What to plant IN a tree cavity....?

[daltontrees]

I have tried Ivy 'Glacier' which trails nicely but need a lot more water than it normally gets in a hanging basket.

 

If it's a tree you're after, Rowan is a great opportunist and if you want to show off go for a Joseph Rock.

 

Birch too, Ive seen it settle down nicely in stumps, I saw one last year that was left standing on 2' high legs long after the stump was gone.

 

A  mixture of Lathyrus (Sweet Pea) will trail nicely and has the advantage of being leguminous and will produce its own nitrates in what will otherwise be a limited soil. Quite brief flowering though.

 

There's some nice trailing Fuchsias but they can be useless without occasional watering.

 

Might be worth boring the stem right through to the cavity in a few places too, a fern on top might not be wet enough but on the stem could do well. You'd need to tamp in bags and bags of mulch like a cannon to get a self-sustaining soggy substrate. An alliterative success but otherwise a bit experimental.

[Khriss]

6 hours ago, daltontrees said:

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There's some nice trailing Fuchsias but they can be useless without occasional watering.

 

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Now you have gone too far  ?  my vote fr plastic gnome ? K

[eggsarascal]

7 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

No....  I do actually try and be serious sometimes!

Really?, well I'll be damned.

[daltontrees]

12 hours ago, Khriss said:

Now you have gone too far  ?  my vote fr plastic gnome ? K

Why the extravagance when an upside down traffic cone would do the job?

[Khriss]

3 minutes ago, daltontrees said:

Why the extravagance when an upside down traffic cone would do the job?

Cos you probly breaches Highways Act 1980  ? K

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Its getting desperate when 2 of the more informed, serious and sober members start down the path Id expect from the more frivolous members and contributors. 
 

Im dreading Mr Bolam’s contribution..... ?

 

 

Edited September 6, 2020 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[josharb87]

Concrete, cement and bricks are quite popular

 

 

 

Hops would look pretty cool

 

 

 

 

 

[Mark Bolam]

Leyland Cypress.

 

Got to help the next generation!

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

3 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Leyland Cypress.

 

Got to help the next generation!

[peatff]

We seem to get Hart's tongue fern growing out of every opportune cavity round here, it adds a bit of green.