Hardy shrub for a pot / pet ashes

[little0miss0mac]

Our lovely old cat Bertie died this week and in a rash moment at the vet's, we decided to have his ashes returned to us.

We're likely to move house in the next couple of years so rather than scatter him in the garden we'd like to put the ashes in a large pot and plant a nice shrub in it, so it's portable.

Can anyone suggest a suitable, hardy and relatively indestructible plant? We're in balmy London and already have various pots in the garden - eg hydrangea, geraniums, rose, yuccas (30 years old!), azalea. Looking for some inspiration....

Thanks!

I’m so sorry, I lost my Bertie too . Evergreen buddleja? It would attract a lot of life to it in the summer.

Thanks @Fluffycloudland77 - sorry to hear that.

Not keen on buddleias - they are just scrappy railway siding plants in my mind, though I know they're great for insects. I did try one once but it just ended up very gangling, unfortunately...

My mums ashes and our dog are in a huge terracotta pot in the garden. I did try bushes but they kept dying on me.

So this year I threw on some cheap "bee loving" mixed seeds and I must admit it was surprisingly beautiful as it was a surprise each time something grew and bloomed as they all came up at different times and heights. Some were HUGE but the honey bees went mad for them all. And the smell from some of them... so lovely!

The pot is too huge for me to move so I think I'm going to do the same thing next spring with the seeds I've collected from my favourite blooms.

Not bad for a 99p seed mix :)

Nice idea! Liking the sound of it for flowerbeds too..., even if not in a pot