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8 Ways to Create Crowd-Pleasing Containers
Containers open up a world of design possibilities for apartment dwellers, gardeners with limited time or space, and anyone who wants to add an instant focal point to their daily…
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Out-of-the-Ordinary Containers for Shade
Do you feel like once you’ve seen one shady container design, you’ve really seen them all? I often feel that way, and I have no excuse for monotony since I…
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Container Garden Candidates to Attract Bees for the South
We are more aware these days about the state of bee welfare than we have been before. It’s a fact that bees are incredibly important to the environment and to…
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Small Balcony, Huge Garden
Today we’re off to Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, to visit Wema Mojar’s beautiful balcony garden. Wema has transformed her tiny balcony space into a beautiful and productive garden. If you think…
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Unique Plants for Early Spring Containers in the Northeast
After a long, snowy winter, one of the first signs of spring for gardeners in the Northeast is early spring seasonal containers. Since spring containers are typically only displayed for…
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Containers That Celebrate Fall and Winter
As the growing season winds down and we put our gardens to bed, containers can be a creative playground going into fall and winter. The key to successful late-season containers…
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Go for Grasses to Soften Late-Season Containers—Planting Plans
Autumn is the time when grasses finally get their moment, so no fall container collection would truly be complete without giving them their due. With feather-like seed heads that catch…
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Spice Up Autumn Containers With Spiky Silhouettes—Planting Plans
Include spiky silhouettes in containers to lend a celebratory feel to your front stoop. Plants such as cordyline, featured in two of the containers below, can easily be paired with…
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Create Fall Containers With Evergreen Backbones—Planting Plans
Evergreens are a natural choice for fall and winter containers. When other plants in your pots go dormant, evergreens are a staple that help to see you through the off-season.…
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Tips and Tricks for Gardening in Containers
Are you confined to a balcony, deck, or patio and yet yearn to embrace your passion for all things horticultural? You have no reason to contain your enthusiasm. A window…