This is my latest tabletop garden – A Green Cappuccino. Ever wonder what those greens are? They are not moss or some type of groundcover plants, b
ut believe it or not, they are dragon fruit seedlings – one of those exotic, bizarre-looking fruit which you can find in Southeast Asia.
For better drainage, I used a plastic container with drainage holes. And in order to get the plastic container to fit into my coffee cup, I cut up the container and made some alterations.
Besides creativity, this part also requires some skills and lots of patience 🙂
Very unique and adorable. And very inspiring for my very non-green thumbs!
Thanks Mick. Many of my friends like my cup of cappuccino too 🙂
Very creative. It is so cute too. A coffee lover like me would be happy to see things out of coffee mugs. Btw, I found your blog through blotanical. Just dropped by to say hello. Have a great day!
Hi Stephanie, thank you for dropping by. I love container gardening, not only because this is my only choice (haha), but because it gets me to stretch my creativity and find fun ways to grow plants.
N Blotanical is a great place to meet other alikes, isn’t it? I like it much 🙂
I love the green Cappuccino. It is great.
Cute is cute but what will happen when they grow bigger?
Will trimming will made them stay tiny and small?
Will try one of these when I get the seed.
These are cactus, so I won’t trim it. These cactus will definitely have to be repotted once they get bigger.
I just stumbled across your site today & am much inspired. As a busy working mom, I find succulent container gardening fits well in my hectic schedule–the succulents are tolerant of neglect for weeks & I can do my “gardening” even indoors (or on my lighted porch) at night. I’ve recently started creating themed tabletop gardens for myself & as gifts for friends & family. Everyone loves them,even guys! (my 23 year son just gave me 10 new plants I didn’t have yet for my Mother’s Day gift) I think men like their “alien” from another planet look. My concrete front porch is quickly becoming covereed with groupings of containers. So far I’ve made a beach scene complete with dunes, seashells, sand, driftwood, & glass florist stone design elements in a mini oval galvanized washtub with several mini cactus, a kalanchoe, I even found a tiny bisque segull to perch on the driftwood. I made a more traditional Asain floral style arrangement in a teal colored footed pedastal rectangular dish & included decorative chopsticks for both an artistic element & support for newly planted succulents. 2 bisque Chinese wading birds next to a large flat glass florist stone that gave the appearance of a reflection pond. One artist friend says that I have finally found my medium for frustrated artistic expression. It has also given me a vehicle to display collections of seashells and rocks I’ve had stashed in boxes & jars for years! (Just make sure shells epecially are well-washed with clear water to eliminate any salts or minerals from ocean water that could damage tender succulents.) I’m also experimenting with using “recycled” containers (like tea & coffee tins) and “repurposing” other materials (like the bean-like pellets that come in plush toys) as ground cover. I have a row of colorful Harny & sons tea tins that I got free from a local Starbucks planted with single heads of beautiful echerverias! I’m even thinking of pulling out my collection of miniature cats that have been in storage for over 20 years & including them in my arrangements. The possibilities are endless! Thanks for providing additonal inspiration!
Wow Terrie, amazing! I would love to see how your container gardens look like!
Terrie, it definitely seems like you are having lots of fun creating themed tabletop gardens. And same here. I love designing and making tabletop gardens. It is so much fun and satisfying, not to mention how well this type of gardening suit the busy lifestyle of nowadays city people.
this is realy such a nice fruit.now we r planting in bangladesh.i like it very much
Hi Kabir,
Nice to meet you here. I have visited your blog and learned that you are a chef in Maldives. What a nice place to be!!! 😀
And yes, I love the dragon fruit. I guess Maldives has dragon fruits too, ya?
Cheers,
Sandy
hi sandy. this is very inspiring. i also am into container gardening. my wife is even complaining that i have too much plants in my house. but here in canada you can only spend half of the year planting outdoors, so i do my planting half of the year indoors.
i love dragon fruit and we do have some back home in the philippines. but most of them are imported from thailand.
and kabir. that’s a very nice place. would love to visit one day.