Container Garden Guide

Starting a successful container garden from scratch is simple if you follow a few guidelines. Container gardening gives you a lot of flexibility and for the gardeners who have them, have their own reasons for starting them. Not only are they beautiful, but they are also interesting and in the case of urban environments, putting all your plants in garden pots may be the only option.

Making The Right Choices For Containers

Having a variety of pot sizes is key to a successful container garden. Starting with a few larger sized pots (three or four) and increasing the quantity as you go to medium and small garden pots. By picking out a bright color for one of your large pots, you will definitely draw attention to that particular area – which is OK if that is your intention.

Placement Of Your Pots

Depending on the size of your space, start with larger pots that are about two or three feet tall. This will become a focal point to draw your eye in. Use existing focal point to place these large pots such as, a corner, next to a permanent pole, or near an important piece of furniture. You can also achieve the opposite effect to draw the eye AWAY from sore spots, like air conditioners, electric boxes, etc.

Once you have placed all the large pots where you like them (they aren’t permanent so you can move them at any time), take your medium sized pots and place a few around the larger ones. Since they will be pretty close to each other, try and imagine how it will look when there are trailing plants coming down from the larger pots. In most cases, two to three medium sized pots will be enough.

Fill in the remaining areas with the smaller pots. This should be done randomly as there are no set rules to this. Place them where they look good to you!

Preparing 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.

Plant Selection

In the larger pots, its best to have up to three types of plants. A main upright plant, a cover plant to fill in the middle and a trailing plant that grows down the sides and covers up the top of the pot. Feel free to experiment with different types and colors. I would stick to neutral colors for your filler plants. Use your imagination and have fun!

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

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