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i am new to gardening dont like it really must do a border help! dug out flattened need to put stones on then pots can cope with that but need to know what to do before i put stones on, what sort of flowers etc: look good in pots? what size pots? for what size plants? i am really new to this, my daughter bought a miniture rose tree for me can i put this outside now, please help.

 

Hi woodcas and a warm welcome from me. The people to help you get organized will be along soon. In the meantime you might say if the border is in a sunny or shady area and what the soil is like, etc. Good luck!

 

Hi, Woodcas! Welcome to GC!

Firstly, I suggest you ask this again in the containers section further down, as people don't really look in here other than to say hello, so you'll get a better response there.

Secondly - here are a few of my ideas about what you've asked...
You can put practically anything in a pot - and the size of the pot, and the plants you put in them depend on what sort of space you have to put them in! If you have a wander round any garden centre just now, you're bound to see loads of planted up pots, which might give you some ideas of what you like and don't like, and they'll have plenty of pots and things to put in them for sale :D

Your miniature rose would do well in a pot, surrounded by trailing plants. The main things about planting pots are

1) put it on stones or pot feet for drainage and to avoid them cracking in the winter

2) put crocks in the bottom (stones from around the garde, bits of broken terracotta pots, or polystyrene plant containers broken up into smaller chunks - also for drainage. Then fill up with compost.

3) If you want to put in bulbs, you can put them in lower down, add more compost and put in whatever you want, like bedding plants around the outside, and something taller in the middle, whether something like a standard fuchsia, a small tree, a cordyline, or whatever.

Hope that gets you started, and you start to enjoy it! :D

 

Hi woodcas and welcome, good luck with your planting.

 

thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction i know now i can ask questions and get answers, now of to the garden centre to have a browse