Peter Goddard wrote in message ...
Back in the sixties my Mother had a bottle garden in a large glass
Carboy.
She had it for many years and never had to water, feed or maintain it.

I managed to buy a carboy for a fiver at the local car boot sale and
now
hope to recreate the bottle garden. Does anyone have any suggestions
for
suitable plants? Or any tips (other than forgetting the bottle garden
and
making booze in it....)


I've found my trusty houseplant book from the 1970s which has a chapter on
bottle gardens. It gives long lists of plants for terraria, broken down
into tropical, woodland/temperate and bog terraria.

The list for tropical is: asparagus densiflorus sprengeri; begonia boweri;
chamaedorea elegans; chlorophytum bichetii; cissus antartica; cordyline
terminalis lilliput; dizygotheca elegantissima; ficus pumila; fittonia
verschaffeltii; maranta leuconeura; nephrolepsis exaltata; pepeomia;
pellionia; pellaea rotundifolia; pilea; podocarpus macrophyluss;
saintpaulia; saxifraga stolonifera; selaginella; and syngonium.

If you need the common names, it lists those alongside the Latin. Also
gives loads of tips, soil mixtures, etc. Give me a shout if you need more.

Regards,