Plants suitable for a grave - Any ideas?

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Permalink Reply by Alison P on August 25, 2012 at 22:15

Yes, i wondered about them but i dont know how much cossetting they need as I've never grown them. I also wondered about geraniums (pelargoniums). They seem to cope well without water. Both would need replacing each year.

Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on August 25, 2012 at 23:10

agapanthus, crocosmia, heuchera,  bronze fennel, rudbeckia.  i have only rarely had to water any of them.

Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on August 26, 2012 at 8:13

What about succulents? I've got a window box of them on the hottest sill in the house, they rarely, if ever need watering, form a carpet and some varieties have lovely flowers.

Permalink Reply by Hugh on August 26, 2012 at 8:57

I planted lavender on a relative's grave about twenty years back and it thrives still today.

Permalink Reply by Alison P on August 26, 2012 at 9:35

I think lavender would be great, can imagine it doing very well in those conditions. You could plant it with other plants that like hot and dry conditions, like thyme. Would look and smell lovely, would just need a trim each year.

Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on August 26, 2012 at 11:21

Whichever plants/flowers Ronald chooses, a mixture of vermiculite into a layer of compost (?? 1:5 or stronger) would probably help to retain moisture from normal rainfall - not necessarily over the whole grave but in clumps here and there.

(I think herself indoors is planning for pyracantha, greenbriar and nettles when she finally gets me planted. With a suitably doleful yew in the corner, I trust. HOL members cordially invited to pee on the grave for moisturising purposes.)