Nature can be replicated in miniature by making Tray landscapes. By selecting plants with smaller leaves, stones/rocks/pebbles/sand etc, one can create beautiful tray landscapes. These days, wide and shallow ceramic trays are available in markets. These come handy in making tray landscapes. More than gardening skills, one needs artistic disposition.
When ceramic trays are used for tray landscaping, the tray does not merge in to the landscape; as it stands out. To make a tray landscape without ceramic tray, I used asbestos cement sheet on which assorted rocks were fixe with very little cement. So it was as if no trays were used. Such tray landscapes look very natural.
To make the landscape realistic, one must choose plants with smaller leaves. Plants with large leaves would make it unrealistic. Alternanthera, Baby tears (Helxine soleirolii), Pilea species, dwarf Coleus, Callisia repens, Sedum makinoi, Sedum mexicanum, Acalypha wilkesiana Godseffiana 'Compacta', Ophiopogon japonicus nana, Bubble plant, Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides and varieties compact of Polyscias are most suitable for tray landscapes.
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| Island created with plastic putty |
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| Tray size about 25 x 15 cm |
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| Waterfall made with submersible mini pump |
When ceramic trays are used for tray landscaping, the tray does not merge in to the landscape; as it stands out. To make a tray landscape without ceramic tray, I used asbestos cement sheet on which assorted rocks were fixe with very little cement. So it was as if no trays were used. Such tray landscapes look very natural.
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| Made with rocks cemented on asbestos cement sheet |
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| Made with rocks cemented on asbestos cement sheet |
To make the landscape realistic, one must choose plants with smaller leaves. Plants with large leaves would make it unrealistic. Alternanthera, Baby tears (Helxine soleirolii), Pilea species, dwarf Coleus, Callisia repens, Sedum makinoi, Sedum mexicanum, Acalypha wilkesiana Godseffiana 'Compacta', Ophiopogon japonicus nana, Bubble plant, Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides and varieties compact of Polyscias are most suitable for tray landscapes.
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