Hypertoufa Gives Age and Weight to a Garden
Wednesday July 12, 2006
Hypertoufa planters, those trough-like containers that look like expensive, antique cement planters and are usually filled with wonderful oddities from the world of succulents, are one of the most easily made, yet under made garden crafts. The materials are all available from the local hardware store and anyone who can make a mud pie stands a good chance of success in making a hypertufa planter. Sure, it can be messy, but when has that deterred a gardener from creating something unique and wonderful for their garden?
Hypertufa planters are a wonderful way to bring the look of stone into your garden. They can be left out all year and, unless you get carried away with size, are light enough to move about. Here are several different recipes and some wonderful suggestions to get you started.
Comments
Where are the recipies.. no link to them
I love making hypertufa containers. I’ve been making the for about 7 yrs. My containers stay outside all year long and take care of themselves. Sedums,cacti, herbs and alpine plants love this container.
I think recipes would be really helpful to folks
I use equal parts Portland cement, builders sand, and sifted Peat Moss. Minx in water till the mix is crumbly and NOT wet.
It’s just like making mud pies when you were a kid.
Happy Cement making
Brassica
The blog postings generally point toward more indepth articles and the underlined title of the article is the link to further information - in this case the hypertufa recipes. Since Rachel is not the first person to be confused by this setup, I’ll start including an additional link within the blog. Thanks for letting me know and I hope you’ll click through and take a look at the additional resources.
The trough shown was made with 3 parts peat moss, 3 parts perlite, 2 parts Portland cement and a handful of reinforcing fiber glass fibers, as outlined in the Fine Gardening article on the resource page. It’s good to try different recipes because the consistancy and drying time will vary.