Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Spruce / Sanja Kostic Hypertufa planters bring the look of stone into your garden without all the weight of rocks.

When I was a kid, troughs were for horses. Now when I say "trough," I'm not talking about the large, galvanized metal watering holes. I'm talking about the rugged-looking, cement-based containers that ...

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.

I was starting to like this.There I was, up to the elbows in a mixture of Portland cement, sand, peat moss and water, mixing it up and kneading it like bread dough. Or Play-Doh. Or mud pies. I was ...

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 ...

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Robber barons of the 19th and 20th centuries impressed their peers with stately homes, elaborate greenery -- and ornamental statuary carved from tufa, a calcium carbonate rock. Even if you don't have ...

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 ...

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