container garden design
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DesignWelcome Spring with These Container Designs
Spring is the start of it all—the time when everything you have dreamed about since last year becomes possible. These possibilities come alive with your first plant picks of the…
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DesignChange a Space with Seasonal Containers
Seasonal changes offer gardeners opportunities to transform their planters and spaces multiple times a year. The effect can be monumental. Great summer containers full of color and drama can be…
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DesignStand-Out Designs for Stand-Alone Containers: Part 2
Give typical home owners a pot, and they will likely plant it up and place it near one of the entries to the home. But stand-alone containers can make dramatic…
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DesignStand-Out Designs for Stand-Alone Containers: Part 1
Give typical homeowners a pot, and they will likely plant it up and place it near one of the entries to the home. But stand-alone containers can make dramatic impressions…
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DesignPlanting a Pot with Only One Plant
Contrary to the reliable strategy of using a plethora of plants in a single container, one plant in a pot can really shine. Placing just one plant in an urn…
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DesignPlanting a Pot with Lots of Plants
I stood looking at the expanse of decking that surrounds our pool area, and I knew that I had my work cut out for me. My mission was to soften…
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DesignPlanting Plan for a Dynamic Four-Season Woodland Container Design
A design that evolves over time looks gorgeous in an elegant but simple rectangular container
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DesignGreat Plants for Focal-Point Pots
There are times in life when you just don’t have the patience to wait. You need a focal point, and you need it now. Maybe you’re throwing a party tomorrow…
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DesignThe Elements of Great Garden-Container Design Simplified
The principles and elements of design allow us to pair the plants we choose with the right companions and containers and to place them in the perfect location within the…
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DesignHow to Grow Lotus in Containers
Growing aquatic plants in containers may seem like something too challenging to attempt, but it is far easier than you may think. Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera, Zones 4–10), a type of…
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