Look! Snail Planter!

Normally people spend a lot of time and energy guarding their gardens against snails but the other day we saw this ingenious way to incorporate snails into the garden. Not only is it a great small space garden, but it also takes advantage of vertical space:

We spotted it over at kellygreen (where we also saw these eco-friendly pots. A tiny climbing vine was planted in an empty snail shell, hung on a little chain letting the vine grow and curl up the chain. We're not sure what vine this is, but we'd love to see a sweet little sweet pea vine planted and flowering above a small home office, or even in the kitchen.

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I have one I got at the Farmers market in Silverlake a few years ago and it is always flowering , never a problem ,always beautiful.
Does great in the bathroom .

posted by polychrome1 on June 17th 2008 at 10:10am
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I saw these a few months ago at the flower shop in the Japan Center in SF. I didn't get one, and I've been kind of obsessing about them ever since. They're lovely, but I was worried that with such a teeny tiny soil volume the vine would dry out quickly and I wouldn't be able to keep it alive. Glad to hear yours is thriving, polychrome! I'll take the plunge the next time I'm in the neighborhood.

posted by MayaOnFiya on June 17th 2008 at 10:31am
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I just saw these for $5 a pop at the Long Beach Flea Market this weekend!

posted by SewDarnCute on June 17th 2008 at 10:35am
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It's called a Dishidia. It is native to rainforests in South-East Asia and Australia.

I have one. Water it once a week, making sure to drain out the excess water, it will do great!

posted by bohemianbeauty7 on June 17th 2008 at 9:45pm
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