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My Favorite Containers!
1 commentContainer planting is like gardening in a microcosm--limited space, lots of impact!
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Mom's mystery plant
8 commentsMy mother found this plant growing in her back yard - would like to know what it is!
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Double-Stacked Front Door Urn
A double-stacked urn combines morning sun-loving textures of Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost', Coleus, Sedum 'Angelina', Sorrell, and Tuberous Begonias.
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Welcoming Front Door Urn
Wanting a dramatic effect for an entryway that receives wonderful morning light only, I tied together several textures: Cane Begonia, Tuberous Begonia, Sedum Angelina, Fuchsia, and a colorful Coleus.
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Ears and Ears
1 commentCaladiums, Hosta 'Whirlwind', Palm, Alocasicia and Hedera helix. Color and texture. Win Win.
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Bold and Bright
Using Cordyline 'Red Sister' and Coleus 'Kong' with a Argyranthemum frutescens, Stipa tenuissima and Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato vine) created a bold color combination.
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Dark and lush
This is one large begonia and two ajuga (bugleweed) plants in a large open terracotta bowl. Houstoh, TX
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Shade Loving Container
I wanted to use colorful foliage this year for my front porch containers. The yellow and reds with the different textures of the plants makes for a fun punch of color at the front door.
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Small Space Container garden
My first garden was when I was living in an apartment and trying to make the best of the small space. The rich soil I used resulted in excellent crop turnout. Later, when creating and forming my herb...
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I can’t identify this plant can you?
8 commentsIt comes up, flowers and dies in a 3 to 4 week time frame. Please help me!!
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Heading for the Flowers
Some of my favorites to use in container gardening are sweet potato vine, dwarf zinnias, bacopa, calibrachoa, coleus, verbena, and salvia. The sweet potato vine is always a showstopper!
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Container Garden Photo Challenge --Back Deck Tomato Garden in Containers
2x7-ft redwood planter boxes are lined with sheet metal and have liner pans beneath them to drain water off the deck. These are my own design. The plastic self-watering container plans can be found...
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Hosta Bloom
Hosta is a genus of about 23–45 species of lily-like plants native to northeast Asia. They were once classified in the family Liliaceae but are now included in the family Agavaceae by the...
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Two mysteries
12 commentsHoping someone can help with positive ID. The first photo was sold to me as a wild Lobelia Cardinalis named appropriately "Our Wild Ones". It doesn't seem to bear any resemblance to a lobelia, but...
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Japanese Type Peony -- The Cultivar ??
4 commentsFor the life of me, I can not remember the name of this culitvar. It's blooming now -- zone 5b, Maine. I would say it's an earlier blooming peony as all of my others are still in bud...
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Gerbera Daisy
Gerbera is a genus of ornamental plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It was named in honor of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, a friend of Carolus Linnaeus.It has approximately 30...
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Astilbe bloom
Astilbe is a genus of 18 species perennial, herbaceous flowering plants, within the family Saxifragaceae. Some species are commonly known as False Goat's Beard, and False Spirea. Astilbe species are...
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Butterfly Weed & Bee
Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa, also called Canada root, Chigger flower, Chiggerflower, Fluxroot, Indian paintbrush, Indian posy, Orange milkweed, Orange Swallow-wort, Pleurisy root, Silky...
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Bee balm [Monarda]
Monarda (bee balm, horsemint, oswego tea, or bergamot) is a genus consisting of roughly 16 species of erect, herbaceous annual or perennial plants in the Lamiaceae, indigenous to North America...
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A Canvas of Containers
1 commentThis year my garden will be a wonderful canvas of color and dimension consisting of Beets, Broccoli, Cucumbers, Eggplant, various Heirloom tomatoes and peppers, and more.
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A few of my favorites...
1 commentThis veronica displays beautiful, purple spikes above dark green, glossy foliage.
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A few of my favorites...
‘Angelina’ is a great selection for borders, raised beds, sloping banks and sunny perennial borders.
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Composition in terra cotta
1 commentSavory succulents and sub tropicals commingle in an international array of terra cotta pots.
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Blooming Sage
Sage Flowers - Sage Salvia officinalis is a small evergreen subshrub, with purple flowers native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region. It is much cultivated as a kitchen and medicinal...
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Narrow Side Yard Makeover Part 2
I nominate "side yards" as some of the most under-exploited areas in the landscape! What a shame, especially when every square foot of real estate is valuable, even in a down economy...
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Narrow Side Yard Makeover Part 1
I nominate "side yards" as some of the most under-exploited areas in the landscape! What a shame, especially when every square foot of real estate is valuable, even in a down...
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What's My Name?
1 commentThis was a mystery peony but I think I've discovered its name.
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