Designing Combination Containers

Host: Gary Bachman, Ornamental Horticulture Specialist

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If you have a small yard or patio try gardening in containers today on Southern Gardening.

Gardening in containers is as easy as gathering pots and planting with everything from heirloom vegetables, flowers, or any other type of plant you would like. It is an uncomplicated way to scratch that gardening itch without any major landscape alteration. Container gardening can become more labor intensive in hot weather when the containers need to be watered more frequently. But the benefits are plentiful regardless of the season. Container gardens are mobile. Into more sunlight, out of the sunlight; front yard to the backyard; or out of sight when the plants start going downhill. You get flexibility especially when long on pavements. Container gardens allow you to have the joys of gardening without any actually soil to grow in. Balconies, porches, or very small yards, you are limited no longer. Be sure to use a potting media containing peat moss, coir fiber, and/or pine bark made for containers. Never use real soil when container gardening. Containers can become part of the landscape, adding to the aesthetics serving as focal points. Bringing a plant closer to eye level and allowing the stems to trail over the sides the plant is highlighted. To solve the increased watering needed, your local home improvement store has all of the fittings and supplies needed to setup an inexpensive, irrigation system. You can even install a timer. And if you do not like the results, the view is easily changed. I’m horticulturist Gary Bachman for Southern Gardening.