Why bother with containers when you have lots of room to plant in the ground? After all they need all that watering and fertilizing. There are lots of reasons to include containers in the garden. One of the reasons is that they add height. Containers can be raised up or hung, bringing it to eye level and adding another plane to the garden. It is also a great way to add color and plants on a patio or by the front door where there may be concrete or some other hard surface. You can also move containers around to spots that may not have much going on at the moment. Then there is the container itself, you can make quite a statement with just the container. I'm particularly fond of urns and love cobalt blue containers. I also like containers that are rustic or repurposed. Anything from an old watering can, to a chicken feeder, to an old lamp as you see below. Furthurmore there are so many great annuals that work well in containers. Some of the containers in my garden have a number of different plants in them and then there are some that are mono-pots. Containers are a good way to change things up every year.
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| This old stand lamp certainly brings the planting to eye level. |
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| This old sink has been repurposed as a container. |
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| There are two pillars at the end of the front walkway. I plant them up differently each year. |
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| I love urns! This one is the centerpiece of my potager. |
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| This one is by the front door. |
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| Anything can be used such as this old hollow stump. |
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| My husband gave me this one for my birthday. Now to find the perfect spot. |
About time we saw the pillar pots Michelle !
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, what fun you've been having! Your husband is a hero too! He really gets it and knows exactly what to gift you. Please show us the filled version of the last container.
ReplyDeleteWow Michelle, your containers are looking great. Love that 'Black and Blue' Salvia in the pottager urn. And how very clever of you to plant in that hollow stump! fantastic! YOur pillar planting is looking particularly great. love it!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous combos in those repurposed containers, Michelle! I can't get over how wonderful and huge your geraniums are in some of the pots -- they just struggle and wither in my gardens/pots.... You've got a great eye for pulling it all together too. -- Cindy H.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly have a creative eye for selecting "trash to treasure" items for containers. I love the old lampstand and the impatiens cascading out of the stump look fabulous. Containers are great garden mainstays. As long as you water and feed them regularly they add color and interest all season-even when the rest of the garden is beat up from heat and drought.
ReplyDeleteNice job!
So true, Michelle, and then there are some plants like pelargoniums that just seem made for containers. I found a Pelargonium 'Crocodile' recently which always makes me think of you -- it was in one of your containers I first saw it. Everything looks beautiful.
ReplyDelete'Crocodile' is a nice one but not as easy to grow as others. I passed a piece on to Deanne and she has been taking great care of it.
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