I'm a fairly novice gardner and would like your suggestions for plants that can be used for planters/urns. I read some of the posts by Chico and Artsy which said Lobelia's, and supertunias are good to use.
What plants can you use to gain height in a planter? I don't want to use evergreens. Can you use prennials in planters? If yes, how do you winterize them?
Thanks for your help.
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Thanks. We use a water soluble plant food (miracle grow) 15-30-15 about every 10 days.
....of plant food do you use? those are fantasticalymorebeautiful!!!!!
Thanks for your kind remarks. We've been working on this garden only for one year and last year the hanging basket did really well. . Here is an other pic.
I never grow tired of looking at your beautiful flowers. It reminds me of some gardens in Europe where the flowers grow like mad due to a lack of frost and snow. Thanks for all the pictures.
any time before hard frost in your area. Look for the zone maps -- they should tell you when hard frost is...
usually, here in Ottawa, I would do it in Sept. or Oct. The key is to take lots of the root ball with it -- you want a little while for it to get settled in its new environment before the winter comes. A clue -- if the ground is frozen and you can't dig into it - it is too late - haha
lady's for your suggestions. Lisi I love your urns, they're gorgeous...I'll have to try some of the plants you mentioned.
If I wanted to winterize the perennials from the urns when would be a good time to plant them into the ground?
are dracaena.
You can use any kind of annuals sold by your local garden centre that will go into "hanging baskets". ALl you have to do is decide on a colour scheme, inlcuding the kind of foliage they have, and whether you want ones that hang over the edge or not. You also have to decide whtehr your planters will be in the sun or in the shade - gain, the labels on the plants should tell you where they do best. Then plant by size, with taller ones in the middle.
And you CAN use perennials. If you want to keep them over winter, you may have to plant them in the ground, or take them indoors.
I had crocosmia in a container, it grew quite tall and I like the orange flowers, it overwintered very well (just put the pot in the greenhouse) . It 's actually more of a ground cover, I send a pic, it's the tall plant in the front, in the other pots I had ivy geraniums and lobelia, the urn near the garden shed had yellow calcelaria, lobelia and verbena, Just some ideas.
BC
I have used those tall spike leafy plants that I forget the name of, also used yucca plants that I brought inside in winter then put back out in the container in summer.