Posts Tagged ‘container gardening’

Container Gardening Ideas – Window Planters and Garden Containers

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Window Boxes on October 13th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Container Gardening Ideas Window Planters & Garden Containers - How to Find a Bargain Towards the end of the summer lots of nursies and garden centres clear out their old stock at bargain prices. I have bought many a container at less than full price after pointing out some chip or flaw or missing bit to the salesman; after all, any such imperfection can be Read more ...

Container Gardening Ideas – Patio Pots, Patio Planters, Urns and Things

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas on October 12th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Container Gardening Ideas Patio Pots, Patio Planters, Urns and Things   Very closely allied to the hanging flower basket and window planter or box is a wide range of containers in which to grow flowers and shrubs etc. to grace the terrace, patio, yard, or entrance-way, a flat roof, a balcony, a wall or a sunroom. The right container can even be used indoors and I have Read more ...

Window Planters to Complement Your Home

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Window Boxes on October 11th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Window Planters and Flower Planters At all times window planters and other containers should be chosen to marry up with the building on which they are displayed. Perhaps the best window planters, like the best cut flower containers, are unobtrusively in keeping with the plants and the surroundings. A mock 18th century lead box (glass fibre copy) embossed with sporting Read more ...

Container Water Gardening – How to Make a Container Water Garden

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Water Features on October 10th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Container Water Gardening Ideas Container water gardening is amazing. The container water garden pools are fun to plant up and stock, and it can be easier to see and appreciate their inhabitants at this level. Safer, too, as it is unfortunately easy enough to slide into surface-level pools when peering short-sightedly to see if the goldfish have survived the winter. Read more ...

Container Gardening Ideas and Garden Containers

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas on October 10th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
How to Plant Up Your Garden Containers Whatever type of garden container you choose, the methods of filling them will be much the same, although the type of compost may vary. But always play around with them for a while before you fill and plant them up, until you are sure that they are in the right place, as it is no fun humping any but the smallest ones when they Read more ...

Gardening Tips for Watering Hanging Flower Baskets

Posted in Gardening Ideas, Hanging Baskets on October 8th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Importance of Watering Hanging Flower Baskets I have found that when making up a hanging flower basket of permanent plants, such as ivy, it is a good plan to leave the basket standing on the ground in a shady place for a week or two after planting. This encourages good rooting to take place if the basket is watered carefully and saves the plants being rocked about Read more ...

Caring for Your Hanging Flower Basket

Posted in Gardening Ideas, Hanging Baskets on October 6th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Container Gardening Ideas Hanging Flower Basket Care As only a few pounds of compost, at most, can be accommodated in the average hanging flower basket, window planter, or other gardening container, and this will be the only support the plants will have, it is obviously sound practice to use good compost so that they grow well right from the start. Too many people Read more ...

Container Gardening Ideas – Window Planters – Colour Schemes

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Hanging Baskets, Window Boxes on October 6th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Creating Colour Schemes for Window Planters, and Garden Pots and Planters When walking along a short residential street, a square or a close, or even when looking up at a block of flats, it would be nice to see some overall colour scheme for their window planters, hanging flower baskets or other plantings. For individualists, however, there are plenty of ideas to Read more ...

Best Colour Schemes for Garden Pots and Planters

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas on October 5th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Garden Pots and Planters To be a constant joy and interest, not all containers need bold or startling colour schemes that can be seen from far away down the road. Some of my nicest and most memorable effects have been quieter, more subtle, and the more 'secret' boxes seen only from close at hand in the garden can often be the best-loved. All-foliage containers, without Read more ...

Growing Peppers and Other Vegetables in Container Gardens

Posted in Container Gardening, Fruit & Veg, Gardening Ideas on October 4th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Try Growing Peppers The same plastic cultivation bags such as Grobags can also be used for growing peppers, aubergines, and courgettes. One business, a long time ago now admittedly, supplied schools in Southwark with miniature bags and this was so successful that the company also supplied residents in a block of flats in London's dockland with full-sized bags, plants Read more ...