Unique Outdoor Container Planting Ideas
Planting a container garden is an enjoyable gardening idea. You can make it as large or as small as you need, and you can place them wherever you like. The first step in creating this kind of garden is selecting the kind of container you will use. Does this Spark an idea?
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Round and Round
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Put an old tire to good use as a garden. Tires are a versatile choice, available in sizes from tiny to huge, for bicycles, tractors, cars, motorcycles, golf carts and more.
Carrying Loads
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A wheelbarrow container garden looks great in any yard. Turning a wheelbarrow into a container garden makes for an eye-catching accent piece in which to plant flora and fauna.
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Cask It
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Barrels come alive when filled with flowers. Barrels make great container gardens. You can set them on end, or halve them lengthwise and use them that way.
Cargo Space
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Turn a crate into a boxy little portable garden. Grow plants in crates. Whether wooden or plastic, they're great for this purpose.
Innovative Idea
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Paint or decorate flower pots; then fill with a variety of plants. Flower pots may seem like a boring choice, but you turn them into a unique container garden. Buy very large flower pots; then dress them up: paint your pot, or glue on glass or pottery shards, arrowheads, colored tiles or beads and apply a few coats of clear sealer.
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References
- Photo Credit Jupiterimages/Comstock/Getty Images stack of old tires image by JoLin from Fotolia.com garden carriage image by MAXFX from Fotolia.com beautiful mixed flower image by MAXFX from Fotolia.com crate image by Paul Moore from Fotolia.com planting and potting image by Ray Kasprzak from Fotolia.com