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the entire container gets thoroughly watered and fed.

Tip; Gently saturating the top layer of soil with a spray bottle will help in keeping the topsoil from floating away when soaking the dish.

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Now that you're all set up, try adding a tiny door or maybe even a patio set to the garden. Don't forget your fairies need a place to live (mine prefer the gnarled privet trees' trunk), so, get creative and soon you'll be seeing tiny fairy smiling faces!

- - Possible plants list. Some of these plants are harder to grow than others, some are larger or smaller. Please, research each plant before incorporating it into your fairy garden.

Herbs

*Corsican Mint *Oregano *Creeping Thyme- Thymus *Germander- Chamaedrys Germander *Thyme- 'Elfin' Thymus praecox _____

Cacti-Succulents (these plants may not appreciate the added silica-try planting them in their own pots if the garden is large enough)

*Birdfoot Cactus- Escobaria minima *Hester's Foxtail Cactus- Escobaria hesteri *Lee's Dwarf Snowball Cactus, Escobaria sneedii subsp. leei *Beehive Cactus- Escobaria vivipara *Cob Cactus- Escobaria dasyacantha *Escobaria- Escobaria vivipara var. kaibabensis *Bukiniczia- Bukiniczia cabulica *Sedum multiceps (Miniature Joshua Tree) *'Angelina' Sedum rupestre (great for faking potted conifers)

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Alpine type plants

*Delosperma album *Delosperma cooperi 'Mesa Verde' *Delosperma dyeri 'Psdold' *Delosperma sphalmanthoides *Delosperma nubigenum *Pleiospilos nelii *Oscularia deltoides

*Aloe- 'Harry Butterfield' Aloe *Haworthia- Haworthia cooperi *Cathedral Window Haworthia- Haworthia cymbiformis

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Shrubs

*Dwarf Firethorn- 'Low Dense' Pyracantha koidzumii *Miniature Rose- Rosa *Alpine Geranium- Erodium reichardii *Alpine Bilberry- Vaccinium uliginosum *Pink Star Grass- Rhodohypoxis milloides

_____ Mosses

*Alpine Club Moss- Lycopodium alpinum *Kyoto Moss- Leptobryum pyriforme *Spanish Moss- Tillandsia usneoides (try adding it to your trees and trimming with scissors.) *Club Moss- 'Rainbow' Selaginella martensii *White Cushion Moss- Leucobryum glaucum *Irish Moss- Pearlwort Sagina subulata

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Grasses/Grass Type Plants

*Dwarf Mondo Grass- 'Nana' Ophiopogon japonicus *Dwarf Fountain Grass- 'Little Bunny' Pennisetum alopecuroides *Buffalo Grass- 'Variegatum' Stenotaphrum secundatum *Sedge Horsetail- Equisetum scirpoides var. striatum

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