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I've had this bird cage for a year or so and finally did something with it!! After several coats of rust-0-leum rust barrier clear coat I then used a coconut fiber liner and planted calibrachoa's yellow and Pink w/ yellow throats and threw some bocopa in with it and this is what I got!! Hopefully it will fill out nicely this spring/summer!

Diane - that is stunning!!!
Love the colors you chose - so nice and bright, and the bird adds just the perfect touch!!!

I'm SURE you must have been a decorator in another life!

Awwwww Thanks Lynne. I figured I'd put the bird plant stake on the outside of the cage with him looking in,, Better for Him!

Hmmmm Not so sure about life as a decorater in another life thing!

VERY pretty Diane, I just love it...I really do....Makes me want to run out and find a bird cage!

Loz~ I got this at Garden ridge on sale I'm thinking it was around 10 bucks maybe 15$ I figured maybe I could do something with it ~~~~~~~~~~ It just took a while to do it!

thats awsome diane! you got such a talent!

Christy~ Thanks for the compliment, it really was quite simple to put together it was just a matter of doing it!

aint it penny!!! i swear everything diane touches turns to gardening gold!

honestly diane you realy do have a talent there!

Beautiful, can't wait to see pics when it is completely full. Wow.

ooooooh pretty!

Sure thing Penny !!! WE're expecting another strong storm tonight I unhooked it and put it in a safer area!!

Thanks Tamera, Wrennie!!

Christy Ohhh How I wish everything I touched turned to gardners Gold,, If only i could convince the insects that's destorying a rose bush of mine Nothing I do is helping But Thanks for the lovely compliment ! * hugs*

Diane, that is so pretty...and very creative!!!
Please don't forget pics when the plants are fuller!!

Thanks Shirley ~~~ Will do!!

Diane,
Very nice and what an interesting idea you have there! You are so creative girl!

Thanks Stephanie

Hey Guys Remember this??? This in the next two weeks I want to start seeds I want something that will cascade fully any suggestions????

Remember TX gets hot as Heck here in the summer and it will be in full afternoon sun,,



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BTW Someone here will be receiving one of these birdcages in the near future,, Remember I said I still had Christmas gifts here to send?? and I'm not telling,, Ya just have to wait and see,,

MGs? petunias, nasturtiums, ivy, silver falls (Dichondra or whatever they're called), starwberry (you get fruit too!), fuschia (i love those, but maybe you're a bit too hot for them), geraniums?, impatiens, some houseplant with vining characters (maybe take cuttings and stick them inside the cage?)

I thought about MG Kenny I have several kinds Blues, fushia pinks, and Purple,, that might look pretty!! it certainly will cascade for sure,,

isn't there a kind of lantana that will trail and take the heat?

Oh I don't know Sheri,, I have confetti lantana in the yard,, I will research that,!!

I might have made that up but I don't think so. My brain isn't always in my head ya know.

http://www.monrovia.com/PlantInf.nsf/709359cd399269ec8825684d0078b8fd/5bba76bea18cce8f8825684d0071bf05!OpenDocument

Yes there is!! I hope I can find some!!

Diane - that is gorgeous - I hope you can find some!!!

I have yellow trailing lantana. There are a lot of trailing lantanas out there.

You do Tina ??? Do you have it as a ground cover or in a basket??

I have it as a ground cover on a hillside. . I love lantana because here it will bloom almost all year.

Diane, have you gotten the lantana yet?

Wow.. that is really pretty!! I wish I could run into a bird cage like that!! Hey, um, what is MG??

Morning glories! :wink: ~ I got that bird cage at Garden Ridge,, they also have them at hobby lobby, and Michael's if you have any of those in your area,


Sheri none of the nurseries have them yet and the ones I have in ground are still covered with leaves and not peeking thru yet!

OHHH duh!! haha Morning Glories.. of course. Geez. And hmm.. I don't have any of those stores near here, but I do know of a Michael's in Canton..

Thanks!!

Sheri,, I took your advice and placed "Lucky Red Hot trailing Lantana" in the birdcage, I also have Morning glories started in there around the sides a little lower in the cage so I hopefully will have the lover half growing MG out from around the sides of it too, we'll see how that works,,

That lantana looks so bright and cheerful in the cage, Diane!
How do you get it down inside?

I took the top of the cage off, then wrapped the coconut fiber lining around the roots and soil and slipped it down into the cage,, What was hard was getting the stems and leaves thru the bars as I was closing the top,, I broke 7 or 8 branches off doing it,, Dang it! But I see there are starts beginning to grow off those broken pieces,,

That looks pretty already. I love watching your bird cage grow.