I solely have 3 head vases, I don’t exit of my method to acquire them, however have inherited these. After studying up on them I discovered they had been used for floral preparations within the 50’s and 60’s. The one on the fitting was my mother’s and he or she remembers that she obtained it from her mother stuffed with flowers when one in all my brothers was born within the late 50’s. Now it’s much more particular to me. I’ve additionally found that there’s a head vase conference. Many individuals acquire these and one woman has upwards of 3000 in her assortment. Wow! (I do acquire houseplants, so I get it.) Within the 70’s their reputation waned and never many had been made after that. I see that there’s soil residue in mine so folks additionally put houseplants in them. I’ve by no means planted something in them. They sit on a shelf and stare off into area.
Three vintage head vases
Quick ahead to 2017 and new head vases are on the scene. I purchased my first one at Goal not too way back and I like it. It states on the underside it’s a planter/pencil cup. Whether it is for use as a planter, (which after all at my home, it’s), it must have a gap drilled within the backside. It’s porcelain, so the way it that completed? A diamond tipped drill bit is one of the best ways I’ve discovered to drill a gap in pots with out one. Masonry bits work however it’s a a lot slower course of.
When utilizing the diamond tipped drill bit, the container being drilled into must have water working on it to maintain the bit and container cool. I often drill the pot within the sink so I can run water on it whereas I’m drilling. I put a towel down to verify the perimeters of the pot don’t get broken. This pot took a very long time to drill. As you may see from the plug, it was a really thick pot. After I’m completed, earlier than planting, I add a bit of display screen to maintain the soil in and let the water out. If you do not need to drill a gap in any container, it may be used as a cachepot (pronounced cash-po). It’s a French phrase which implies “cover a pot”. Hold your plant in its utilitarian grower’s pot and place it within the cachepot. After watering, drain the cachepot, by no means permitting your plant to face in water.
I put many alternative crops within the vase simply to indicate you ways totally different crops look in it. The “hair do” adjustments. If you happen to use a tillandsia such because the xerographica within the first image, you wouldn’t must drill a gap. It simply rests on prime of the vase. I additionally tried a rabbit’s foot fern (Davallia fejeensis), the holly fern (Cyrtomium falcatum), a mini Boston fern (nephrolepis), and a succulent (gasteraloe). I left the gasteraloe in it.
I purchased one other head vase at a market and used the rabbit’s foot fern in it. This specific one is available in a smaller dimension, as properly. My daughter has it and there’s a tillandsia in it.
Rabbit’s foot fern residing within the head vase.
The 2 trendy head vases
Under are the 1950’s vases and the 2017 vases. What a distinction, however they’re each nonetheless fantastic in my view. Do you’ve got any head vases? Outdated or new? And what do you plant in them? Please remark under!
1950’s and 2017
I assumed I’d throw on this final image. I noticed this yesterday on a backyard stroll. Head planters are on the market and are able to be planted with something you assume would make your “hair do” one of the best.
A head vase stuffed with wooly thyme on a backyard stroll
Three vintage head vases
Quick ahead to 2017 and new head vases are on the scene. I purchased my first one at Goal not too way back and I like it. It states on the underside it’s a planter/pencil cup. Whether it is for use as a planter, (which after all at my home, it’s), it must have a gap drilled within the backside. It’s porcelain, so the way it that completed? A diamond tipped drill bit is one of the best ways I’ve discovered to drill a gap in pots with out one. Masonry bits work however it’s a a lot slower course of.
When utilizing the diamond tipped drill bit, the container being drilled into must have water working on it to maintain the bit and container cool. I often drill the pot within the sink so I can run water on it whereas I’m drilling. I put a towel down to verify the perimeters of the pot don’t get broken. This pot took a very long time to drill. As you may see from the plug, it was a really thick pot. After I’m completed, earlier than planting, I add a bit of display screen to maintain the soil in and let the water out. If you do not need to drill a gap in any container, it may be used as a cachepot (pronounced cash-po). It’s a French phrase which implies “cover a pot”. Hold your plant in its utilitarian grower’s pot and place it within the cachepot. After watering, drain the cachepot, by no means permitting your plant to face in water.
I put many alternative crops within the vase simply to indicate you ways totally different crops look in it. The “hair do” adjustments. If you happen to use a tillandsia such because the xerographica within the first image, you wouldn’t must drill a gap. It simply rests on prime of the vase. I additionally tried a rabbit’s foot fern (Davallia fejeensis), the holly fern (Cyrtomium falcatum), a mini Boston fern (nephrolepis), and a succulent (gasteraloe). I left the gasteraloe in it.
I purchased one other head vase at a market and used the rabbit’s foot fern in it. This specific one is available in a smaller dimension, as properly. My daughter has it and there’s a tillandsia in it.
Rabbit’s foot fern residing within the head vase.
The 2 trendy head vases
Under are the 1950’s vases and the 2017 vases. What a distinction, however they’re each nonetheless fantastic in my view. Do you’ve got any head vases? Outdated or new? And what do you plant in them? Please remark under!
1950’s and 2017
I assumed I’d throw on this final image. I noticed this yesterday on a backyard stroll. Head planters are on the market and are able to be planted with something you assume would make your “hair do” one of the best.
A head vase stuffed with wooly thyme on a backyard stroll