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Container Gardens

Gardening in confined spaces is fun, and provide a creative outlet for the gardener. All types of items can be used to "pot-up" a plant. This section of Rainy Side Gardeners is devoted to ideas for your contained garden.

 

Index

Debunking Two Popular Plant Container Myths
Two myths: improving drainage with a layer of pebbles and keeping soil moist with polymer crystals.
May 9, 2013

Succulents Plants in a Globe
How to make a globe filled with succulent plants for your garden.
(updated) May 4, 2013

Bird Cages and Succulents
Take a decorative hinged bird cage, line it with moss, plant it with succulents—hang and enjoy.
April 25, 2013

Winter Urn for a Pacific Northwest Garden
I planted a smoky gray urn with three types of vegetation ...
February 28, 2013

A Dish of Worm Plants
A fun little dish filled with the succulent worm plant—Crassula marnieriana.
February 27, 2013

Asarina procumbens and the Painted Concrete Urn
Images of a painted urn and its contents.
February 2, 2013

Aeonium and Company
This is a good example of why using handsome foliage plants in containers creates stunning results!
January 21, 2013

Echevaria Globe
I spotted this spectacular hanging globe basket planted with the silver Echevaria runyonii ‘Rose’ plants.
December 31, 2012

Mandevilla and Coleus Combined for Heat!
A thought crept into my brain, that when we have an extra-long cold spring, I tend to plant containers with brighter hued plant combinations.
September 28, 2012

Purple Pot Strikes Again!
When I spotted the unfurling leaf, I rolled my eyes and said, "It's about time!"
August 20, 2012

Canary Creeper Gone Wild
I thought planting a Canary Creeper into a hanging basket was a good idea.
July 7, 2012

Incredible Edibles in the Air
Who says an edible garden has to be boorish?
June 11, 2012

The Woman In Golden Yellow
Adorned in a golden yellow sedum halo...
May 26, 2012

Hanging Petunia Baskets Get Flying Colors
Lively points of color, liven up a quiet green space.
May 10, 2012

The Houseplant That Wandered Outside
I tucked the Tradescantia into the woven birch bark basket...
May 1, 2012

Alocasia and Company
As this pot fills out over the summer months it will go from beautiful to absolutely stunning.
April 28, 2012

Sizzling Hot Pot of Crotons, Daisies and Strawflowers
While the shrub is small, I’ve tucked in two companion plants to make this container shout.
April 5, 2012

Growing Daffodils in Containers
There are so many ways you can present these springtime charmers.
March 16, 2012

White Window Box for an East Window
A window covered in coleus, setcreasea, dianthus and hosta for the east side.
February 14, 2012

Brighten a Shady Nook
One small pot, and one small begonia tuber was all it took to bring this dim place back to light.
January 24, 2012

Design in Foliage Extremes
Sometimes extremes in foliage can be a container's best friend.
January 4, 2012

Fab Containers of 2011
A potpourri of pots, the best for 2011.
December 31, 2011

Comfortable As an Old Pair of Jeans
Old jeans, and some ingenuity made these old jeans come back to life with plants.
December 8, 2011

Just the Foliage Ma'am
And nothing but!
December 1, 2011

Container Gardening—Sometimes Simpler Is Better
Some years I want to cram everything into a pot.
December 1, 2011

Container Garden—Foliage for Color
With little in bloom, you would expect a container to be blah and uninteresting
December 1, 2011

Narcissus for the Holidays and Beyond
There is nothing better for the spirit than flowering plants in winter.
November 13, 2011

Potting Up Made Easy
Planting a container is a dirty business.
May 2, 2011

How to Make a Moss Lettuce Basket
Make a beautiful edible container using a wire basket, moss and colorful lettuce plants.
April 26, 2011

Big Flower Baskets Hanging in a Tree
Trees dressed up in flowers.
August 23, 2010

Echoes of Color
You know all is well with the world when you can effortlessly put a container together.
April 19, 2011

Abundance of Daffodils
Stuffing a container with daffodil bulbs.
April 20, 2008

Stacked Pot Surprise
A stack of pots dripping with string of pearls enlivens a corner of the garden.
August 26, 2007

Giant Colocasia in a Container
This container is about foliage.
June 6, 2007

A Bacopa and Coleus Filled Hanging Basket
Not quite what I had in mind, but still. . .
January 26, 2007

Black Stem Taro Container
This taro is a focal point wherever you plant it.
January 26, 2007

Cordyline 'Red Sister'
Cordylines are outstanding architectural plants for a container.
March 26, 2006

Hair of Sedum and Sempervivum
A moss covered container crowned with hardy plants.
November 30, 2005

Coleus A La Mode
More coleus pairings in the shade of a large rhododendron.
August 20, 2005

Window Box for an East Window
The first day it was planted, I was pleased.
June 12, 2005

Going Bananas
Banana, coleus and sedum fill this container.
October 14, 2004

Canna Lily Water Garden
A water feature containing a canna lily. August 14, 2004

A Tall Lanky Container
Ideas to play up a tall, lanky container.
February 25, 2004

Phormium Container
A large plant for a large pot
October 14, 2003

Bells, Honeywort and Pots
What do you put in a big purple container?
January 15, 2003

Rhodochiton atrosanguineum
A climbing plant in a hanging basket.
January 15, 2003

Ye Olde Strawberry Pot
A new look at old pots.
June 11, 2002

Faux Painting a Plastic Container
A step-by-step guide for painting plastic pots.

A Green and Blue Theme
May 16, 2001