Garden With Planters and Window Boxes

Important elements for a project of type are containers and plants. You can use almost any container size, so it is big enough to hold the ball of the plant with room to grow. Do not try to cheat and grow your plants in a container that is only just big enough to hold, believe me, that’s not well in the long term.

Make sure there is at least one or two inches of space in which to place compost. The only thing you want to remember is that over the pot, the more often he will need to be watered. Be especially careful to keep an eye on small pots in sunny locations. You can be flexible with the type of container used as well.

It’s fun to find items to recycle that container plants. Decorated boxes of instant coffee, old pots or bowls, or even an old kitchen sink can become a home for plants. If you are looking for large pottery or terra cotta pots, glazed pots are best to maintain hydration. However, if you’re willing to water more often, clay pots are unglazed to look beautiful and inexpensive.

There are many plants that can adapt well to life in a container. Shrubs or dwarf fruit trees such as limes, blueberries and oranges, can do wonders in containers with due attention and care. Strawberries can do well too! Bamboos and grasses are hardy, easy maintenance, and they look great in a large pot. You can also cultivate and train vines up a trellis boy! You imagination is the limit of what you can do with a container garden.

However, do ask your nursery for advice on species and varieties are best for containers. Even if a dwarf orange tree will do well in a pot, a full sized one will not. The type of soil you use in your container is very important. Do not use the dirt you dig up your garden, it will just dry up and compact when used as compost. I found the commercial compost works well, but most people recommend using only real ground.

Either can be found at the nursery or at most hardware stores. Potting Soil is specially formulated to retain moisture and keep its structure in a confined space. This is very important for the health of your plant. While container gardening is relatively easy, they have some special needs.

You’ll need to water your plants with more often than if they were planted in soil. A pot, however great it is, it has much less water holding capacity of soil in the ground there is simply less space. Be especially careful to check your containers frequently during the hot containers, especially small ones, can dry out quickly in the heat.

If your pots have good drainage (mostly ceramic or terra cotta, have a hole in the bottom), it is difficult to overwater. However, a good rule of thumb is to only water when soil is dry, more than an inch deep. It is easy enough to check this with your finger.

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Garden Containers, Flower Pots and Planters

There are many reasons for growing plants in garden containers, flower pots and planters. An obvious one is if you are growing exotic plants that can be placed outdoors in summer in a location that suits each plant, and then taken indoors or into a more shaded spot in the fall and winter. They are also very convenient for people who live in mobile homes.

People who rent their homes and tend to move around with their job can grow their own plants that can move with them. Plants grown in garden containers are portable, and to many people this is big advantage. Not only that, but you arrange your garden as you please rather than the plants being in fixed positions. Using containers and flower pots it is possible to plant a whole garden that can be rearranged to suit the flowering patterns of the plants.

No more bare patches in spring due to some plants flowering late, or in summer when the short-lived flowers die off quicker than their longer lasting or hardier cousins. You can fill in the bare patches with new pots or planters, and arrange the colors to suit your preference. You can decorate your veranda or patio with the flowers that are in season, and are not restricted to the same ones all year round.

While this all sounds like a very good reason for using nothing but pots and planters, there are certain aspects using them that have to be considered. Potted plants are totally depended on you for their water and nutrition. Their root growth is restricted and you have to know which plants are suitable for this type of environment. You should also consider the overall look of your garden and the shape and color of your pots and planters.

First the plants. Pots are restrictive and the size will depend on the requirements of the plants. Ferns, for example, grow better when the root system is crowded whereas roses prefer a bit more space in which to grow, especially climbing varieties. Cyclamens too prefer more space, and so would be more suited to large pots or planters. Trees prefer large pots, and the larger garden tubs would be more appropriate for the larger varieties.

The same is true of shrubs and larger perennials such as hydrangeas. You can start these off in smaller pots, and gradually increases the size as they grow. Bulbs can be grown in planters, about two to three bulb widths apart, though the fall bulbs will need some exposure to the frost since they need a low temperature for a strong root growth.

Annuals are ideal for color, especially if you get a lot of frost in the winter, and they can be replaced each year. If you plant them fairly close together in garden containers or planters, you can design a lovely looking garden, or a fine display for a patio. Planters are available in a wide range of colors and shapes, and can be made of concrete cast into a variety of shapes or stained or painted wood to suit their surroundings.

Hardwood planters fitted with a trellis are ideal for climbers, and can be free standing units suitable for outdoor use, or even for hallways, vestibules and conservatories. Cedar is popular, but so also are cypress, oak and cherry. They are suitable for a number of climbing plants from sweet peas to cyclamen to passion fruit.

Most annuals are suitable for garden containers, pots and planters, some particularly attractive choices being petunia, tobacco plant (nicotiana) with its wonderful smell, and begonias. The latter two are particularly suitable for growing in shaded areas, as is impatiens or Busy Lizzie. Other flowers suitable for containers are lavandula, gaura and salvia which provide colorful opportunities for any type of garden design. Cigar Plants (cuphea) love lots of sun and have unusual flowers. These shrubs are ideal for tubs in sunny climates.

Many people use containers for window ledges and balconies, and if you have decking, then deck rail planters are an attractive means of hanging plants from the handrails. Many people prefer the look of natural terracotta, but keep in mind that earthenware pots and planters dry out very quickly, and so need a lot of watering. The plastic equivalents are much more practical, if not as attractive.

Garden containers, flower pots and planters are an attractive and very practical way of decorating your garden, patio or conservatory, and a little bit of imagination can work wonders. They also provide a very practical means of planting for those that like to frequently rearrange their garden, or are often on the move.

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