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Container gardening is a great way to have a garden in any living situation, whether it is part of a large landscape, in a small yard, on a porch or balcony, on a windowsill or in a home or office entry. Find out how to plant in containers with this free video series on gardening.
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Container gardens make a great addition to any large landscape, small yard, walkway, patio, deck or porch, and they even make a great welcoming statement to a home or office entry. Use container gardens to add a bit of nature to any space with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Container gardens can be any size, from a couple of inches to several feet wide, and drainage is crucial for the health of any plant that is planted in a container. Assess the size and drainage capabilities of a plant container with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Flower pot feet and saucers are great for draining plant containers, as sitting water can cause discoloration of the pot and a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Elevate a container with pot feet or use a flower pot saucer with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
For container gardening, use a soil-less potting mixture that consists of peat moss, fine bark chips and pearlite to create adequate drainage and circulation for root development. Choose the right potting soil, as top soil is too heavy for container gardening, with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Fertilizer is an essential aspect to container gardens, as most potting soil does not contain right amount of nutrients for healthy plant growth, and fertilizer is available in slow-release and liquid forms. Fertilize a container garden, adding it weekly for healthy plants, with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Plants that work well for container gardening include annuals, which bloom in the spring and summer but die by the winter, perennial flowers and trees and shrubs. Find the perfect plants for any container garden with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
When designing a container garden, consider the color, texture and form of each plant, combining bold colors with softer textures, pairing upright forms with weeping shapes and a using a variety of heights. Create visual interest in a container garden with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Texture in a container garden can create visual interest when a bold, large leaf is paired with a fine-textured grass or herb. Play with different plant textures in a container garden with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Using form in a container garden, combine upright plants, weeping or tailing plants and rounded shrubs together for a dramatic effect. Incorporate different forms and shapes into a container garden design with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Color can be used in a container garden to set the mood or theme, as complementary colors create a dramatic effect, similar colors are soothing, echoing colors in the leaves creates a cohesive design. Combine different colored plants to create an interesting container garden with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Planting container gardens begins by filling the container with potting soil, adding a slow-release fertilizer and teasing apart the roots before gently planting it into the soil. Plant a container garden, using contrasting colors, textures and forms, with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Watering container gardens is essential to their growth, and larger pots may only need water a few times a week while a smaller container requires daily watering. Keep a container garden moist, sure to provide adequate drainage, with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Deadheading flowers in container gardens is a process of removing the spent flower heads to promote more flowering growth. Deadhead flowering plants all season long for a container garden full of blooms with helpful advice from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening.
Landscaping the front or back yard doesn't have to be a professional job. Home gardens provide a tranquil area for reflection and relaxation. Tending to and enjoying a garden can lower blood pressure, ease anxiety and provide diversion in which to ponder various thoughts that have been lingering in the subconscious. Even with limited yard space, planting a small corner garden is a simple task that can be completed in just an afternoon. In this free video series on gardening, a professional horticulturist discusses container gardening, where plants are grown in small and large container groupings. Find out how to choose the right soil and fertilizer for potted plants, and get tips on providing adequate drainage. Learn about creative design ideas to add interest to a garden, utilizing color, form and texture, and find out how to properly care for a container garden. Have a garden anywhere, in the yard, on a porch or in a home, by planting in containers.
Leigh Anne Lomax Leigh Anne Lomax is currently the Botanical Garden and Horticulture Manager for Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. She has been with Cheekwood for a year and a half. Prior to coming to Cheekwood, Leigh Anne served as Associate Director of Horticulture for Audubon Park and Zoo in New Orleans for nine years. She relocated to Nashville with her family following Hurricane Katrina. She graduated with a B.S. in Horticulture from Virginia Tech. She is originally from East Tennessee and while growing, spent a lot of time in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park where she developed a love of the natural world. Leigh Anne is truly passionate about public gardening and especially loves sharing the gift of plants with others.dkdk
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