Great Container Combination

Take your 12” garden planter, pot or container and in a diagonal line across the planter, start planting with your Heliopsis Tuscan Sun Sunflower, then the Coleus and end with Superbells (Calibrachoa) in saffron. This is another great combination from Proven Winners.

Easiest Best Looking Container

What could be more fun than finding a very lovely flower planter, pot or container and filling it up with this year’s best seller – the Supertunia Raspberry Blast. This simple, but beautiful, monoculture 18” container is the 'little black dress' of gardening fashion. Proven Winners has many terrific arrangements to choose from.

Three Plant Container Season

When your Spring lettuce or radish is over, pull out and compost. Then just re-plant your pots and containers in late May with pepper plants, beans or cucumber seed. In the early Fall, you can plant kale, lettuce or broccoli raab in those same containers to finish out the season. Just don’t forget to fertilize after each crop!

Dimensional Planting with Planters

Containers themselves add beauty to the garden landscape. Create three dimensional plantings by using containers with trellis for your climbing vines, of course hanging baskets and then raising your pots and containers onto a pedestal for that look of grandeur.

Garden Container Mobility

Want to bring some color around the pool when you’re having a splash party – just gather up all your garden pots and containers – be sure to include those bright yellow and orange ones, and place them near the pool. You now have an instant focal point that is bright and attractive. Such is the wonderful mobility of container gardening.

Tip for Planting Those Containers

Before you plant, use your hands or a trowel to work water into the soil in your planter, pot or container. This is very important when working with soil-less mixes containing peat moss. It is a good idea to have the roots of your plants wet before planting as well. Then thoroughly water your planters and containers for an excellent beginning.

Dealing with Garden Contamination

Would you grow vegetables in gardens that have been contaminated for some reason? One area of most concern is where creosoted ties have been used in landscaping and now you wish to grow vegetables in the same area. A temporary solution is to contain the source with heavy plastic; the other is to now consider using containers or raised beds. Control over soil conditions is essential when growing food as opposed to flowers or shrubs.