Specialty Gardening: Patio Containers, 1 by gardenerme

gardenerme wrote:
Finally figured out why my digital camera was not loading on my computer and can share my containers at their best. Although I used to combine many plants in large containers, I found for my purposes that it works best to put one or 2 plants in each container and then combining them to make a bigger picture.

I always use terra cotta containers of many heights and sizes. Some are very tall and narrow and perfectly fit a one gallon nursery container so I can change them out very easily. I use bricks and concrete blocks and other pots upside down to change the levels, and try to get some tall foliage perennials to form the back rows.

I concentrate on really showy perennial foliage, and then fill in with lots of coleus. It's working great for me.

Let me know what you think.