Here's a hopefully fun challenge .... what to plant in...

[ErrolTheDragon]

...A dachshund-shaped planter like this one:

https://www.audenza.com/dachshund-dog-outdoor-planter

She's pretty much the size of a standard dachshund (example below) and has one small drainage hole on her tummy, I'm not sure it would be possible to drill more.

DH bought her for me as a surprise to cheer me up last year, which she certainly did when I unwrapped her (I don't usually guffaw for 10 minutes) but as we were isolating even re garden centres I had nothing suitable to plant in her so she's languished in the garage.

Now with the prospect of being able to freely choose on the horizon, I'm pondering what to put in her. Should I go for full-on ridiculous or something more subtle? Should I risk drilling more holes or will lots of crocks suffice?

How funny. I'm planting up my sausage dog wicker planter today!

Aww...

Are you doing houseplants? I'm slightly tempted to bung up the hole and fill her up with the silly number of spider plant babies I've got on a windowsill... but nowhere to put her inside.

I reckon fill the bottom quarter with gravel for drainage, and plant houseleeks in the top.

you need to be careful the plants aren't too big, as they will hide her.
I think a splash of colour down her back would be nice.

I am also a big fan of planting once and enjoying all summer. So I would get some of the small bedding plants that look like petunias but are tiny flowers. Or some buzzie Lizzies which a a bit upright, so won't flop down and hide her tummy.

I'd been wondering about both those types of thing... at the moment tending to the half hound, half hedgehog look although a mass of of summer colour would be nice too.