Container Garden Guide

By following a few guidelines, you can easily start a successful container garden from scratch. One of the reasons that gardeners prefer them is for the flexibility that containers have. They aren’t just beautiful, they are interesting as well and, in the case of urban environments, your only option may be to plant everything in garden pots.

Making The Right Choices For Containers

Its important to have a variety of sizes for your pots. Start with the larger pots and move down to the smaller ones. Three or four large pots should work fine. Add a few more medium sized pots and then even more of the smaller pots. Draw attention to a particular area by picking out a bright colored large pot.

Placement Of Your Pots

If you have the room, start with larger pots about two to three feet tall. These will be focal points that will draw your eye in. Try to place these pots in areas that are already seen as existing focal points, like a corner, next to an important piece of furniture, or near a permanent pole. You can also pick areas as focal points to draw the viewer’s attention away from sore spots such as electrical boxes, air conditioners, etc.

Place a few of the medium sized pots next to the larger ones now that you have the larger pots where you want them. When you are placing the medium sized pots, try to imaging how the trailing plants from the larger pots will look. This may help you in determining where they will go. Two to three carefully placed medium pots should be sufficient.

Small pots are used to fill in the remaining areas. Once the plants start growing, you will probably want to move these around since there are no set rules to what looks good.

Prepare The Pots

Using a good water sealant, seal the insides of any terracotta pots. All of your pots should have drainage holes in the bottoms. If not, drill half inch holes (one per square foot). This is particularly important with wood containers. Now, to keep the potting soil from falling out the bottom, cover the holes with either shards from broken pots, a piece of screen, or a couple layers of newspaper. This keeps the dirt from falling out the bottom of the pot. Make sure to place a bowl under each pot if they are on a wood patio or deck.

Picking Out Your Plants

Use a variety of three different types of plants in your larger pots. Start with an upright plant that stands out taller than the rest, then a cover plant to fill in the middle and a trailing plant that falls down the sides of the pot and covers up the top rim. Select plants that require the same amount of watering but don’t be shy to experiment. Use your imagination and have a blast!

Chuck Wherty has been working in gardens since his early childhood and has always been interested in educating others regarding garden pot and landscaping techniques. If you like to know more about garden pots, visit AllGardenPots.com

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