This webinar will cover basic steps as well as how to combine plants and ongoing care. This is a terrific class for beginner container gardeners as well as anyone that needs a refresher.
Note:
The blue “shade” pot had:
Dianella Cassa Blue
Senecio Dusty Miller
Heuchera Purple Rain Forest
Glechoma Variegata “Creeping Charlie”
The terra cotta “sun” pot had:
Leucadendron Salignum Chief
Lomandra Tropic Belle
Bulbine Frutescens Yellow Form
Echeveria Elegans Grey Red
Festuca Elijah’s Blue
Lysmachia Creeping Jenny Green
Outline:
1. The 3 “ill’s” of Container Designing
2. Is This a Fling or a Lifetime Commitment?
Like It, Love It, Gotta Have It
Annual v. Perennial
3. Choosing the Correct Sized Pot
These plants are gonna GROW!
Depth and width: equally important
4. Choosing the Correct Plants
Sun vs. Shade
“Full” size potential
Soil type
Watering needs
5. Let your inner artist, out
Don’t be afraid to mix-it-up!
Plants only have to have “like needs”
6. How to Water
Looooooong deep soaks, less often
Pruning and “Re-potting”
Better for you, better for the plants
Add, Remove, Replace, Repeat.
Supply List
Gloves
Plants
Pots
Potting Soil
Keeper Stopper
Fertilizer
