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container garden photo challenge--Picnic
2 commentsPicnic basket full of yellow pansy with Baltimore Oriole feeding on grape jelly.
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Delight in the beauty that surrounds you
1 commentWelcoming to our back door is an arrangement of differnet pots containing a variety of annuals. Always like the color red being very showy with different shades of greens. Using...
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Summer Sun Container
2 commentsFaux Stone Urn with Salvia 'Black and Blue', Solenostemon, Ipomea 'Margarita' and Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost'. Site in full sun for long lasting blooms and strong foilage color.
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recycled
photo 1 and 2: Old golf shoes planted with Kalanchoe, and Hens and Chicks. Photo 3: A recyled picnic basket filled with yellow pansy. A Baltimore Oriole stopped in for a bite of...
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2009 Container garden challenge
2 commentsThis annual container combines vertical, mounding, and traiing elements to create an interesting combination using both color echos and contrasts between the foliage of Phormium and Solenostemon and...
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Summer on the porch
Colbalt blue pot with summer favorites, persian shield, new guinea impatient, spice ginger lily, bacopa, kong coleus, partial shade conditions.
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A Fence Full of Color
1 commentWhat was once 60 ft. of Privet Hedge is now 60 ft. of color and additional gardens. We have 16 hay racks and terracotta pots on this fence and an additional 6 post top planters. We always make this...
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A Delicate Balance
6 commentsThis is year # 2 using this really fun configuration of terracotta pots. We found this plan online and it originally called for only 4 pots but since we always try to do things better and bigger in...
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Cascading Front Entrance
1 commentThis is a collection of 3 large matching glazed square pots and 1 smaller glazed bowl. I try to create a different look every year to welcome all visitors to our home. In past years I would use the...
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Cucumber Tepee
For years I've used this pot on our patio for a splash of seasonal color. But this year, I decided that it was time for this urban gardener to grow some food. We've already harvested our...
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Coleus and Sweet Potato Vine
1 commentA selection of coleus grown from seed sharing the pot with a cascading ornamental sweet potato vine.
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WATER GARDEN
1 commentA glass container was inserted into a plastic container. The glass container is the water garden containing water hyacinths. The outside container was filled with soil and planted with...
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Heirloom tomato cages
1 commentMy perhaps overwrought solution to providing a fitting environment for some heirloom tomatoes.
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Exploding Window Box
1 commentI tried to use a lot of color and texture to create a pair of window boxes that would compliment my back deck wich is red painted steel.
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Alpine Garden
4 commentsThis container was made using portland cement and sand formed over a mold. The sedums and sempervivums are easy to grow in the container even though there is very little soil.
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Three's company
1 commentA family of 3 dark containers with annuals moving from burgundy to orange give a colorful focus to the entry of the home through a garden of perennials
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silver tide
Pot of Tidal Wave Silver Petunias. Other plants are present, but the 'tunias overwhelmed them! Taken June 22, 2009 near Hillsboro, MO
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Container Garden Photo Challenge
1 commentThe three plants used in this container include Salvia argentea, Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost', and Ipomoea 'Sweet Caroline' Light green. The Salvia argentea is a large, wooly, silvery foliage...
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