Several months ago, I wrote a post about an impulse buy I’d made a local plant wholesaler – a sedum tile that was grown to be used as part of a green roof installation.
At the time, I really had no idea how I would end up using the sedum tile… I just knew I wanted to buy one because it seemed so versatile, with endless possibilities on how it could be used.
I thought I’d show you how I used my sedum tile, actually 2 sedum tiles, since I ending up buying another one!
My Possibility – A Sedum Bowl
A sedum bowl…understated, simple and elegant. But with a different container you could create a totally different look.
The client loved the first sedum bowl so much, she asked for another one so she would have a matching set for her outdoor living and entertaining space.
Here’s a container I planted for myself using some leftover scraps from the sedum tiles and a sempervivum for some contrast.
The Giveaway
Not longer after my original post was published, I was contacted by a regional grower of the sedum tiles, Kawasaki Greenhouses in Long Island, NY. They’d seen the post and were interested in promoting other uses for their Etera sedum tiles besides green roof installations.
The folks at Kawasaki Greenhouses have generously offered to let me give away one sedum tile to a lucky reader. All you have to do is post a comment with an idea on how you would use your sedum tile. I know you’re an innovative and imaginative bunch so please feel free to get creative.
I’ll chose a winner at random on Wednesday, October 10th and then Kawasaki Greenhouses will send a sedum tile directly to the lucky winner.
Good luck!
UPDATE – The contest has ended and we have a winner – Judy! Thanks to everyone who left a comment and entered the contest and also thanks again to the generous folks at Kawasaki Greenhouses.
There are a couple of rocky patches in our sloping lawn where grass won’t grow. i’d like to use these sedum tiles in those areas. i especially love the angelina.
thanks.
I would use the tile at our river property….it is glacial rock mostly, the things that I have gotten to grow, have only been with constant soil addition and amendments….but i would love the opportunity to give this a try!
Wow!!! I would love to win a sedum tile. I actually have a hanging moss ball that I’ve been wanting to plant – a very large one – but I haven’t been able to source something similar locally. And when I tried to start a mixed-succulent tile of my own, my chickens got into it one day when I wasn’t around and ate them all! So if I won, I’d finally plant my exciting moss ball and hang it in my garden. Great giveaway!!
I love the idea if using the sedum tile for an everyday planter. It would be great if the msnufacturer sold them to the public! Another idea for them is to have a video on their website with a PDF printout on how to create your own planter. People could mail in pics of their ideas on the website or Facebook .
Kathy
How exciting! I love sedum. How about a sedum roofed birdhouse.
I have seen a frame made about 3-4 inches deep and covered with hardware cloth, then filled with sooil and the sedum pklanted into the holes in the hardware cloth . Then after an initial period to get them growing it was hung on a wall as a living picture!
Have you seen that Pinterest project with the rain gutter in the middle of a long patio table to put ice and drinks in? How neat would it look if instead it had a sedum row. Like a built in tablescape that always looks lovely, and would be easy to see over to look at other diners!
I have just this year found a new love for succulents and have started a rock garden with them.
I have sedum AND ground squirrels so anything in the ground is considered lunch. Hence I have been rounding up bowls and flat planters to turn into sedum planters. This was an inspirational post. thank you.
Sedums and other succulents and cacti have surely become the IT plants…in danger of becoming cliche, but I love them anyway. The comments have revealed some fun ways to use them.
The sedum tiles would transform the surface of an unsightly low tree stump that is prominent in one of my garden beds. I would cover the stump with garden soil then add a thin layer of coco mat to help hold the soil, repeat those two layers and then add the sedum. The colors and textures in combination with the natural bark and moss should transform an eye sore into a great year round focal point!
If it’s big enough, I could stick one of these on top of my chicken coop to help trap in the heat.
i would love to make myself a sedum ball. I made one for my mother and she loves it. I also love succulents in containers because they require so little care and look great!
I would use it for vertical gardening! or to cover slopes!
I have been filling a bare spot in my front yard with various sedum. I love the texture.
If I won the sedum tile I would use it to start a green roof on my bird feeder.
I would love to win a sedum tile! I just put in a gravel garden this year using drought-tolerant plants, and I’m sure all the great sedums in this tile would look right at home growing there!
I have a bed around my mailbox that is in the sun constantly. Nothing wants to grow there except weeds partly because my hose won’t reach clear out there and my time is so limited. I’d split up the tile and space it around the mailbox so the mailman has something pretty to look at when he delivers the mail
Sedums are my favorite, unfortunately I live in Fargo ND and it is snowing today. I would definitely come up with an idea so that I could take it in the house for the winter. How about a living picture to hang?
I would like to use the sedum tile between the steps off the deck or hang it on the side of the deck like a wall hanging
I would put the sedum tile right into the rock garden and large flat rocks interspaced into my rock garden so that my family would see it when we came home everyday.
I am a big sedum and succulent fan. They are just beautiful. My mother recently gave me an old and rather large stainless steel colander. I think the sedum would do well there since it’s got built-in drainage.
Sometimes baby birds bake to death inside bird houses in very hot weather. If there were enough nesting trees, the nests would be cool and protected inside trees. But there are not enough nesting sites left, so we create bird nesting boxes. Would a sedum tile roof perhaps add a natural cooling element?
I would cut strips to fit all my window sills.
I would use them to fill an old Butler’s Sink that has been sitting empty for a while
First, I would use large sections to plant the edges of a flagstone walkway where little to no foot traffic would actually touch it, then fill the interior gap with thyme and other ground covers that would tolerate the traffic.
Second, I think it could be used in a table top mini water feature, stream in the middle over small gravel, the mixed sedum along the edges like a forest.
If I was designing I think the tiles could be quite useful as a large scale ground cover where the geometric shape would have value in the design.
These tiles would work great in my brick walkway in my garden. I would remove a couple of bricks and add the succulent mats cut to size to add a decorative look tomthe walkway.
We like to try different plants and thing in our gardens. Any thing we dont have or have not tried is always welcome.
Thank You,
John
I have a very sunny spot in the kitchen, perfect for sedum. I would plant it in a box
and hang it on the wall!
I would use it for a Green Roof on a Birdhouse