How Do You Dress Up Your Potted Plants?

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PosieFor20

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I just wanted to put this out there and see what kinds of ideas you folks have out there. We sell quite a few dish gardens and 6" plants at my shop, and of course there are quite a few ways to dress them up with embelishments. I am so sick of the "bow and fresh flowers" approach, and try to work other materials into them to give them a fresh look, but I still can't come up with anything that I am really crazy about.

I would be interested in knowing how others are decorating their plants, especially the 6" single plants. I can't seem to get any inspiration from my design books, so maybe you folks can help. I'm not really concerned about price point on the embelishments, since you can upsell something that is really outstanding no matter what the price. Any ideas you can share would be great!
 
Here are some things we use :)

-Pencils for secretaries/students
-Branches, leaves, raffia, birds nests (the really cool artificial ones that look real),
-ceramic angels and inspirational items for funerals
-Crayons and balloons for kids
-Jeweled ornaments and wrapped candy canes for Christmas
-Cattails and lotus pods for fall

We either wrap the pots or use novelty containers such as:

-butcher paper
-artmesh
-sand buckets with shovels for summer
-galvanized pails for spring with little trowels and seed packets
-easter baskets with the "fake grass" for spring, we even use the egg picks for even more novelty factor
-wine boxes and crates

Uhm...that's all I can think of right now.
 
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Curly willow, bambo, brich branches, butterflies, birds, fish, frog, bumble bees, grasshoppers, pot sitters, raffia, chickenwire ribbon and so on.
 
we're woodsy people here so it's quite often that we embellish that way. Birch twigs, bits of spanish moss, birds (yep people love birds) For dish gardens we like to make a trellis of river cane or again birch twigs (have a wreath factory here and we get some good trash pickings from them as well as funeral director has birch trees that overhang his parking lot).
Been known to break down a cheap fly rod (Rite-aid) or casting rod to make a trellis too.
Height sells.....visual perception so adding branches, curly ting, etc helps that visual effect most often for a $$$ upgrade.
We make our own dishgardens so tis easier for us to leave the room to embellish rather than trying to cram things into the dirt full of roots like pre-made dishgardens.
Bright color aluminum wires really bring color to plants without blooms too. I make little circlets with it and place throughout the plant adding a bow of the same color - electric blue - fuschia pink, copper....
 
I use pliable branches from my willow tree, take off the leaves, and make arches from tall to shorter, from the back of the plant to the front. Then I glue a butterfly on the middle arch. I also use small lanterns with candles and even used small candle votives. I also insert a message tag that says to remove candle from plant before burning.
 
We do all of the above, except we haven't tried Inferno's candle ideas....yet. We have had great success lately by displaying our plants in painted tins, which we call gift containers. The plants look so nice in those containers rather than being wrapped or in a basket. We still display in baskets too, but right along side a higher-end container, and the higher-end piece often sells before the basket. Not always, but most especially when the customer is a walk-in.
 
We put all our plants in a seagrass bag....they are REALLY cheap and look wonderful when presented as a gift. Like you Posie we sell heaps of plants and have always just wrapped them up in coloured paper and bows....but it always looked a little tacky so I have always wanted these bags and never saw a wholesaler that supplied them....until recently. The bags come in 5 different sizes from xxsmall to xlarge...very handy when plants come in all shapes.
 
have done..most of the above, minus the candles....but am curious about the bags...where do ya get them?? do you have the address for the web or wholesaler...sound kinda intersting even for an arrangement possibly...thanks for the good idea
 
Ceramic or Rustic metal containers and urns. Footed & Pedestal containers. Faux hydrangea (realistic as possible) faux or real ivy, faux autumn leaves, gourds (real or faux), faux artichokes & grapes are a favorite of our customers. Branches (whatever is available) attach birds & nests, butterflies, other critters. Glue miniature cymbidium orchids to branches. polished rocks, crushed glass, garden stakes, candles, bath & body product, birdhouses, etc. Whatever is hanging around in your shop that you need to move!
 
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Clarabella, I love your avatar!

I'm with Flower Diva on the pots and urns, we have quite a selection of nice ceramic pots and try to up sell in that way. I've also used the bright green satin finish containers from Teleflora for small plant gardens, very bright and colorful. just about anything that's footed I'll try it and add lotus pods and sticks to it, we also have the little mushroom guys, those are hot right now.

Trish
 
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I take a 6 inch green or blooming plant, place it in a tall "rose" clay pot, with saucer.
Then I undo a small grapevine wreath and wrap it up and around, halo-like the plant.
Or, I make a bamboo trellis.
 
well, I took 2 6" ivys that had gotten a little long, put them in this nice double pot cover. Then I made a teepee with slightly curved kiwi. Then I put the ivy on the teepee. I like it!

I really really hate bows, but I know my customers like the stupid things, so I added the bow after I took the pick. I didn't want that silly bow to mess up my pic!

If I had more money to play with I would have added some other stuff, but I didn't. So there you go.
 

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Ozzyblooms said:
G'day , Im in Shellharbour NSW, AUS, Can u tell me what the seagrass bags look like or where I can view them, or get them?

Nice to see another Ozzy on here, your idea sounds nice.
Regards, Debbie
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Hey Debbie...

Not sure where Sonya( Fame) get hers but I get mine from a company in Brissie called " Commercial Florist Supplies... although I think that his only come in 2 Sizes. It also comes in Sheets for wrapping.

If interested, PM me and I will find you his phone number.

Great to see another Aussie here too....;)
 
Shannon I love the way you did that!!!
 
Speaking of plants, ivys in paticular......

I don't know about you guys, but everywhere I have worked, ivys are spider mite prone.

WELL,
a thousand years ago, like 1995, I figured out totally by accident, that if you spray the ivys with pokon, they wont get spider mites. I don't know why and I've only done it with pokon. If it ain't broke.......

If anyone knows why this works, please tell me.
 
felicityflowers said:
Here are some things we use :)

-Pencils for secretaries/students
-Branches, leaves, raffia, birds nests (the really cool artificial ones that look real),
-ceramic angels and inspirational items for funerals
-Crayons and balloons for kids
-Jeweled ornaments and wrapped candy canes for Christmas
-Cattails and lotus pods for fall

We either wrap the pots or use novelty containers such as:

-butcher paper
-artmesh
-sand buckets with shovels for summer
-galvanized pails for spring with little trowels and seed packets
-easter baskets with the "fake grass" for spring, we even use the egg picks for even more novelty factor
-wine boxes and crates

Uhm...that's all I can think of right now.
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for this season, i bought boy/girl scarecrow picks and put them in a 6" mum plant in a hat planter. at the base i used a pumpkin pick. it looks like the scarecrow is running through a field of flowers/pumpkin patch. too cute! and worth the money. charging $23, my cost $9.
 
Just happens that I attended a design show last night in KC--Kevin Ylvisaker took a 6"plant, fluffed out a big handful of the Smithers-Oasis metallic shred and put the pot in the center of it. He then dropped the plant/shred into an 8" clear glass cube. Really looked sharp.
 
Aw Patty you lucky, Kevin is awesome.

I just use a nice ceramic pot and a bow (yes people like 'em)
 
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