I found these hand-made pots while editing the mob of unloved ragamuffin potplants downstairs, and hauled then up to my new treasure trove balcony garden here at my new home in Asaba Art Square.
Collections of unrelated plants in unrelated pots all have a predictable character. Like a random elevator full of customers, just tolerating each other. 'What are you guys doing together?" I want to ask.
When the plants, the pots are diverse yet related, the chemistry kicks in, and love happens.
The same pink in the stem of one plant is peeping through the glaze of its neighbors pot. The frill of one leaf is repeated in the undulating edges of another pot.
Balcony Garden Jazz.
I saw these beautiful pots by new friend Mika Noguchi at the Tokyo Design Festival, Big Site.
What flowers go here? Round blue cornflowers? Hosta-like leaves, repeating the striped fin shape? The starburst shapes of onion and garlic flowers?
I'd love to give it a try.
And look what I found at another stall, knit by Hitomicro. She can hang on the wall, or over my knees while I sit and sip something pastel-colored, watching the jasmine-scented spring breeze play with my garden. What an adorable family.
What would I plant in Mika's pots?
Precious amazing round flowers, such as:
Hepatica wildflowersphoto: Scottish Rock garden club
Fin-like Hosta leaves from Lets Go Gardening
Go big: Blue Allium from Brooke house
This could be such a gorgeous garden. Plan for it to attract butterflies, Persian cats and an Italian pastry cooks, and life will be beautiful
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