Comments on: Fall Color Container Planting Idea

By: Susan (garden-chick)

Susan (garden-chick) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:44 +0000

Nice a dramatic – just the way I like it!
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By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:02:15 +0000

Dude, Laura, where’s my brain, I bet they’re Petunias. <<<

Monica, I’m bad with watering containers, too. I hook them up to irrigation for clients!!

By: Laura Livengood Schaub (InterLeafer)

Laura Livengood Schaub (InterLeafer) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:17:06 +0000

Those are the biggest Calibrachoa flowers I’ve ever seen, is that a new cultivar? Or is that a very small phormium?! Lovely combo, would be cool to tuck a few bulbs in it too!
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By: Monica the Garden Faerie

Monica the Garden Faerie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:17:41 +0000

LOL, Flax will die here in winter, too. I love the combo… if I were the type of person who had container plantings, I’d switch out things by season. (I can’t be relied upon to water them, you see!)
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By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:43:14 +0000

Debbie, that sounds lovely! Berries are awesome in winter, aren’t they? I love being able to use plants in containers for a season or two and then plant them out in the garden, it seems to work so much better than trying to prune roots and shoots to keep something in a pot indefinitely.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:08:19 +0000

Gen,

I like your client’s combo for her container. The colors work well for summer or fall. Here in CT I’m thinking about my fall/winter containers. This year I’ll use Gaultheria (Wintergreen) and Arctostaphylos (Bearberry) for texture and their colorful berries and then in the spring I’ll plant them in my garden as groundcover.
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