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Container gardens offer the advantage of changing your garden with every season. The choice of plant material is limited only by your climate and your imagination. Keep in mind the scale of the container and how aggressively the plant grows. While you want your container garden to look full, fast growers will quickly outgrow their pots. The following choices should get you thinking.
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With container gardening becoming the “hottest” trend in the world of home horticulture, it is important to remember that beautiful container gardens are not just for annuals. Perennials can ... be used very creatively to compose a potted garden. But remember, annuals bloom all season while many perennials have a much shorter bloom time. Plant a pot with only late spring bloomers and you’ll have a container with no color the rest of the summer.
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Container gardens are often the best (or only) choice for apartment and townhouse residents, but are very useful for any gardener. Such gardens consist of a single large container or several containers ranging in size from small flower pots to large planter boxes and half barrels. Even gardeners with sufficient outdoor space for a traditional garden may find that container gardening enhances their gardening opportunities.
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A container is a quick and easy way to add architectural detail to t he garden, front porch or deck. The question arises, which type of pot is the best: plastic, ceramic, terra cotta or fiberglass? The new fiberglass pots are wonderful. They are lightweight and hold up well through summer heat and winter cold. But it really does not matter which kind you use, as long as there are drainage holes in the bottom. The container must drain well.
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Different container garden ideas to ponder are old cookie and bean jars, pickle and other types of crocks, wash tubs, coal pails, jardinières, and ceramic bowls. For drainage, scatter a thick layer of substantial pebbles or shattered pieces of pots or bricks at the bottom and then moisten plants with care. In substantial containers, drainage material should be many inches thick. Where rainfall is hefty, be certain to keep garden containers without drainage outlets on porches, below awnings or the under sizable eaves of houses. With pails and old galvanized wash tubs, holes can be easily punctured at the bottom.
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The picture below depicts container gardening in a pot with strictly foliage. As long as the foliage will grow into an attractive arrangement,which this will do in a couple of weeks,then by all means plant an entire pot with different types to give it some contrast.
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