A Fairy Garden is simply not a fairy garden without rules. I had the rare privilege of interviewing Queen Rose Ivy. I must say she is an exquisite creature to behold. Truly an inspiration. She shared with me some of the secrets among fairies, their feelings on these gardens, which humans continue to make. In the fairy kingdom Queen Rose Ivy has very strict opinions about what makes a garden a true garden. She said that she is pleased with the growing number of places which have been specifically suited to fairies. They congregate more to certain gardens than others. "So you are saying they have a preference?" I asked. "Oh yes." She giggled, "as do I"
These fairies are some of the most beautiful little things I've ever seen and they work magic in the gardens they attend. Come to find out, however, they can only work their magic in gardens who follow the fairy garden rules. The following is one of those such rules as well as some suggestions to follow.
Rule Number 1 A fairy garden is only classified as such when all the existing foliage and plant life is fully alive and growing.
"You wouldn't plant gigantic plastic plants in your garden would you!?" said Queen Rose Ivy, exasperated. I told her that we put dead moss and plastic plants in to look real. She all but detested the idea! After regained composure on the subject she helped me to understand the true meaning of the garden, to her and "In the name of all fairies everywhere"....
"The purpose of a garden is to breath it in, help the flowers to grow, buds to blossom and colors to change in coming seasons. We live off the plant life, it is our joy, our privileged our work and our right." She finished with a nod of the head.
Wow, Truly inspiring Queen Rose Ivy! So let's be considerate to the fairy kingdom and give them real growing flowers. This also gives us the satisfaction of seeing flowers bloom in spring, seeing colors change in fall, watching plants grow, pruning when needed. We thus get to continue to interact with our garden that we share with the fairies, and encourage it to grow.
There are several plants that are suitable and will certainly attract more fairies!
Plants such as the "Angel vine"
This, oh so Angelic vine has a gentleness and beauty to it that will bring magic and wonder to any fairy garden!
"Woolly thyme"
Woolly Thyme's soft fussy texture and lovely little purple buds will bring a cozy, homey feel to your garden. Keep these fast growers trimmed back to size in your little garden, they are vigorous growers. The fairy's really like to play with this one and make it bloom and grow quickly.
The majestic "Elf Spruce"
Elf Spruce is an absolutely stunning bit of existence in the garden and will provide shade for your fairies as well as a place to nestle and climb in. The fairies skin is a little bit more tough than ours so they can tolerate the pines, it's actually like a massage for them. Sometimes they may even nestle into an Elf Spruce tree for a good night sleep.
This majestic tree is ... well technically a bush which at it's very biggest will grow to be a grand total of one foot tall. It's a slow grower. The picture here is taken from twogreenthumbs.com I spoke with the ones who planted that incredible feature and they said it is about 15 years old.
So with patience and great love of your garden you can grow, truly a favorite among fairies!
A few more plant suggestions for you and your fairy friends:
"Babies Tears" (Soeirolia Soleirolii ... for clarification because babies tears could refer to several different, similar plants)
or "Golden Baby's Tears" (Soeirolia Soleirolii 'Aurea)
"English Daisy"
Thank you for Joining me today. This has been another nick at the Fairy Garden Revolution. Please join me next time for more on my thrilling interview with Fairy Queen Rose Ivy.
Grow gracefully fairy dwellers!
