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 With
careful planning, areas of your garden and house can be transformed
with a minimum of ease with beautiful pots, baskets, window boxes,
planters and containers. |
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Eye-catching beauty and individuality are just a couple
of the rewards for growing in containers. There are no rules, only
guidelines and with this in mind, the atmosphere of the garden can
change from one season to the next with the greatest of ease.
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| Which plants to use? The
list is endless and will depend upon the type of pot you have. Small
pots require small plants and larger pots or containers need either
lots of plants or larger single plants. Read
more… |
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 Container
gardening can provide height, form, texture and colour enhancing
even the dullest of areas in an instant. Garden centres have an abundance
of pots, baskets, troughs etc. Buying from an online garden centre
is, of course, easiest. Crocus
have a huge range and deliver to your door within days. |
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Planting up:
First things first. Drainage is of paramount importance with containers.
Excessive watering with no drainage available can result in stagnant
water killing your plants. Make sure there are drainage holes in
the bottom of the container. Cover these holes with crock - pieces
of broken terracotta or china, polystyrene pieces, gravel or large
stones. The compost is then added at this stage. A good idea is
to add water absorbing granules which will help keep the soil moist.
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A suitable compost
is needed for container growing. Ordinary soil does not contain enough
nutrients, compacts too much resulting in preventing water from reaching
the roots and may contain disease organisims. Regular feeding is required
as all of the nutrients of the compost will be lost through watering.
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| A knowledge of plants
and their respective soil types does help but the plant label has
most of the essential information for planting. If you need certain
plants in particular areas then check our 'plant
index' section.... |
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