Northeast Gardening: Containers 2009 #2, 1 by gardenmart

gardenmart wrote:
Carrie,
I was watering plants on Thursday over in Cambridge. The landscape boys were there ripping out {literally!} the gorgeous plantings they had put in back in the spring. I copped several huge ageratums, dusty miller, and the total prize, two huge boston type ferns. I plan to fill in a few holes in my containers for the rest of the season.
This is my container full of 25 cent plants from the Lowe's markdown rack. It is huge. The prize there is the Gerbera daisy that came back from three scraggly leaves {as in, why did I even spend a quarter on this?}. There is also a sedum in the back and a geranium, which is about to bloom. I do attribute the growth to the use of the Colorburst flower fertilizer. That and all the rain that kept the boxes and pots watered...well, see for yourself.
Martha