planting in pipes
James Waddick (Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:36:50 PDT)

Dear Diane,
Although it is much colder and hotter here than there, I do
recall a really nice use of these ceramic drain tiles. A friend had a
large-ish collection of sedum in similar pipes. Many of these tend to
wander in the ground, but in pipes they crawl over the edges and
could easily be trimmed to stay inside without mixing with other
species.

Of course Sedum are much hardier and can tolerate our
extremes of heat and cold. I am sure the pipes freeze through each
winter, but the extra strong ceramic seem to last very well without
cracking.

I think that growing bulbs here in these pipes would be
impossible since the soil inside is much more likely to freeze in
winter.

And they do look really nice if artfully arranged.
Have fun. Jim

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Dr. James W. Waddick
8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
USA
Ph. 816-746-1949
Zone 5 Record low -23F
Summer 100F +