumulating more and more companion pots and plants
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Lovely plants and pots, well photographed (of course). Thanks for sharing Mel.
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Cheers Sonya, nice light when it's raining. :D
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Ideed, i especially like the Hawthornia and its flower...
Lovely pots too.... isn't it amazing how the love of bonsai branches out to an addiction to pots, display tables and mini plants...? !
Thanks for sharing Mel.
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You're welcome, Pierre!

It is turning into a bit of an addiction....haha
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Very nice Mel, great little pots too, cute.

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Thanks Anthony, I am thinking I've probably got way too many plants....lol
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The succulent is Haworthia, not Hawthornia... ssssheeeesh. sorry peeps.
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love it! thanks for sharing, im assuming the smaller the pot the more attention it needs, especially QLD summers.
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You're assuming correctly, but I have them sitting in a larger pot with scoria in the bottom. They get misted twice a day when it's hot, once a day if it's not.
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:wave: Mel,
Hats off to ya for keeping these little green babies alive!
My "all day sun - not an ounce of shade" backyard has no place for these to dwell.
I still hear the haunting cries at night of shrivelled up mini's past.....silence of the "accents". :o

Oh also,
Would you mind dropping down a notch or two with the photographic skills - your making some of us here look a bit amateur. :lol:
Thanks Keep calm...
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I think i m in the same addictive club :)..cheers
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My "all day sun - not an ounce of shade" backyard has no place for these to dwell
I'm lucky to have a very helpful hubby who has made me a number of areas that have protection, and this is where the minis reside. I'm on a small block facing NE, and the Eastern side is where I asked him to build me a greenhouse. It's been where all my pitcher plants have lived for many years, but now they're being muscled out by kusamono, shohin and a couple of mame. I have also put a Nepenthes into a shohin pot, just to be contrary! After a year of sulking it finally looks like it might pitcher again. :)
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Sorry about the photography, I am a real sucker for shallow depth of field macro... :P
I think i m in the same addictive club :)..cheers
I suspect most of us here are in that club Anthony! :lol: :lol:

I had to laugh at the meeting where Glenys Bebb gave a talk, where she suggested that you might have too many plants if you can't find the time to do the work that they all need! :shifty: Nope, that's not me!!! :shifty:
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Nice!
One of the fabulous things about growing bonsai is as you get old and decrepit your trees get old and beautiful
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Cheers Boics!
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I'm excited about this Cuphea too, I have some others that are covered in flowers, this one has only one at the mo...
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