I never thought of growing bougainvillea in containers . . . great idea!
Click here to go to an article with great information on soil mixes and everything else you need to know.
Showing posts with label container plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label container plants. Show all posts
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Bouganvillea Container Gardening
I never thought of growing bougainvillea in containers . . . great idea!
Click here to go to an article with great information on soil mixes and everything else you need to know.
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Pruning a potted fruit tree
Since most of our fruit trees were killed by winter freezes and Hurricane Irma, we are thinking of starting them again in large containers. They would be much easier to maintain and keep alive.
It will be a new experiment for us and we need all the information we can get on the basics. This article contains everything you need to know about pruning those fruit trees!
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Trellised Containers for Inspiration
I am so inspired by these photos of large container plantings with trellises for support and I thought I would share it here even though I don't have a photo source.
The photo was shared in a Facebook Gardening Group, A Not So Secret Garden that is packed with awesome ideas and inspiration.
What I love about these containers other than being so functional is the beauty of all the colors. Check out the peppers! They sure do look happy . . . so does the tomato plant.
I can't wait to put some of the containers together for our carport jungle . . . great way to start the spring season!
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Awesome container gardening idea
Friday, June 24, 2016
Awesome Succulent Ideas
Monday, June 20, 2016
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Upcycled Container Gardens, Planters and Vases
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Creative Ways to Grow Herbs
I love growing herbs close to the kitchen. In fact, they are beautiful grown indoors.
Container gardening is my preferred method of gardening since the plants are portable and can be moved from outdoors to indoors.
Click here to go to an article from The Empress of Dirt on being creative growing those herbs.
Photo source is also The Empress of Dirt.
Monday, July 27, 2015
Spectacular container garden arrangements
Container Garden News is one of my new favorite gardening websites. Not that I needed too much convincing, but I am really loving planting container gardens rather than planting in the ground.
I'm totally in love with the container in the photo. Since red is my favorite color, the shades of red and purple in the container are so strikingly beautiful and immediately caught my eye. Usually, I will incorporate red into my container plantings by painting the containers red, but the beauty of this container has convinced me to try a combination of red leafed plants and red flowering plants. The Captain surprised me with gorgeous caladiums with red centers that will work perfectly!
The photo comes from the website Power Flowers. Click here to check out the website.
Click here to go to the article from Container Garden News, featuring eight different container plantings from various websites.
Future posts will definitely feature more container gardening inspiration and I hope to include my new creations soon!
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Need More Space in Your Garden?
It is also about pest and disease control and convenience.
No doubt about it, I tend to gravitate toward container gardening for ease of movement, seasonal gardening, herb and veggie gardening . . . it is so much easier for me even though we have more than enough space in our garden.
Want some ideas? Click here for an excellent article from Organic Daily Post.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Grow Coleus As A Tree
There is nothing like a coleus plant to brighten up the garden with big splashes of color.
The coleus plant is one that I always include in my garden every year. Through the years, I discovered that it is very easy to grow from seed (and it even self-sows effortlessly). There is also a wide variety of leaf shapes and colors in the marketplace for big splashes of various colors.
They also propagate from cuttings easily.
I never thought of growing it as a tree! What an awesome idea!
Click here for step by step instructions . . . I'm going to try it this year!
Monday, July 28, 2014
Upcycled and unusual container plants
Trash cans as containers for plants are something I love to use in my garden (except mine are used and much older looking with lots of dents and dings). I paint mine to make them prettier! Love the idea of rollers on the bottom . . . great idea since the bigger ones really get heavy and difficult to move.
Before you go out to the store and spent way too much on new containers, check out DIY's website for some great ideas for items you may already have at home . . .
Click here to go to DIY's gallery of upcycled and unusual container plants.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Around the garden world in 365 days
Container gardens like the one in the photo is what we are striving to do in our garden that includes lots of concrete and container plantings. Much easier maintenance than the wild look we currently have. Love the tropical feel of this colorful garden vignette!
This photo was taken at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Day #32 in "Around The Garden World in 365 Days," Barbara's fabulous blog series that takes you on a trip to a different garden every time with lots of photos and inspiration for your garden. Click here for Day #32 where you will find many more photos from the gorgeous and inspirational Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Barbara Peake Wise describes herself as a plant nerd who works for Landscape Service, Inc. You can also follow her on Twitter. She is one of my favorite garden enthusiasts on the internet!
Monday, October 21, 2013
Containers in the garden
Daniela Baloi's vegetable garden in Hudson, Ohio was recently featured on Fine Gardening's website. All I can say is that I'm jealous and would love the fenced garden area in my own yard.
Although the garden is awesome and innovating, what caught my attention was this little sitting area with the awesome container planting. What a great pairing of the container with the red handle and red flowers. I love a garden with lots of different colorful and pretty spots to relax and enjoy nature happening in the garden. Container plants are excellent for these areas!
I love those large coffee cup bowls for serving pasta or salad, but it is super cute in the garden! I've seen them at closeout stores and they are very inexpensive. Don't forget to drill holes or add lots of rocks to the bottom of the container for good drainage.
Click here to check out Daniela's newly fenced veggie garden.
Photo source is FineGardening.com
Monday, March 4, 2013
Container gardening in the landscape
Love the simplicity of the container plants in this gorgeous Tennessee garden.
Fine Gardening has featured Jeff Calton's beautiful garden, which is a mix of landscaped areas with lush lawns, trees, lots of blooms and container gardens.
Click here to go to the article . . .
Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Calton via Fine Gardening
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Tropical Plants in Containers and Raised Beds
Love the mix of bromeliads with other tropicals in these container plantings at Busch Gardens Tampa, where the grounds are in colorful full bloom. Spring!!!
The topiaries are gorgeous mixed in the tropical plant beds!
Love the statues mixed in the landscaping!
We took lots of photos!
Theme parks and parks are awesome places to get inspiration for your garden!
I'll be adding a new page to my website soon for photo albums.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Growing Tomatoes . . . soil additives
As an organic gardener, I'm always looking for tips from other gardeners who have successfully used what some would consider off-the-wall methods for maintaining healthy tomato plants.
The following mix has been used by several gardeners
on the Organic Gardening website forum . . .
Mumsey's Magic Mix
1 handful bone meal
1 handful cornmeal
1 handful cornmeal
1/2 handful powdered milk
1/4 handful epsom salts
Mix well in hole, plant tomato.
Side dress every few weeks or so
with the cornmeal and powdered milk,
watered down or not . . . the rain will soak it in.
Side dress every few weeks or so
with the cornmeal and powdered milk,
watered down or not . . . the rain will soak it in.
I've posted these links before, but here they are again ~
If you need information on how to grow your own tomato plants, Fine Gardening has an awesome video series covering various topics. Click here to go to their tomato page.
And if you haven't checked it out yet, click here to go to my tomato links page.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Container Gardening in the Shade
Awesome containers!
Utilizing containers in different shapes, sizes and colors can add lots of interest to the garden landscape.
I love container gardening in shady areas of the garden, but not all plants can tolerate shade. Find the plants that love the shade and the results are awesome!
Click here for an excellent article from Fine Gardening that lists shade loving plants and tips for growing container plants in shady areas. Lots of great tips!
The photo source is Fine Gardening.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Driftwood Plant Container
Container gardening is one of my favorite methods of gardening.
One of the things I love most is being creative with containers.
I love this container featuring driftwood!
Click here for a tutorial of how to make it . . . awesome idea!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Screening with container plants
My gardening theme for this month
is container gardening.
We plan on restructuring the carport jungle and the surrounding area this month and look forward to starting many herb and vegetable plants that we will grow in containers.
Container gardens can add a green privacy screen to a balcony or an open area.
A trellis gives vines a structure to grow on and stakes added to the bottom of the trellis help support it on the outside of the planting box. Trellises and stakes should be attached to the containers with galvanized bolts.
Water-sealed redwood and cedar are good choices for planter boxes. To help them last longer, line boxes with landscape fabric which has the added benefit of preventing soil from washing out the drainage holes. After the fabric is in place, add a mixture of half potting soil and half compost. Fill the box to within 10" from the rim.
Select a fast-growing evergreen vine to cover the trellis. Once you've selected a vine, remove it carefully from the nursery container, and place the back of the stake supporting the vine against the trellis. Cut away the plant ties from the support stake, and disentangle the vine. Tie each stem to the trellis, fanning out the stems as you go.
If you like, add other plants to your container for additional color and interest. Make sure the additions have growing requirements similar to those of the vine.
Water-sealed redwood and cedar are good choices for planter boxes. To help them last longer, line boxes with landscape fabric which has the added benefit of preventing soil from washing out the drainage holes. After the fabric is in place, add a mixture of half potting soil and half compost. Fill the box to within 10" from the rim.
Select a fast-growing evergreen vine to cover the trellis. Once you've selected a vine, remove it carefully from the nursery container, and place the back of the stake supporting the vine against the trellis. Cut away the plant ties from the support stake, and disentangle the vine. Tie each stem to the trellis, fanning out the stems as you go.
If you like, add other plants to your container for additional color and interest. Make sure the additions have growing requirements similar to those of the vine.
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