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Designing your Container Garden: Use the Color Wheel

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Tracy

When you consider that a plant can change color several times in a season, designing with color is a complex task in a container garden. Plants may be green, but they can produce flowers in a riot of colors and … Continue reading →

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Leaf Casting: A Fun Project for Hosta and Elephant Ear Leaves

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Tracy

Over the past two days, I’ve written articles about growing hostas in containers, and what to do if your hostas develop crown rot. Now seems like a good time to write about casting leaves in concrete. Hosta leaves are a … Continue reading →

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Potted Hostas: What to do When Crown Rot Strikes

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Tracy

Yesterday I wrote about using hostas in containers and the dangers of crown rot that the plants may face. Crown rot is the most serious problem that containerized hostas face. The plants are most prone to crown rot in spring, … Continue reading →

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Shade Container Gardens: You Can’t Go Wrong with Hostas

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Tracy

I love hostas because there is such as wide variety. These foliage plants, which are distant cousins to lilies, may be found in almost any shape and size from 6 inch diameter miniatures to giant plants with leaves that are … Continue reading →

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Vines in Containers: Creating Vertical Interest

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Tracy

For many container gardeners, vertical interest means using hanging baskets. But when designing a container garden, don’t neglect vines for your garden. Putting vines into flower pots allows you to move the vines to places where they can create the … Continue reading →

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Theme Containers – Plant a Pizza Garden

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Tracy

Gardening can be quite serious, if you want it to be. But when you are worrying about sterilizing soil and pulling weeds, remember that gardening is suppose to be fun. One fun project that you can plant in your container … Continue reading →

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Water Container Gardens – A Water Feature in a Flower Pot

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Tracy

All the rain we’ve recently gotten (and my flooded flower pots) has me thinking about water gardens. Specifically, water gardens in flower pots. Water container gardening allows you to introduce an entirely new subset of plants into your patio, porch … Continue reading →

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Grow Bags – An Easy Container Solution

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Tracy

If you look in gardening centers right now, you will see all kind of grow bags. Everything from the hanging upside down tomato bags made of nylon fabric to the “tater totes,” bags made of landscape fabric and used to … Continue reading →

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Caring For Your Potted Easter Lilly (Lilium Longiflorum)

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Tracy

Easter is just behind us, and many people received a potted lily (lilium longiflorum) during March or April for the holiday. Although you could let that potted plant wilt and die, you can also preserve it with proper care. Lilies … Continue reading →

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How to Grow Moss On A Cement or Terracotta Flower Pot

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Tracy

Terracotta and stone containers look good in a container garden because they develop moss and a wonderful green patina as they age. But you don’t have to wait on Mother Nature to achieve that green patina. Instead you easily cultivate … Continue reading →

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