The Accent (Companion) Plant Thread

AlainK · Nov 12, 2016

I've just read the post about P. afra (http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/p-afra-fun.25064/), it made me think of Crassulas I have. Some of them:

Crassula ovata (you can see a small leaf that fell down and has begun to root itself on the right of the pot):

Crassula ovata 'Hobbit':

Crassula ovata 'Compacta':

Crassula capitella 'Campfire':

... and they're so easy to take cuttings from!

MACH5 · Nov 25, 2016

Excellent thread with equally excellent accents!

Here is an older photo of one that's still kicking around in my garden, iris cristata.

Mr.E · Nov 25, 2016

just.wing.it said:
Cool thread!
I have some plant that grows everywhere in my yard.
It has cool little purple flowers in spring.
Potted up a few.
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@just.wing.it that looks like a wild violet. They grow everywhere around my yard as well.

aml1014 · Nov 28, 2016

Little spider plant

Aaron

Grant Hamby · Nov 28, 2016

Oxalis & Autumn Leaf

TomB · Nov 29, 2016

Grant Hamby said:
Oxalis & Autumn Leaf

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That's really nice Grant. Who made the pot?

Grant Hamby · Nov 29, 2016

TomB said:
That's really nice Grant. Who made the pot?

Thanks! Jan Rentenaar made the pot. The oxalis died, so I put this stuff in it:

sorce · Dec 15, 2016

I had to rotate that last one!
JKL....still here for you brother!

I got about 3 cuttings of this rooted with no effort, so if anyone wants to come get some in spring....hit me!

Sorce

Dan W. · Jan 26, 2017

Great thread! I can tell I haven't been around much lately because I never saw this one.

I was just about to start a thread for native accents when I decided to check to make sure one hadn't already been started. This will do! I already love the Tree thread and the Yamadori thread.

These are "Lanceleaf Stonecrop" native to my neck of the woods. (Sedum lanceolatum)

Sara Rayner

Bigei

TomB · Jan 27, 2017

Dan W. said:
Great thread! I can tell I haven't been around much lately because I never saw this one.

I was just about to start a thread for native accents when I decided to check to make sure one hadn't already been started. This will do! I already love the Tree thread and the Yamadori thread.

These are "Lanceleaf Stonecrop" native to my neck of the woods. (Sedum lanceolatum)

Very nice. The roof of my wood store is covered with a very similar Sedum (though with white flowers).

This is just a dried-out wild grass, waiting for spring.

Dan W. · Jan 27, 2017

Very nice Tom!

More native accents from my collecting areas: This one is Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva). There is also some of the same Stonecrop as my last post in there, but it didn't bloom this year thanks to mice eating all of my stonecrop accents.. lol. They all grew back but didn't bloom. One interesting thing about the bitterroot is that the leaves grow out and then begin to wilt and fade as the plant flowers. Eventually it completely dies off and new leaves emerge as it gets cool again in the fall.

Dan W. · Jan 27, 2017

Here's the same accent last fall after the Stonecrop had grown back in. You can also see the new bitterroot leaves peeking out of the top.

Japanese pot. Not sure of the potter.

Dan W. · Jan 27, 2017

I apologize in advance... I'm going to bombard this thread with photo's of this bitterroot for a bit. I just can't ever decide which angle/s I like best.

Dan W. · Jan 27, 2017

Dan W. · Jan 27, 2017

TomB · Jan 27, 2017

Dan W. said:
I apologize in advance... I'm going to bombard this thread with photo's of this bitterroot for a bit. I just can't ever decide which angle/s I like best.

If you keep on messing with it, it will end up like this...

Nice plant and nice pot btw.

MACH5 · Jan 27, 2017

Accent as displayed at the 5th US National last September. I used a 1" thick clear acrylic slab in place of a more traditional jita. The intent was for it to represent water. I used a variety of plants including knotweed, dwarf azaleas and various mosses.

EDIT: Dan nice accents! I'd love to have some of those native plants.

zachkent29 · Feb 1, 2017

@TomB @Dan W. and @MACH5 those are all excellent!

Here's some erodium with dwarf iris.

Leo in N E Illinois · Feb 2, 2017

Dan - I love your Lewisia. I had a garden hybrid Lewisia, and the squirrels got it, roots and all.
@MACH5 @zachkent29 @Dan W. - love all your kusamono.

this is an old picture, plant is no longer with me. The pot is at most 3 inches in diameter. Masdevallia orchid.

Owen Reich · Feb 3, 2017

Dan W. said:

First pic @ 1:08 or last at 1:09 IMO.

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