Gardening Reference

Plants That Grow Well in Containers  Flowers are one of the easiest and most rewarding plants to grow in a container garden. Annuals are the simplest, but several perennial flower and small flowering bushes also thrive in a pot when given proper care. Decorative plants provide many convenient and strikingly attractive choices when planning a new garden container. The varieties that stay healthy in a more confined space are truly endless from small trees to coloured cabbages and from ivy to… Read more

Article by Joseph O. After staying in the same house for a long time, the home owner may decide to change the mood around the home by adding something new. One way to do this is with small garden ideas such as making a small beautiful container garden inside the house. Just like with raised gardening, most home owners are not knowledgeable on how to start container gardening. However, there is no need to worry since there are a lot of available small garden ideas and guides about… Read more

A few nice Gardening Container images I found: Container plants Image by Sunfrog1 Plastic flowers, real plant Recycled jug used as potting container, Toronto, Canada Image by Happy Sleepy This jug lasted about two years before the edges started to crack. Collect on recycling days. Nice features: – Free. – Very clean container, since it used to hold just drinking water! – Non toxic, can be used to grow edibles. – Deep container means less watering. – Excellent for small balconies or… Read more

Container Gardening – How to Start an Easy Basic Garden (Urban Gardening) Please be sure to subscribe to Naztazia’s channel! This is a how-to video on growing fruits and vegetables in containers and planters instead of a traditional in-ground garden. Also known as container gardens, container gardening and urban gardening. These types of gardens work great for those with limited space or have no yard. Grow your vegetables, fruits and herbs on your balcony, patio… Read more

Choosing Fall Flowers for Container Gardening and Window Boxes You can replace and revive summer planting containers with fresh fall-flowering plants. Lowe’s shows you 5 colorful options for autumn containers and window boxes. 1. Pansies – Pansies have large single petals and come in blue, purple, maroon, white and yellow, as well as a mix of bicolors. These hardy flowers look great edging a container or window box because of their short stature and large cheery… Read more

Container Gardening: An Easy Way to Grow Your Own Food Container gardening is a great way for beginning gardeners to start producing their own food. Jon Traunfeld from the University of Maryland Extension talks about everything you need to know, from potting soil to planting, to grow vegetables in containers. From five-gallon buckets to Earth boxes, container gardening gives you a ton of options for any budget. Read about container gardening here:… Read more

Check out these Gardening Container images: Big Container – Shade Image by daryl_mitchell Over in the corner by the garage is my second big container. This one has a Kong Red coleus at the back, three ‘Marguerita’ sweet potato vines, and two ‘Nonstop Red’ tuberous begonias. Here’s how it looked by September. Winter Container 2009 Image by daryl_mitchell My winter arrangement for 2009 contains artifical cranberries, white pine, cedar, juniper, and several leftovers from my own garden:… Read more