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Color in our Garden Pots and Containers
Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:49 pm Every year we want to expand the look of our containers - be flexible. Rearrange the plants in your containers with the seasons. Enjoy your early Spring violets and narcissus and then of course petunias and dusty miller in the Summer and end off the season with coleus - the superstar of the Fall planters. This blog entry has been viewed 236 times
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A Light Backdrop with Containers
Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:15 pm Do you have an area that is very plain, ie. side of a shed or ordinary fence/wall in the background? A simple solution for providing more interest is to create a complex arrangement of forms and colors using different sized planters and pots. The uninteresting wall will set off the interesting plantings of foliage, flowers and trailers. This blog entry has been viewed 191 times
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Create Interest in your Garden with Containers
Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:53 pm There always seem to be some places in your garden that you would like to brighten up a bit - there is a way - just nestle garden planters or garden urns with bright annuals and place among your duller plants in the bed. Just keep watering your containers during the season and pinch off as required. Use slow release fertilizer that lasts all Season. This blog entry has been viewed 253 times
Why Add a Focal Point to Your Garden
Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:52 pm Whether you are designing your garden, deck, patio or balcony, the purpose of a focal point is to attract attention to a specific area. This is where the planter, container or garden pot will do the trick. They can be planted and replanted with colorful, attractive plants and easily moved to the area you would like to highlight. This blog entry has been viewed 248 times
Shade Tolerant Window Box Planter
Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:18 pm You can easily brighten up a dark corner by filling your window box container with textural trailing plants that mix greens with wonderful jolts of color. Perhaps you have a garage or shed that could use some brightening up over the summer months. How about filling with Angel Wings (Caladium bicolor), then some single pink impatiens with a double red impatiens accent, finished off with variegated English ivy. Looks great! This blog entry has been viewed 602 times
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Save Money Again with Container Gardening
Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:58 pm One more way to save money when using your garden planters and containers is to take cuttings from your chrysanthemum plants as they grow in the Spring . Cut 3" tips from the stems with a sharp knife and place them into your potting mix with sand in a small pot. Replant into larger pots in the Fall and then of course, into the garden for next season. This blog entry has been viewed 229 times
Money Saving Idea for Containers
Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:32 pm One great way to fill all those garden planters and containers is with perennials that you have decided to split in the Spring. Perhaps your garden is overgrown and many of your plants would be most suitable for pots and containers. When the season is over in the Fall, just replant back into the garden. This blog entry has been viewed 262 times
Money Saving Container Ideas
Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:10 pm Just take a packet of seeds, they can be marigolds, petunias or sweet alyssum all the same color or mixed variety and plant in your 12" pot or garden container. You will have blooms all summer long for just a few pennies - what could be better than that! This blog entry has been viewed 219 times
Make Beautiful with Containers
Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:31 pm Any annual can be planted in a pot or container rather than in the ground. Even vines such a Morning Glories and Sweet Peas will do very well in your garden planters provided you give them a trellis or tepee of bamboo poles to climb. This blog entry has been viewed 277 times
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Gardening with Containers - Instant Beauty
Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:25 pm A good rule of thumb is to select and group your plants in their containers according to the amount of sunlight they will receive. Keep your shade loving and sun loving plants separate in their planters and garden urns. Begin with compact, spreading plants at the edge of the container so that they can drape down over the edges of the pot like a curtain. Choose a tall dramatic plant for the central focal point and use a filler plant in between. There you have it! This blog entry has been viewed 270 times
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