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Growing Plants in ContainersTips for Great Container Gardens - Creating a Garden in a PotDo You Need a Soilless Potting Mix? Getting the Most from Flower Pots and ContainersContainer Gardens - Choosing and Combining Plants for ContainersSome Rules to Guide You and/or Break When Creating Container GardensWhether its a question of space or interest, container gardens are everywhere. Maybe its because they are so much fun to create, offer immediate gratification and you can just keep creating more and more of them. There are no rules for designing a container garden, except to give the plants what they need to thrive. However, there are certain design principles that can be scaled to container size and make creating effective container gardens an art. Think of them as Rules of Thumb, not Rules per se.
Container gardens are the perfect place to experiment and have fun. Use whatever plants you like. Mix in perennials, trees, shrubs, houseplants, vegetables and herbs. Use whatever strikes your fancy as a container. If it doesnt have drainage holes, plant in plastic pots and place the pots inside the container. Include garden art in your containers or groupings. And place pots anywhere theres an open space: on the deck, the front steps, in holes in the flower border or create borders and screens with potted evergreens or bamboo. If you dont like what youve created, take it apart and start again. Growing Plants in ContainersTips for Great Container Gardens - Creating a Garden in a PotDo You Need a Soilless Potting Mix? Getting the Most from Flower Pots and Containers |
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