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Article by: Debbie Rodgers
Whether you live in a tiny city apartment , Using Garden Decor For a Complete Garden or on a large country estate, gardening , Roman Concrete - How They Did It in containers is a way to add colour , Basic Lawn Care - Mowing, Scarifiers, Aeration, and Watering Tips and the beauty of nature , Lawn Care Tips - Six Easy Steps to a Great Lawn to your surroundings. The three main elements of creating successful containers gardens , Water s are:
- Choosing the pots
- Getting the right planting medium
- Selecting the plants
In all of these elements, the key is to create a healthy , Gardens: They are Fragrant, Breathtaking— the Perfect Idea for More Outdoor Decor growing environment , Container Gardening: Urban Alternative for Plant Lovers for the plant , How to Choose a Perfect Wood Porch Swing roots. For a healthy , Flowers – One of Life's Small Pleasures root system, water , This Fall, Give Your Trees Some TLC must be able to pass quickly through the soil. , Using Garden Decor For a Complete Garden As the water , Uninvited Houseguests drains out, air , Take Another Look at Those Wild Surreptitious Weeds replaces it in the soil , Spring is Almost Here - March Gardening Tips and an exchange of carbon , Hammock Chairs - Relax in Style dioxide is made with the plant , Hammock Chairs - Relax in Style roots. This movement of water , Bonsai Trees For Sale - Things To Know Before You Buy and air , How to Grow Cucumbers is essential to a healthy , How to Choose a Perfect Wood Porch Swing plant.
Here are some tips , This Fall, Give Your Trees Some TLC to help you choose from the dizzying array of pots, , Gardening Soil troughs and boxes:
- Pick the spot for your garden , Growing Clematis first and then find a container to suit it. For example, a quaint wooden , Building Liner Ponds trough would not suit a modern balcony, nor would classic urn shaped pots , How to Choose a Perfect Wood Porch Swing be the best choice for an informal country style garden. , Vegetable Ideas In addition to style considerations, give attention to size and proportion issues.
- Consider the weight of the container - not only empty, but filled with wet soil , Uninvited Houseguests and plants. , Rosemary If there is a strong prevailing breeze across your outdoor , Vegetable Garden Ideas space, the container must be heavy enough to prevent it from tipping over. On the other hand, the structure on which the containers are placed must be able to support them (so a large concrete , Gardens: They are Fragrant, Breathtaking— the Perfect Idea for More Outdoor Decor trough would be less than ideal for a balcony or wooden , Container Gardening: Urban Alternative for Plant Lovers porch, and a 6 ft wooden , How to Grow Cucumbers trough would need a VERY strong ledge to make it a suitable window , Home Landscaping Etiquette box). Since a 30-gallon planter can weigh more than 200 pounds once it's filled, think about either planting the container in place, , Birdbaths or setting it on plant , The Truth About MTD Snow Blowers casters or dollies.
- Clay/terracotta pots , Sheds are attractive and complement a wide range of foliage and flowering plants. , Growing Clematis They are the traditional potting container because, in addition to draining well, they wick moisture , Online FTD Florists through their sides. This provides a drier root environment, , Riding Lawnmower - Choices are Wide Open which means less opportunity for root , Roman Concrete - How They Did It diseases. However, it also means more frequent watering is needed. If you tend to underwater, use terra cotta pots , Patio Umbrella Covers for only drought , Why Teak Furniture is the Better Choice tolerant plants, , Lawn Care Tips - Six Easy Steps to a Great Lawn or choose another type of container. On the down side, clay pots , How to Grow Cucumbers can be heavy and must be protected in colder climates , Patio Umbrella Covers during the winter , Building Liner Ponds to prevent cracking. A glazed clay container is non-porous, creating a moisture , Ponds barrier. Because this will not allow the root , How to Grow Cucumbers system to breathe, glazed pots , Roman Concrete - How They Did It are best used with a regular terracotta pot inside , Hammock Chairs - Relax in Style of them.
- Plastic pots , Gardening for Seniors and the Physically Challenged are inexpensive, lightweight and functional, and come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors. , A Guide To Landscape Bridges If you don't like the look of plastic, , Summer Vacation and Your Pond apply a faux finish to fool the eye, or slip the plastic , Turn Your Patio Into A Voluminous Vegetable Garden pots inside , Using Garden Decor For a Complete Garden other containers. With the proper soil , Dutch Tulips mix and attentive watering, plants , Hammock Chairs - Relax in Style do well in plastic pots. , Gardens: They are Fragrant, Breathtaking— the Perfect Idea for More Outdoor Decor If you tend to underwater your plants, , Snakes - They're Not as Slithery as Some People I Know! plastic , Summer Vacation and Your Pond is a better choice than terra cotta for you. However, plastic , Online FTD Florists containers may need to be weighted down to stay in place , Sheds on windy days.
- Wood containers look good in naturalistic environments, , Growing Clematis and most plants , Ponds do well in them. Wood , Take Another Look at Those Wild Surreptitious Weeds drains better than plastic , Birdbaths but does not have the wicking advantage of clay, and wood , Patio Umbrella Covers containers can be heavy when planted. Choose containers made of hardwood, such as redwood, cedar or cypress, which are less susceptible to rot over time. Lining wood , Hammock Chairs - Relax in Style containers with heavyduty plastic , Gardening Soil bags will give you added protection from moisture, , Sheds but you must remember to provide proper drainage.
- Metal containers can be used successfully in many modern settings. Galvanized containers are the best for planting - they won't leach rust or chemicals into the soil. , Gardening Tips For the Beginner Unless the container was designed as a planter, you'll need to add drainage holes to the bottom of the pot, , Online FTD Florists or slip other pots inside , Ten Considerations Before You Buy A Bird House it.
- Found items can add variety and whimsy to your container garden. , Growing Clematis If you're going to plant , Turn Your Patio Into A Voluminous Vegetable Garden directly in such items as watering cans, old boots, teapots or wheelbarrows consider drainage and air , Water Gardens movement around the roots , Gardening Tips For the Beginner of the plants. , Gardens: They are Fragrant, Breathtaking— the Perfect Idea for More Outdoor Decor
Now that you chosen the perfect containers, you need to select the planting medium and the plants. , Rosemary We'll cover that in a future issue of Tales From the Porch , Gardening for Seniors and the Physically Challenged Swing.About The Author
Debbie Rodgers owns and operates Paradise Porch, , Take Another Look at Those Wild Surreptitious Weeds and is dedicated to helping people create outdoor , Gardening for Seniors and the Physically Challenged living spaces that nurture and enrich them. Visit her on the web , Gardening for Seniors and the Physically Challenged at www.paradiseporch.com and get a free report on "Eight easy ways to create privacy in your outdoor , Home Landscaping Etiquette space"Âť. Mail to debbie@paradiseporch.com |
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