I have a frame from a heavy, high quality outdoor sofa and chair that I expected to last a lifetime (like the add implied).
I would like to get something to grow all over it. Can anyone advise what would be the best plant to use, and how I could get a growing medium to attach to it? I would prefer to make it portable. I have places that I can hide it, if it doesn't look that good for a while.
Have you seen mikeytitan's rice sack thread? Maybe you could do something similar, especially since you want it to be portable. I posted a link below. kathy
Thanks for the link. Your link made me realize that I don't have to have have soil all over the frame to have a vine grow all over the frame. If I could rig up something under the seat that would hold the soil, (and there's plenty of room there and it would be well hidden), then the vine would just climb all over the frame. I was originally thinking of attaching some kind of coco fiber or sphagnum moss all over the structure. That wouldn't be necessary. I won't be moving it very often. Perhaps I could just place some pot under the frame, and when they have to be moved, someone will hold the pot while someone else holds the frame.
Now all I have figure out is what to attach to the inside to hold the soil. Also, what plant would be best to show the shape of the sofa and chair. If I lived in a warmer climate, creeping fig would be idea. Is there a plant like that, that would grow in 6-7? I have vinca minor that I was going to give away, could vinca minor be used for a topiary?
Years ago, I saw where someone had made a sofa-shaped frame, filled it with soil, put sod on, and had a grass couch. I would think any groundcover would be cool.
