Planting in a Porcelain sink

[Carleigh]

hi. I have an old porcelain sink I used as a planting container last year in my garden. I planted the sink in the ground so the base of the sink in underground and the top rim and head of the sink above ground. The shrub I planted inside of the sink last year did not return this year. I am looking for creative ideas I can use to make my sink more attractive in the garden...I really do not want to throw my sink out..lol.

[Hawkwalk]

try herbs or alpines as they will be far more suited to a sink than a shrub

[carlton23]

http://www.theanswerb...and-Garden/Gardening/

[carlton23]

Sorry that link hasn`t worked, go to Google and type, Planting a Garden Sink.

[rowanwitch]

Put a good layer of grit in the bottom and a mix of john innes potting compost (the one designed for potting on NO 3 I think and sand 4 compost to 1 sand plant with houseleeks in different colours add in some miniature bulbs for the spring things like chionadoxa, and just a few mini daffs add a couple of attractive chunks of stone slate is nice and a mini conifer (you will need to replace it every couple of years as it will get too big) and mulch the surtface with gravel

A min Zen garden is an option too Just fine gravel and nicely positioned rocks with maybe the odd clump of something green like a selaginella and maybe small conifer pruned to look like a bonsai tree but that will need maintenance
It looks really nice if you leave a 'stream bed' of gravel with a few larger pebbles running through the planting scheme Did this in a large shallow trough when I had a roof garden and surrounded the planter on three sides with ferns and hostas to frame it