Container Gardening

Found it! It was exactly where it was supposed to be.

I have 2ftx2ft containers either side of my front door, sitting in full shade (door faces north). They have had pyramid shaped box about 2 1/2 ft high but I have lost them both to blight. I would like a change from box if possible, looking for something I can shape, that will live on the north...

It looks really good!

Thanks Spruce. Fantastic advise. I have just 6 growing in the conservatory at the moment ready to pot on soon. With your sound advise I,m looking for a grand show.

An old thread I know but about 6 years ago I purchased 6 terracotta pots from £1 shop. The only problem was the decoration at the top broke off. I still have one left which is perfect. I do find these £1 shop potties these days are very naff so do not buy them anymore. Had a thing about...

All of mine are in pots, golden, nigra, arrow and a bush type.All doing well as I feed with soluble feed... A few are near 3m tall.

I've had this poor conifer for almost 20 yrs & while obviously years ago it was in good nick, since my health deteriorated to where I struggle to repot a 10 inch plant pot, & thus have no mission of easily repotting this poor thing or getting help to do it, it amazingly continues to put out new...

I have a patio garden so i have to plant in pots. Having a grow house has really helped. Waiting on my calla lily and crocrosmia before i start hardening them outside during the day and in the growhouse untill early May.

We have grown hydroponically for years, so we have fresh lettuce 365 days a year. Ava planted her plant in soil the same day we built a small aeroponic unit for her to take to her house. She has only seen lettuce grown hydroponically, hence her question about growing in soil. The lettuce in...

Thanks everyone, I've done the best I can and will be nursing them although I think that the reason the others produced new shoots may have been neglect. They were out of the sun so I've put the new cutting right next to the parent.

I am not sure about the glazed ones...a bit like tiling the outdoor spaces...depends, depends.

How long will it take to reshoot? I really want a white Jasmine to compliment my Paul's Scarlett this year so I think I will just replace this one one with a new one.

They're difficult to kill through pruning. just keep it to the size and shape you want.

Submerging pots/containers is a good idea for anything that is established, also if you want to grow anything that can be rampant for instance some of the rockery campanula or mint as they won't spread out take over your beds.

the spiky one will look great in the borders and really offset whatever else you put in there.

I've got one in a container that had just 2 very thin stems, one snapped and the other got munched by slugs and now 3/4 new stems are coming from the base.

mine are in ground all year, never lifted, and they bloom like crazy, year after year after year. I cannot deal with lifting /replanting.

Hawkshead is a brilliant choice as it's the only white fuchsia that really does stay white, it doesn't go pink at all, and it seems to sparkle in the shade.

The blue flowers called Lithodora Grace Ward are really fabulous - I must have some of those. I love blue flowers.

If any dead plants are being removed, check around the roots as grubs eating roots can cause plants to display the same symptoms as under watering and this could explain individual plants being affected rather than the whole container full.