In October, I made my first hypertufa troughs from a mix of peat moss, perlite, Portland cement, and water. Extremely durable once they set up, the resulting containers look similar to carved stone.

Garden troughs are seen in all the best places. Designed to mimic antique stone containers, many troughs in Atlanta gardens are made from hypertufa: a mixture of Portland cement, peat moss and perlite ...

• How to make Hypertufa troughs: http://www.botanicgardens.org/blog/how-make-simple-hypertufa-trough. • Plant Select Design Gallery: plantselect.org/design/design ...

Once you get past their odd name, the homemade faux-stone planters known as hypertufa containers have a place in any garden and make for a perfect spring project. About as easy (or hard) to make as ...

Rough stone containers in the garden give the appearance of old age with their weathered look. But if these chipped, mossy and worn planters, known as troughs or sinks, are made of hypertufa, their ...

NORTH BEND — Southwestern Oregon Chapter of the American Rhododendron member Ron Prchal will be demonstrating a technique for turning Styrofoam containers into hypertufa trough planters. Planters can ...

The name comes from “tufa,” a porous, lightweight, soft rock. It’s easy to gouge out a planting pocket that can be filled with potting soil and hens-and-chicks or other sedums. Let time put a patina ...

I'VE NEVER THOUGHT of myself as someone who's into miniature worlds, but, looking back, I was admittedly obsessed with my dollhouse. Then came my late-'90s terrarium phase, when I coaxed tiny tropical ...

As the succulent craze continues, the architectural plants are making designer appearances in pots, terrariums, wall planting systems, even bride's bouquets. Low-water succulents are especially ...

Alpine plants are the jewels of the plant world. Beautiful but small, these plants grow best in a habitat that most resembles their native one. Most are at home nestled between rocky crags. No rocky ...