Comments on: Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

Question: Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

1f2frfbf — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:51:14 -0800

The Devil went to Carolina,
Looking for a place to hide;
He found a pot,
And so he thought,
Now there will be

So I have this flower pot with a devil's face (see here).

What can I put in it to play off of the odd visage of this piece of art? Oddly shaped, named or colored plants are great.

Further info:
Zone 8a, half shade, can be moved inside for the mild Carolina winter, pot is about 10" round and 8" deep.

By: amethysts

amethysts — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:58:48 -0800

some kind of crazy fountain? you could pile up weird rocks and make it like an extension of his head, like his head was a mountain.. with water coming out.. that'd be crazy and also alot of work. but it would look so cool.

By: adamrice

adamrice — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:00:26 -0800

Cockscomb flowers look like brains and come in very vivid colors. What could be more perfect?

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:14:26 -0800

I'd recommend a purple sweetpotato vine because it will grow like crazy and make him look like he has dreadlocks or medusa-like hair.

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:47:10 -0800

How about some of these carnivorous plants? I've always found Pitcher Plants eerily beautiful.

By: matty

matty — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:58:30 -0800

1. lobelia on the sides (will cascade down like sideburns)
2. fountain grass for the center (spikey hair)
3. sweet potato vine in the rear (for the mullett)

By: leapfrog

leapfrog — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:09:31 -0800

Devil's Ivy? Not the most unique or interesting-looking plant, but dead-simple to grow, very hard to kill, and appropriately named.

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:21:21 -0800

What about a colored cactus? I saw a red and dark green that was almost black one somewhere...

By: 1f2frfbf

1f2frfbf — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:20:37 -0800

Thanks for the input folks.

mattbucher: I like your thinking, but those things require crazy amounts of time to keep up. I'm too lazy. You get an honorable mention best answer.

A little more info on why best answers are what they are: On the opposite side of the tree is this planter with a Wandering Jew, I was hoping for something to play off of the good/evil dichotomy.

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:45:07 -0800

That's weird. I have two hanging baskets with sweet potato vines coming out of them and they seem to require very little besides water now and then (and they grow like crazy!). Thanks, though, and good luck!

By: 1f2frfbf

1f2frfbf — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:53:41 -0800

D'oh. A little dizzy from the scrolling there. I meant Terminal Verbosity re: carnivorous plants with the honorable mention.

Yeah, sweet potato vines seem to be able to grow anywhere. I already have a preponderance of vines in my yard, however.

By: deborah

deborah — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:46:41 -0800

I think a Crown of Thorns would be .. well, ironic isn't exactly the right phrase, but I think you'll understand what I mean.

They can grow fairly big/tall but you could keep it trimmed into a bushy haircut.