garden pot plant for disabled mil

determined_new_ms

Hi can someone with more experience than me give me some advice please? I want to make a pot plant for my mil's birthday in may. She's disabled so watering is a problem and it'd need to be able to survive only being watered ever couple of weeks.

Thanks any advice will be very gratefully recied!

peter_the_piper

Aspidistra, does not flower visibly but will tolerate indifferent care and takes a bit of frost, down to -5deg.

ukmaggie45

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Aspidistra, does not flower visibly but will tolerate indifferent care and takes a bit of frost, down to -5deg.

I was very surprised when my aspidistra flowered, my daughter (about 6 at the time I think) was fascinated, and drew me a picture. Very underwhelming flowers, but interesting.

Trouble with putting them outside is the slugs love them. :eek:

foreign_correspondent

either Aldi or Lidl have those self watering planters in at the moment - the ones with a water reservoir you fill up... I think they are less than a fiver.

Alternatively, you could do a nice little evergreen alpine garden, with some fine gravel and nice little alpine plants - lke this - http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/patiogarden_alpine1.shtml (I have just googled and they are very expensive to buy ready made-up!!) or a pot of something like houseleeks - I have some in a terracotta plant, and they need little water.

determined_new_ms

Hi I should have updated month's ago, but hey late is better than nothing right?

I just wanted to say thank you for your ideas. I made an apline pot as suggested. Got a really cool pot off of ebay, bit of a drive but considering the cost of these pots well worth it as it was a bargain! MIL was (and still is) very please with it . Think its gonna be time soon to go and deadhead it so it lasts & lasts.

Thanks again x