12 Faery Plants for Your Garden (2024)

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12 Faery Plants for Your Garden? ›

To create a natural fairy garden, use plants that reflect light, such as moss and miniature flowers.

To create a natural fairy garden, use plants that reflect light, such as moss and miniature flowers.

Another Welsh legend explains why foxgloves bend and sway so gracefully. It has nothing to do with the wind, but that as the flower is sacred to the fairies, it has the power of recognising them, and indeed all spiritual beings who pass by, and that it bows in deference to them as they waft along.

Fairy plants are miniaturized versions of common house plants and gosh-darn it they are adorable! They are wonderful for terrariums and small spaces. Because of their size they make a perfect gift for the office or as a small house-warming gift.

Fairy Wings is a common name for Epimedium, a genus of flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae. These hardy and dependable plants with heart-shaped leaves and sprays of tiny dancing fairy flowers in May have a number of common names.

Essentially, fairy gardens—also called enchanted gardens—are minuscule plots that include live plants, flowers, mushrooms, tiny statues, darling trinkets, and other mini accessories such as furniture, fountains, or swings. They're constructed indoors or out, and you don't need to spend a lot of money to create one.

Mandrake—also known as mandragora—is one of the most magical plants, known even to those who don't dabble in magical arts.

Thyme is an herb that not only attracts fairies, but also allows humans to see them when worn. You can plant Red Creeping Thyme, Elfin Thyme, and Wooly Thyme as ground cover, and Lemon Thyme around any hollowed-out logs you may have placed.

Pennisetum Fairy Tales. This introduction is clumping, with soft, blue-green foliage topped by vertical foxtails that are showy from April well into fall. Flower plumes emerge iridescent creamy pink and dry to an attractive tan color.

Which two things do most fairy gardens have? ›

“The basic elements of a fairy garden are miniature plants, fairies and their friends [like dogs, cats and ducks] and accessories,” says Bawden-Davis. “Accessories run the gamut, from tiny watering pails to little rakes and hoes to birdbaths, benches, gazebos and gazing globes.

Rocks—fairies are attracted to all kinds of shiny stones like agate, quartz, or crystal. Use them to decorate your garden and give the little ones a place to sit. Shiny things—fairies love to look at their reflection, so include shiny things like a mirror or a dish of water in your garden design.

It's a fun hobby that some people take to incredible levels, creating miniature worlds full of minute details that capture your attention and make you smile. Creating an outdoor fairy garden is a fun way to “play” in the garden. It's also a way to have a compact garden in small areas.

For most types of fairy gardens a standard soil recipe is two parts commercial soil, one part peat moss or compost. Never use soil excavated from your outside garden as container plants are pickier and that dirt might be prone to weeds. Fill the container halfway with the soil mixture and get ready to plant.