A FLOWER TOWER
Winter has some super colourful flowers.
Pretty much any colour you might want! Cheer up your outdoors by planting some flowers in pots. Or you could get really carried away and make a flower tower. Make it double decker, triple decker or higher!
You will need:
• Pots of different sizes. Measure the diameter of your pots and allow at least 6cm difference between each pot for planting space.
• Potting mix with slow release fertiliser mixed in. • Flower seedlings - we allowed a ‘six-pack’ punnet of pansies for each layer. You could also use herbs or little succulents.
1 Choose a sunny place for your flower tower. Remember, it might be tricky to move when it’s done.
2 Fill the biggest pot about three quarters full with potting mix. Take the next biggest pot and push it down into the middle to mark where it will sit. Take it out and plant your seedlings evenly around the edge of the biggest pot. Add more potting mix around their roots as you go. The top of the roots should sit 1 or 2 cm below the rim of the pot.
3 Make a small hollow in the middle of the potting mix and firmly push the next pot into it, making sure that it is sitting firmly and level in the middle.
4 Fill the next pot with potting mix and plant around the edge as before… and so on (you might have up to six pots).
5 Plant the smallest pot and place it on top, then water carefully with a watering can.