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Stunning Container Garden Layouts!
Recreate these beautiful container flower garden designs on your patio or porch, each with full recipes and labels.
Container Fairy Flower Gardens!
Ultra-cute Fairy Flower Garden ideas. Even boys can get a kick out of their own "monster" garden (you don't have to use the 'F' word!).
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Here's why. I've caught myself dreaming up combinations before when I'm trying to find my next set of design ideas.
Container gardening flower choices are UNLIMITED, though! Where to start, what to choose, how's it going to look?
I then inevitably head toward a container gardening magazine and start there. Photos are such great stimulation for the old brain, and gardeners who make it to that magazine can usually put together a pretty good list of ideas for container gardening.
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We took the trouble to label those container gardening pictures, because on most other sites, images aren't labeled with what makes up the design.
I'm left trying to figure out what that peculiar looking plant is in the back, or left wondering... "What is that making up that centerpiece?"
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Recycled Planters: Green Container Gardening Ideas
Pretty much anything can be used as a planter, including old paint cans, toilets, sinks, bathtubs, cars, trucks, even a broken doll's head or an old shopping cart! Prepare to be amazed...
Growing Vegetables, Indoors or Outdoors, in Containers
What's even better than buying organic food? Growing your own in containers! We show you all you need to know to grow potatoes, salad, tomatoes, Brussel sprouts, pumpkins, asparagus, and much MORE.
Plant the Best Organic Heirloom Garden Seeds
Escape the GMO trap, and do your bit for future bio diversity, by insisting on only organic heirloom seeds for planting your container garden. You will be delighted by the taste and appearance of long-forgotten varieties of your favorite fruits, veg and flowers.
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Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Coleus, Salvia, Gazania Talent Mix
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Coleus, Salvia, Gazania Talent Mix
While the colors of this display are understated, they are also very varied, …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Single Flowers, Multiple Containers
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Single Flowers, Multiple Containers
Sometimes, it pays to keep container gardening simple, and mix it up by …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Perilla, Torenia
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Perilla, Torenia
A simple yet tasteful combination of deep red, mid-green and pink/white makes this container …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Red Salvia
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Red Salvia
Some may find a display of a single color dull, but we think it's classy and of course, super-easy …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Red Cordyline, Lamb's Ear, Soprano Purple Osteospermum
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Red Cordyline, Licorice Plants, Soprano Purple Osteospermum
We love this display because it has a great variety …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Artemisia, Scented Geranium, Velvet Lamb's Ear
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Artemisia, Scented Geranium, Licorice Plant
This is a very conservative display for people who are not into …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Blue Petunia, Red Verbena, Yellow Bidens
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Blue Petunia, Red Verbena, Yellow Bidens
Is there any more beautiful combination than red, yellow and blue? …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: White Nicotinia
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: White Nicotinia
Container flower displays don't get much simpler than this one!
Just plant a good quantity …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Marine Heliotrope, and Tiger Lily?
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Marine Heliotrope, and Tiger Lily?
We successfully identified Heliotrope here. If anybody can help identify …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: New Wonder Blue Fan Flower, Lantana?
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: New Wonder Blue Fan Flower
We didn't have all the information about this display. The blue flowers at the front …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Cordyline, Rudbeckia, Artemisia
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Cordyline, Rudbeckia, Artemisia
We love the understated and complementary colors of this display. The colors …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Fountain Grass and Portulaca
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Fountain Grass and Portulaca
This is a pretty unusual container flower garden arrangement -- it has the look …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Zinnias and Gazanias in a Strawberry Pot
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Zinnias and Gazanias in a Strawberry Pot
This is one of the easiest container flower displays to create, and …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Creeping Jenny, Impatiens, Swallowtail Coleus
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Creeping Jenny, Impatiens, Swallowtail Coleus
This container gardening design is a great one for people who …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Coleus Combination, Black Dragon, Wizard, Rainbow Mix Not rated yet
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Coleus Combination, Black Dragon, Wizard, Rainbow Mix
A simple and lovely combination of colored leafy plants …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Daybreak Mix of Gazania Not rated yet
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Daybreak Mix of Gazania
Another super-simple display, this one is an easy-to-grow combination of varieties …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Black Dragon Coleus, Volcano Coleus Not rated yet
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Black Dragon Coleus, Volcano Coleus
Sometimes, it can be very effective to use combinations of a single plant …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Succulents Not rated yet
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Coleus, Salvia, Gazania Talent Mix
If you're looking for a no-maintenance (or at least, low-maintenance) container …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Million Bells Not rated yet
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Million Bells
Also known as Calibrachoa , Million Bells are extremely pretty, easy to grow, and make a wonderful …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Persian Shield, Lobelia Not rated yet
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Persian Shield, Lobelia
Little and large, dark and bright combine to make a simple and elegant container gardening …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Purple Fountain Grass, Red Verbena, Blue Petunias, Peter's Golden Carpet Not rated yet
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Purple Fountain Grass, Red Verbena, Blue Petunias, Peter's Golden Carpet
This is such a beautiful arrangement! …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Lantana, Ornamental Millet, Fan Flower (Scaevola) Not rated yet
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Lantana, Ornamental Millet, Fan Flower
This arrangement creates a huge contrast! It takes the idea we introduced …
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Cordyline, Gazania, Verbena, Salvia, Vinca Minor, Calibrachoa Not rated yet
Container Flower Gardening Ideas: Cordyline, Gazania, Verbena, Salvia, Vinca Minor, Calibrachoa
If you love color, then this display is perfect …
50lb Planter Not rated yet
Here is the new container at our front door. I think my wife did a great job on this 50 lb planter. It took 24 4.5" and one 6" plant.
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