Containers can be great focal points in a garden or as accents pieces flanking doorways. They can also create beautiful, personal spaces on patios, with flowers, plants or herbs. Using a container does not, however, have to limit what you are planting. You can grow almost anything in a container. Find out about the best soil mixture for your plant, consider sun exposure, and think about the look you want to create.
Like Japanese Maples (various types), California Lilacs, Japanese Willow, and dwarf fruit trees, Azalea, and Rhododendrons.
Like grasses, bamboos, shrubs such as Yews and Viburnums, topiaries.
Annuals and perennials including vines, clematis, and camellias. You can also consider native flowers as well as edible flowers.
Strawberries, spinach,
lettuce, zucchini, squash, green beans, peppers, tomatoes, garlic, onions,
carrots, peas, and more.
Cilantro, parsley, basil, mint, rosemary, lavender, dill, oregano, and more.
Containers for children’s gardening can be a great way to teach the wonders of nature and growth while allowing your children to grow things on their very own. Also, using containers as decorative pieces filled with cuttings can be a great way to dress up an entrance way, a table or even a front porch throughout the year.