Containers Make Gardening Easier

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June 2009
By Doris Myrle Morris 
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When planting in a container, remember that you can place the plants closer together than you can in garden beds. Full-sun annual plants, which require at least six hours of sunlight each day, work well in containers.

Experiment with plant combinations. According to experts, a well-balanced container should include a combination of thrillers, fillers and spillers.

A few good thrillers – or focal plants – for a container planting include green or burgundy spikes, medium-tall ornamental grasses, red or pink dragon wing begonias, agastache plants and blue salvia Evolutions. These types of thrillers are necessary to give the planting height.

Great fillers include dwarf snapdragons, short dahlias, fibrous begonias, gazanias, ornamental peppers, angelonias, profusion zinnias and sweet alyssums. Begin with colors that appeal to you and go from there. The possibilities and color combinations are endless. Don’t be afraid to try new and different things.

A wonderful spiller – or trailer – to use in a container planting is dichondra Silver Falls. By mid- to late summer, cascades of silver-green foliage flow down the sides of the containers or hanging baskets. Other good choices include vining helichrysum, limelight or dark-green sweet potato vine and English ivy.

 

Vegetables

Container gardening doesn’t limit you to planting only flowers. Patio tomatoes, various peppers, bush cucumbers and herbs thrive in containers.

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