Plant choosing help please

sandy71

I have never posted in here before so hope this is OK

I am not good with plants and really need some advice. My lovely cat died last week and we have just got her ashes back.
When our dog died we bought a large planter and a twisted tree thing that was supposed to produce catkins in the winter. That was 3 years ago, every summer we get a leaf and thats it.

Anyway I have gone off subject a bit:o I would like to do something similar for my cat but really want something that looks nice and will do well in a planter.

Thanks if you stayed with me this far:D

tanith

Why not get either a Patio Rose or a miniature standard rose.. they do well in pots..

sandy71

Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately I forgot to mention DH has a MAJOR aversion to roses (would roll eyes if I could!)
His mother was obsessed with them and she is a nasty old b***h

laurel7172

When my cat died last year, I buried his ashes under a magnolia stellata. That was what felt right to me...something to do, I think, with the fact that magnolias flower so beautifully, but for such a short time.

If that resonates with you at all, then magnolias apparently do well in pots, as long as you get the soil mix right:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2008/01/08/magnolias_feature.shtml

sandy71

Thank you so much, they look beautiful just like my cat and she wasn't with us long enough:(
I will have a look for one at the weekend. The reason I want to use a pot is because we hope to be moving soon and I can't bare the thought of leaving her or my dog behind.