So- I snagged a couple of mostly dead, really tall arborvitae topiaries out of the trash….
I’m planning on spray painting them (red? silver? I can’t decide! your opinion is most welcome!), and dropping them into a set of fantastic Smith and Hawken copper planters that Dan picked up for me at an estate sale. He has forbidden me to a) paint the Smith and Hawken pots and to b) cement the topiaries in to the pots…
So, I’m going to wait until he’s not home.
Seuss-ish
I agree about not gluing the dead trees to the planters — how about using cement to set the bare-rooted trees into plastic pots just small enough to fit into the S&H planters? Should work, be stable, and not damage the new beauties.
I’m going to have to shave off a lot of the root ball just to get them into the pots- so I’d have to shave off a lot MORE to put them in a pot and then drop them inside. Which is doable!
But I’m worried about them being tipsy when I drop them in, since they’ll be so top heavy….
Still, a consideration!
i’m with silver. if dan doesn’t want you gluing the topiaries in, what is his idea for achoring them in?
His idea is that I try doing something a little more normal, like making brownies or something. Not gonna happen….
I say paint the trees silver! (Or whatever color coordinates with your Christmas theme…)
This year our Christmas theme is Star Wars! (Go figure!) So silver with black ornaments would be very apropos!
Go for gold! Bright sparkly Gold! Then at thanksgiving dress it up with turkeys. And at Christmas, a big red bow!
I’m sort of gold-phobic, but that WOULD look nice. And I could then leave the pots copper because that would look prettttty…..
Would you be willing to paint the trees a copper color?
Absolutely! Why not! It’d make an easy match to the pots!