Container Gardening – Part 2

I have more containers than I could fit in one blog.

 In Container Gardening part 1, I posted pictures of my potted garden at the garage. This first picture is a close-up of a portion of the right-hand side. (I had to show it again because it is too good not to get an encore.) In the upper left is a little bit of the dark foliage of ‘Mona’ Lavender (Plectranthus). Next to it you can see the elongated purple flowers of Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee.’ It’s foliage is a match for the chartreuse color of sweet potato vine ‘Margarita,’ the plant to its right is Persian shield (this is the first time I’ve grown Persian shield, and I LOVE it!), continuing right is heliotrope ‘Marine,’ on the far right is a dark foliaged pepper plant, and the red is a penta.

In the article on container gardening that I posted in part 1, I mention briefly that if you want to plant perennials in your containers instead of annuals, you should amend a good quality potting soil with shredded bark (soil conditioner.) To take this concept one step further, check out this article in Fine Gardening Magazine. It gives 6 different potting soil recipes for specific plant types.

This is planted in a container and sits on a ledge in the pond. The 2 frogs that live here like to hang out on the lily pads. It makes me smile whenever I walk by and they hop in the pond.

This hosta ‘Blue Angel’ had been in ICU recuperating from a vicious vole attack, but he seems to be feeling better. I love the color of the pot next to the coral bells (Heuchera ‘Frosted Violet’.) The picture is from a couple of weeks ago when the coral bells were still blooming.

This pot is a larger version of the ones on my deck. It’s planted with a purple smoke tree.

This simple arrangement of Dracaena and asparagus fern sits on my deck. Last winter I conducted a little experiment and over-wintered one Dracaena in the garage and the other in the kitchen. The one from the kitchen looked great, but the best I can say about the other one is that it was still alive. I won’t do that again!

This arrangement is on the basement patio. The large blue-flowered plumbago and the orange narrow leafed zinnia each have their own pots, and the third pot is planted with Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost’ (it is a little like baby’s breath), spicer lily (Hymenocallis ‘Tropical Giant Sister’) and the purple foliaged Alternanthera.

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If you stand in front of my refrigerator and look out the side door, this is what you see. All the plants are relocated volunteer seedlings from last year’s garden. The white is vinca and the red is either ‘Hummingbird red’ or ‘Lady in red’ salvia. I’ve bought both and been unable to tell the difference. I suspect that they are, in fact, the same plant and it’s just a marketing thing. Someone either thought the name ‘Lady in red’ was too racy and wanted to tone it down, or someone thought ‘Hummingbird red’ needed a little spicing up. I’m curious which it is.