Planning Container Gardens ~ Simple

Planning Container Gardens



We're talking color pots
To keep things simple always use the rule of threes, it can make for a complex planting with a few well chosen plants.
Choose 1 plant for excitement your tall central Thriller Plant
Choose 1 plant for Mid range interest your Filler
Choose 1 plant to soften the edges your Spiller
Thriller plants can be striking and taller than all else in the pot, the rule is it can be thrice the height of the container used.
Filler plants are usually bushier with a fairly compact mounding habit.
Spiller plants cascade over the edges and usually are not much for stature.
Always choose plants that will be good neighbors with one another.
Always know your mature size of your plants.
Always choose plants that require a similar maintance routine ( water, sunlight, feeding)
You can use the rule of threes with colors, contrasting or complementary
You can use just textures and create a stunning foilage arrangement.
You can mix these two and match your style.
Gardening is an Art form it is all about expressing your creativity and style through your seasonal decor choices.

Another thing to consider is how is this container being viewed...Long distance, Hanging?
Plant choices should be interesting and attractive in the appropriate field of sight.
Creating elaborate displays in larger pots (still light enough to move), can enable you to create new spaces in an instant.
Having an event maybe a luau this year? Plant large leaves tropical feeling plants in colors and textures to suit that mood.
Are you a night garden enthusiast? Use whites silvers and lighter colors as well as solar lighting to creat a evening wonderland.
Don't forget fragrance, near windows walkways, and doors. The fresh floral scents can waft around as you pass or as the breeze shares it with you.
Don't like flower perfume, try Herbals spicy and delicious Herbs can transform the use of a garden as well as the mood when brushing by. Lavander is relaxing, Rosemary exciting but comforting, Mint exhilerating, Basil stimulates ad is useful for headaches a must have.

Pictured is my daughters' spring setup, Breast Cancer Support pink pots, with Dracena, Snapdragons, And Dianthus.
Our Summer change out will be Cherry Portulaca.

Our larger Porch containers this year will have Blue potatoes, have you seen the patio potato pots? Tutorial to come.