You’d think, with all the McCoy Pottery pieces I own, I’d use one of the planters as an actual planter.
Nope.
Most everything is on display, scattered throughout the house.
Then I rooted a bit of Pothos and found myself immediately thinking about running to the store for a little terracotta pot.
Wait a minute. Hold on.
I love this planter and I own two of them. Why not use one for the plant and have one on display?
Yes, I know it’s a wacky idea to actually use one’s pottery collection. But why the heck not?
I exaggerate a bit here. I plop flowers into my McCoy vases all the time.
I have another bit of Pothos rooting at the moment. A long stem had apparently broken off the mother plant, which is in the bathroom, and my husband had tossed it in the waste basket.
I’m not kidding.
Thankfully, my speedy rescue resulted in yet another piece of pothos taking root in a mason jar and that one will eventually join the other in the McCoy pot.
Signing off,
The Pothos Whisperer.
Linking to Elaine’s Sunny Simple Sunday.
Happy Sunday.
Use that pottery! Looks lovely.
The pothos looks wonderful in the McCoy pot, and of course, I can relate! I don’t plant directly into my pots either, but just set potted plants inside with plastic trays. I love mother-in-law tongue and it likes to be root bound, and I’m always concerned the pots will crack. Do you remember me writing about my hubby drilling a hole into a McCoy pot? (: gotta love ’em!
I like the pothos whisperer. And it looks so pretty in that McCoy vase too! So much prettier than a regular terra cotta pot. This gives it real character.
Brenda
I would have thought the same but, hey it looks great and made me smile!
The sun is shining. Have a great Sunday :)
xxx Liz
It’s a good idea to use the McCoy pot. And of course we rescue broken off pieces. :-)
Very pretty McCoy, I can see why you collect it.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
Claudia – The piece of McCoy you chose was perfect. The color and all. I just LOVE McCoy. It is so pretty. We would be dangerous shopping together! ha However, most of the McCoy I have bought wasn’t all that expensive. I’ve been collecting it probably 25 years and it was relatively inexpensive when I started. So now, I just buy a piece if it is very cheap or a very unusual piece. When you have as much as you and I do, you have to use restraint at some point, right? WRONG.
Have a great day!
Judy
I like it when people use their collections – otherwise it’s like saving the good dishes for the kids to put in an estate sale ;). I have the exact pot and it holds my makeup brushes so it makes me happy every day!
Claudia, you are a trouble maker….I just remembered that I have a McCoy wishing well planter somewhere around here and have a couple of plants that need to be trimmed for cuttings! Thanks for reminding me….Now, can you tell me just where the wishing well is hiding?
Pothos Whisperer! Ha! I love it.
I have a tiny little pothos in my bathroom…it just isn’t growing like I want it too. If I boxed it and shipped it to you…You could Whisper something to it and then maybe it would grow!
Maybe my pothos is jealous of your pothos…as it is only living in a cheap made in china specimen of pottery. :) Pat
By all means, use the pottery. The plant looks happy.
Love that you admit to being a pothos whisperer! Nice to see you use your collection too! I talk to all my plants all the time…does that make me a plant whisperer?
You are the official pothos rescuer. And, your McCoy pot is just the perfect new home for it. Pothos is a great plant, isn’t it? I’ve got several around the house.
I have been having a devil of a time getting your blog back up on my blogroll.
: ( Kris
Kris, do you mean your blogroll or your Reader?
Years ago, you could find McCoy pots at garage sales…they were mostly caked with potting soil or sitting there holding a simple houseplant. I don’t think that people appreciated these pots.
My 90 yr old neighbor had a huge collection above the cupboards in her kitchen. Her kids were going to just send it to good will. I spoke up and told them of the value on those shelves and they reconsidered. She had pieces that were so old…very interesting collection. She had a little McCoy Christmas tree that she left out all year.
I have some McCoy planters too and they are pieces of art to me and filling them with dirt fills me with a little dread. I imagine once I did it and the plant was established and pretty I would get over it. Why not use what we love just as you have done?
Happy Sunday Claudia, I think your pothos looks beautiful in your special planter.. You get double duty out of your McCoy pieces when you put a lovely plant in them.. I’m glad you found the extra piece in the trash.
I know some folks don’t use their beautiful sterling silver except for special occasions. It should be used and loved.. Why keep it in a silver keeper and not see it..
Why not use your McCoy pieces for the purpose they are intended.. We only live once. Might as well use our “pretties” and enjoy them..
I am a cookie jar collector and have several McCoy cooky jars.. I have one or two Brush McCoy ones.. I think I found them in Brimfield years ago.. Just love them.. The older pieces were made so sturdy and colorful.
Have a wonderful week ahead.
Charlotte
The Pothos Whisperer… he he he. I used to always have pothos in the house. Haven’t for years, but maybe I should again. Those things are bullet proof! Love it in your McCoy too. Can’t go wrong there! :)
I like when the things I collect get used (without damage of course) it’s nice that such a beautiful object is in its useful role again!
Pothos is great, I used to have lots of it in my room when I was a teen, it’s pretty much indestructible even with minimal care and such a grateful plant when looked after well. I don’t have any at the moment but your post reminded me how much I used to like their variegated colours – I think I’ll get one again!
Love the pot!!! I haven’t had any greenery in the house for many years..Cats….
The pothos whisperer–haha! You’re so funny, Claudia! Love it! xo Jennifer
You truly are the Pothos Whisperer – even here in Kansas!
Here’s my long story…. Last November I went to an estate sale and found a nice large plant for my hubby’s office….paid a whopping $2.50 for it on 1/2 price day. That next weekend we went to my hubby’s office to find the appropriate place for it. In his office, there was a bud vase with a green “can’t kill me” plant (which I’m sure is a pothos) rooting in it that one of his co-workers had rescued for him. I decided that I would just take that green rooted stem home – and plant it. As is typical of me, when we got home, I put the vase & stem on a cluttered shelf in my laundry room and forgot it. I’ve barely noticed it in the past 10 1/2 months! After reading your post, I immediately went to my laundry room and discovered that Pothos has tons and tons of roots sitting in just a trace of water! There is one green leaf. I immediately filled that vase with water and will now provide some TLC. When I think it is ready to go, it will find a majestic home in one of my McCoy pots that would love to serve for what it was intended! And when I look at that “Pothos in McCoy” in the future – I’ll remember you, Claudia, the Pothos Whisperer! :)
I do love a little Pothos in my planters also!!!
In the trash??? Whew, thank goodness you found it before it was too late. I have always loved McCoy planters. I am glad yours is showing off with a new plant :)
Hugs,
Laura
Hi Claudia, As you may know I have several McCoy pots from my grandmother and mom, mostly basketweave pattern, and over the years I have used and abused them! I originally received some of them from my mom when I went off to college because she was storing them in the garage in a bin, unused and unwanted. Of course I have grown to love them. I use them for many purposes, including popping a pot into one for temporary color, or inserting a glass jar filled with flowers. But, please remember if you plant directly into them that minerals from the soil and water will leach out. It is very difficult to clean the pots later if you leave the soil for a long time. (We have a well, and I’m thinking you may have one too, where you live.) Some of my pots have white deposits on them which I cannot remove. So use your pots, but carefully! And remember that displaying them IS using them. It’s not like putting silverware in a drawer or fine china in a cabinet.
On another note ~~ I was at a wordpress “class” last week ~~ I knew more than the teacher and what I know could fit into this dot . It was very frustrating, especially when he told me blogger blogs cannot be transferred to wordpress, and pages at the top cannot contain links to your previous posts. All I could think of is “Claudia should be teaching this!!!” I guess it’s true that you get what you pay for, and this was a free class at the library. :)
Linda
That planter is so pretty, Claudia. I love the color and the Pothos looks beautiful in it. Thank goodness you were quick on the trigger saving that stem! I have a pothos that’s ages old but it’s getting very leggy. I’ve wanted to clip it and root the trailers to make it a bit bushier. You’ve given me confidence to try it, now. Wish me luck!
I’ve got to get me a Pothos plant. I love all of your collections…and it’s nice to use the planter…I’ve been really trying to do more of that myself around here, now that I moved my studio space downstairs, I have more room to play around with up here!
Ciao Bella
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