Post #238318 by nuimaleko on Sat, Jun 17, 2006 1:21 PM

Thanks. I was a landscaper too, although I am retired now. I hung my tiki masks, from Island Madness and the Tiki garden sign that I made last year on the walls of the patio and moved three tiki torches out there and now I am less concerned about the pots. Most of my plants are doing great(although it has just hit 100 degrees for the first time this year and that may stress some of them). I have two 50 gallon plastic trash cans that have large plants in them, a mimosa tree in one and a large brugmansia in the other. I painted them South Seas blue, four years ago when I put the plants in them, but now they are cracking and peeling. They were a major concern to me, but I came up with the same idea, put potted trailing plants in them and let the trailing plants cover most of the peeled areas. The peeling is mostly around the lip anyway. I am going to use star jasmine, since it grows well in sun and shade, gives great fragrance in April,May and June and is evergreen and will cover the spotty paint all the time. As for the smaller pots, I may try my hand at painting eventually, using my tapa cloth as a guide, maybe just doing a 6 inch or 1 gallon pot first and working up from there.
I spilled white primer on the concrete floor of the patio 4 years ago when I was painting the trash cans and have never been able to get rid of it. I was planning on painting the whole floor to cover it, but have decided to put some coco fiber door mats over the spots for this year. It is too hot during the day to paint out there now. LOL
The only other thing that bugs me is a blank wall. I am looking for a bamboo trellis to put on it, but Target has sold out of most of the tiki stuff they had earlier in the year so I don't know where to get it now. If I can't find what I want I will do as I have in the past and make a trellis out of twine on nails in the wall and plant morning glory and moon flowers on it.
Anyway thanks to everyone for their suggestions and input.