Container Gardening

Hello! Now for the exciting part! The classic advice is to plan for foliage interest because that's there for much longer than the flowers. Go for a mix of colours, leaf shape and texture. Then the flowers are the icing on the cake. For contrasting foliage, there's Nandina domestica...

I like these.

Finally threw out a conifer which had gone 2/3 brown & its faded old terracotta pot that had been near our front door since we moved in over 2 years ago & was clearly never gonna recover. I have a new tall pot ready and just need to find a dwarf conifer to put in it. The old pot was insanely...

Here is a self-contained pallet wood planter I built in 2015 (picture from same year).It is still in good condition and I have just sown this year's carrot crop into it.I have made a couple of other pallet wood planters and have found that the best liner to use is heavy duty landscape...

I think a trellis will work well however it’s a shared fence so I’m not sure if we are able to attach a trellis? (Rented property)

thats good about the council ... yes the leaves will go yellow and fall off

@ThePlantAssassin those are beauties. My son loves his ferns and since he's parked with me for a few months, I've seen him give "Harry" a feed, a light one, every month. Harry is happy and he is not very close to a window at to the moment so he is very forgiving. Nothing lives on just water...

aha that timer looks great - thanks!

Thanks Armandii, that’s very useful to know.They’re such attractive shrubs, have always wanted one.

Looks absolutely beautiful ..... Flowers too...how lovely ♡♡♡

No reason why not. If it were me, I’d produce some holes in the bottom and add a couple of inches of broken up polystyrene to aid drainage before adding any compost.

Thanks @misterQ that looks really good, there are copies around but some are really expensive, I'll keep an eye out and see if spot one with a decent price. I'll take a look at the YouTube channel.

Drat. LOL! so much to learn... tyvm gardeners!

A 30cm (12") plant in a 3.5" pot is IMO time for potting up, as by now the roots are probably coming out of the drainage holes. The advice already given is good, however I would prefer to increase the pot size gradually. This will encourge strong roots. Just my opinion.

Round Plant Pots - Future Garden Hydroponics

I have in the past used old compost at the base of some pots but I always microwave it first to ensure all unwanted things get zapped.

Thanks, My biggest challenge will be not incinerating them with the lights as usual!

I had to see it to believe it.. I fink bats eat mozzies.. They've got plenty of those evidently. Perhaps they will consider putting bat boxes up.. It wouldn't come as a shock. (I'm not a 'chinkist' honestly!) I really like a No 52 chop suey.

Pete and Nigel, thank you very much for your replies and recommendations.