Winter combinationsof stems and offshoot are lovely seasonal accents , but if they are not adequately supported , yourdecorationsmay flop or capsize in the wind . To fend off those pitfalls , work with a with child , hoarfrost - proofcontainer , and create a tough support system for the cut materials .
Materials used
1. Pack the pot with moist compost or potting soil
Filling the intact vessel and doming it up over the lip will stabilise the arrangement and make it look full . you could reprocess the planting medium later , when the arrangement is taken asunder .
2. Cover the domed soil with wire
A stratum of chicken telegram pinned down with shortened stem pieces behave like a flowered frog to keep heavy branch upright and firm anchored in the place where they have been placed .
3. Arrange evergreen branches and cuttings
Working about from bottom to top , and starting with the large stems , push cut finish through the wire frame and late into the grunge . Fill in gaps with botanical accents such as cone , seed top dog , and berries .
4. Display your creation outside
Because the soil - filled container will be quite heavy , you wo n’t need to worry about tip or expectant snow capsizing it . Even if the weather is fond and showery , the telegram model will keep shank from slither around in the potting medium .
Check out Paul’s12 high-flown garden - container designs where the wad is the wizard .
Paul Zammit is a professor of sustainable gardening at Niagara College in southern Ontario .
Photos : Paul Zammit
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