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Container Garden Recipes

 


Scarecrow in the Garden

Takes full sun.

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

Potting soil
1
1 Redwood planter (we decorated ours with an acorn garland and ornamental corn)
1 Espalier trellis
2 Garden ornaments (we used acorns)
1 Small sized scarecrow
2 1-Gallon Thunbergia ‘Blushing Susie
3 1-Gallon Phormium tenax ‘Jack Sprat’
2 1-Gallon Hibiscus cetosella ‘Haight Ashbury’
2 4-Inch Chrysanthemum (we used orange)
2 4-Inch Coprosma ‘Fire Burst
1 6-Pack Stock (we used purple)

 

Fall Gold

Needs sun.

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1
5-gallon Euphorbia cotinifolia
2
4-inch Salvia nemorosa ‘May Night’
3 4-inch Spilanthes ‘Peek-a-Boo’
3 from 6-pack Lantana ‘Dallas Red’
1 6-inch Euphorbia tirucalli ‘Firestick’
6 from 6-pack Petunia ‘Wizard Blue Morn’

 

Jungle Jazz

Needs sun.

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1
4-inch Zingiber
1
4-inch Coleus ‘Kiwi Fern’
1
4-inch Nephthytis ‘Golden’
1
4-inch Heucherella ‘Strike it Rich Gold’
2 from 6-pack Lychnis ‘Lumina’
1 4-inch Leptinella squalid ‘Brass Buttons’

 

 

Green Splash

Needs sun.

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1
1-gallon Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Sentinel’
2
from 6-pack Lantana ‘Dallas Red’
2
3-inch Senecio rowleyanus
1
4-inch Sedum Angelina

 

 

Royal In Black

Needs 1⁄2 to full day sun, medium to high water.

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

  • Canna ‘Black Knight’
  • Calibrochoa ‘Superbells Plum’
  • Rosa Cupid Rose ‘Bordeaux’

Two Faced

(Notice how one container can give you two very different looks
when viewed from two sides)

Prefers shade.

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1
1-gallon Colocasia
1
1-gallon King Coleus
1
1-gallon Zebra Plant
1
6-pack Lysimachia ‘Goldilocks’

Sun Lover in Bronze

Needs full sun, low water.

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

  • Kangaroo Paw ‘Harmony’
  • Calylophus ‘Southern Belle’
  • Correa pulchella ‘Dusty Bells’
  • Leptospermum scoparium ‘Ruby Glow’
  • Leucadendron ‘Rising Star’
  • Muhlenbergia dumosa ‘Muhly Bamboo’
  • Santavilla ‘Aztec Gold’
  • Sedum spurium ‘Red Carpet’

Seafoam Oasis

Needs 1⁄2 to full day sun, medium to high water.

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

  • Canna ‘Tropicana’
  • Brugmansia ‘Double Yellow Angel’s Trumpet’
  • Cypressus papyrus ‘Lion’s Tail’
  • Euphorbia ‘Bonfire’
  • Ipomea batatas ‘Margerite’
  • Linaria reticulate ‘Flamenco’
  • Portaluca ‘Sundial Scarlet’

Using Your Marbles

Prefers shade.

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1
1-gallon Angelica pachycarpa
1
4-inch Chenille Plant ‘Pendula Red’
3
bags of marble accents

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