Specialty Gardening: Summer Container Gardening, 1 by cathy166

cathy166 wrote:
Sunkissed, I start all the caladiums indoors. When it starts to get warm during the day, I take them out to play, and they flourish. Before the nights warm up, they have to come in. By early May there were days when they went for a drive in my car because it was still too cold for them. I lost a coleus nurtured over the winter with a sweet potato vine when it dipped into the 40s this spring. The sweet potato is still going strong.

I am certain there is nothing funnier than a chubby old lady running around to put her plants in a protected area. The first photo is preparation for Hurricane Irene last August as they were being herded up on my porch. The plants in the car had to come out before they cooked! I could really use a sun porch.

This year I know it will be a thrill as the containers have gotten even larger. The second photo also has a tomato in it (thus the netting). I'm just not worried that containers that size will blow around during a storm. The third is just a "holding" box for just rooted plants, but they seem to love it. Fourth is a begonia that is bloomin' happy and fifth is Gingerland. I did not know I'd like her as much till she was born!

What I love about containers is their portability and versatility: the ability to control light and other conditions; the ability to pull it out when it is no longer attractive; and the ability to make a quick gift to a friend or potential friend.


This message was edited Sep 1, 2012 8:28 AM