Today I am here with a really fun project for spring. I am going to show you how to plant a birdcage! I love to plant pots and planters and I look for fun unique planters all year long. This birdcage is just from Michael’s so it was an easy find, but you can use old buckets, watering cans, old coal buckets, or just about anything that will hold dirt! You just have be sure there are holes in the bottom for the drainage. So rusted out buckets are great! 🙂
All of the plants that I used in this planter are perennials, so they are really okay for me to put this outside, here in Utah! If you are using annuals, you will want to keep your planter indoors until the weather is warm all of the time, unless of course, you already live where it is warm!
To create a beautiful pot or planter, you will need at least 3 different plants. You will need “thrillers”, “fillers’, and “spillers”.
They are pretty self explanatory: 1. The spillers are the plants that will spill over the edge of the pot and grow down. I used the Creeping Phlox .
2. The fillers are the middle height plants in your pot. You can have several different varieties and colors depending on the size of your pot or planter, but you will want them to be close to the same height. I used English Daisies in white and pink.
3. The thrillers are your tall grasses or centerpiece of the planter, in this case the Candytuft.
1. Start with a birdcage, or pot. If you need to line the bottom with a coco liner, you will do that first. If you have a pot, make sure there are holes in the bottom for the water to drain out of.
3. Start around the outside edge and space your spillers. (It is always good to work in odd numbers) I used 3 creeping phlox around the outside of the birdcage. Carefully pull some of the long runners through the wires in the birdcage so that they will “spill” around the outside. Then add your “fillers”. I used 3 English Daisies. Space them between the “spillers”
4. Last add your “Thriller” to the middle. I used one candy tuft for my thriller.
Fill in all around your pots with good potting soil and pack it down, or water it good and add more dirt if you need to, to keep it full.
My candy tuft is not quite blooming yet, but when it does it will make a beautiful “thriller” with it’s small white blossoms!
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What you will need
- Birdcage
- Little potted flowers (if you’d like it indoors, you can use artificial ones)
- Roll of moss
- Scissors
I found this bird cage at Michaels during the holiday season, but this one is pretty similar. I went to the garden center and looked for flowers that would grow outward instead of up.
The garden center had a big roll of moss, but I’m sure that peat moss or even the American or Spanish moss that you can buy at the craft store would work. It might just be more difficult to work with.
I sliced a 4-inch-high strip of moss to line the bottom of the bird cage.
I used that strip as a natural flower pot by running it around the inside of the bird cage.
After taking the plant out of the plastic pot, I carefully and gently threaded its stems through the cage bars to place it inside the bird cage. I had to squeeze all three plants into the cage, so I did so by gently pushing the plants up against the sides.
The final step is to fill your birdcage flower planter with water. This obviously won’t work well for an indoor plant because the water will run off through the moss and out of the cage. This plant is for the outdoors. This birdcage flower planter turned out beautifully, and I’ll make sure to update the photos as the flowers bloom!
They are pretty self explanatory: 1. The plants that will overflow the pot’s edge and descend are known as spillers. I used the Creeping Phlox .
You’ll need at least three different plants to make a lovely pot or planter. You will need “thrillers”, “fillers’, and “spillers”.
My candy tuft isn’t quite blooming yet, but when it does, its tiny white blossoms will create a lovely “thriller”!
3. Start around the outside edge and space your spillers. (Working in odd numbers is usually beneficial) I used three creeping phlox plants to surround the birdcage. Gently thread a few of the lengthy runners through the cage’s wires to allow them to “spill” outside. Then add your “fillers”. I used 3 English Daisies. Space them between the “spillers”.
2. The fillers are the middle height plants in your pot. Depending on the size of your pot or planter, you can have a variety of colors and varieties, but you should aim for nearly equal heights. I used English Daisies in white and pink.
FAQ
What plants are good for birdcage planters?
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