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How to make a bromeliad bauble

How to turn plants into a living ornament. - by Graham Ross
  • 11 Jul 2019

Get more bang for your buck with this bromeliad bauble that is so simple to make yet will have a dramatic impact in your garden or on your balcony.

Gather your supplies

  • 2 hanging baskets with coir fibre liner
  • 2mm bonsai wire
  • 12 bromeliads
  • Sphagnum moss
  • Side cutters
  • Nail
  • Scissors
  • Cable ties (optional)

For you to note

Don’t use wire made from copper, galvanised steel or zinc. Aluminium wire is best. 

Here's how

Step 1 Remove chains from baskets and attach coir fibre liner to baskets with bonsai wire, using nail to poke holes in the liner for the wire.

Removing bromeliad from pot
Sue Ferris

Step 2 Remove bromeliads from their pots, shake off excess potting medium, leaving only bark/material attached to roots.

Step 3 Decide where you want your plants – 6 for each basket. Use nail to make holes in liners, then cut incisions the same size as the diameter of the bromeliads’ root balls with scissors.

Plant bromeliad in hanging basket
Sue Ferris

Step 4 Carefully poke bromeliad roots through to inside of baskets.

Step 5 Reattach the chains to one basket with bonsai wire or cable ties. Hang the top basket.

Add sphagnum moss to hanging basket
Sue Ferris

Step 6 Fill bottom basket with sphagnum moss and build a mound of the moss so it will fill the top basket.

Step 7 Attach bottom basket to top basket with bonsai wire or cable ties. Regularly turn ball upside down to ensure all plants get the same amount of sunshine and cups get equal amounts of water.

Bromeliad ball hanging baskets
Sue Ferris

For more garden projects, pick up a copy of the latest issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine in selected newsagents and supermarkets or buy online today!

Graham Ross
Graham Ross
Radio broadcaster and television gardening presenter, Graham Ross, has educated, entertained and inspired Australia’s gardening community and aspiring green thumbs during a career that has spanned more than 50 years.

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