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    flowers grown on trees

    I was wondering if there were any that could be 'planted' on trees? Like orchids but I'm guessing it's too cold here for that.

    There's some nooks on my fruit trees that would be perfect plant pots for something. Any ideas would be appreciated!
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    Struggling to come up with anything beyond mistletoe, which isn’t much of a flower.

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    • #3
      easy enough to grow flowers through trees like clematis for example, not sure that there's anything you can grow in a tree in this country that wont damage it.

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      • #4
        What your asking is a bunch of epiphytes

        Not sure if any of the orchids and bromeliads would be hardy enough in the UK. They tend to be grown indoors.

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        • #5
          What about trying a little Sedum? Dunno if it would work but they seem to grow on next to nothing??? Golden Sedum would look pretty!

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          • #6
            Or Houseleeks - though they don't often flower.

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            • #7
              Personally I'd leave it to nature. Birds or bugs might want to turn those nooks into homes. Or nature will plant them up for you.

              Black currant growing out of one holly

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              Rowan growing out of the other holly

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              • #8
                Spider plants are pretty hard to kill off even indoors so could quite easily spend the summer up a tree! Some house plants and all of the hardy annuals plus from now on the half hardy annuals would thrive in the vee of a tree as long as they were watered regularly. It could cause the tree to rot in this location though!
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                • #9
                  rotting tree - no, not a wanted outcome!

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                  • #10
                    wouldn't the roots eventually cause problems? probably killing the original?

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                      Or Houseleeks - though they don't often flower.
                      don't need flowers! - and I never heard of houseleeks but I just googled it and it's what I saw in Canada and they come back from extreme snow every year so if I can get them here, I'll definitely get them - even if not for the tree.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Ognen09 View Post
                        What about trying a little Sedum? Dunno if it would work but they seem to grow on next to nothing??? Golden Sedum would look pretty!
                        never heard of sedum either, but they sound good too. i'll keep an eye out for them.

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                        • #13
                          Grow a Hanging basket tree as I have!

                          You did say ANY ideas.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Jay-ell View Post
                            What your asking is a bunch of epiphytes

                            Not sure if any of the orchids and bromeliads would be hardy enough in the UK. They tend to be grown indoors.

                            Queens Tears - Billbergia nutans (nutans means droopy flowers)
                            Fasicularia bicolour
                            yep, I'd love to have orchid-like things, but I did think the climate would disagree with them. shame.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Mitzi View Post
                              Struggling to come up with anything beyond mistletoe, which isn’t much of a flower.
                              they looked great when I saw them in Japan, but I'd like my fruit trees to be healthy so not chancing mistletoe!

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