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Color In A Bowl

Takes shade

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1	1-gallon Teucrium fruticans
3	from 6-pack Stock ‘Appleblossom’
1	from 6-pack Dusty Miller
3	4-inch Variegated ivy
3	4-inch Primula malacoides – white
4	4-inch Primula malacoides - red

Green with Envy

Takes half sun, half shade

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1	4-inch Dusty Miller
2	4-inch Pansy ‘Crown Cream’
2	4-inch Bacopa ‘Abunda Blue Imp’
1	4-inch Vinca vine major ‘Expoflora’

Patio Delight

Needs filtered sun

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1	3-gallon Azalea ‘Alaska’ patio tree
1	1-gallon Ficus pumila
3	4-inch Primula ‘Rumba Vine’ (use this to twist and trail up the trunk of the Azalea)
3	4-inch Alternanthera bettzickiana ‘Brilliantissima’
2	from 6-pack Variegated Ivy

Yurning For Fall

Takes full sun

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

We used an intricate urn container to add interest to the plants.

1	bag Spanish moss
3	5-gallon Phormium ‘Rainbow Queen’
2	4-inch Sun Coleus ‘Glennis’
2	4-inch Sun Coleus ‘Religious Radish’

Fussing with Foliage

Needs shade

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1	1-gallon Ligularia tussilaginea ‘Gigantea’
1	1-gallon Acalypha willkesiana ‘Kilauea’
2	4-inch Heuchererella hybrid ‘Strike it Rich Gold’
1	4-inch Ipomea ‘Blackie’

Container Spill

Needs shade

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1	1-gallon Fatsia japonica
3	4-inch Acalypha ‘Bourbon Street’
4	from 6-pack Vinca major ‘Maculata’ (make sure you have long pieces ‘dripping’ over the container)

Haunted Houseplant

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1	Halloween decoration (we used a witch’s show)
1	six inch Alocasia amazonica
1	4-inch Ipomea batatas ‘Marguerite’
1	4-inch Hemigraphis alternata
3	from 6-pack Coleus ‘Wizard Mix’

Pumpkin Magic

Can take partial sun

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil

1	Large Pumpkin container
1	8-inch black Orchid basket Green Moss
1	4-inch Ajuga ‘Chocolate Chip’
1	from 6-pack Gazenia ‘Kiss Mix’
1	from 6-pack Pansy ‘Crown Gold’
1	from 6-pack Pansy ‘Majestic Giants’
1	6-pack Viola ‘Sorbet Black Delight’

Pumpkin Surprise

Can take partial sun

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1	Small Pumpkin container (a cauldron would work, too!)
1	1-gallon black liner
1	4-inch Goldfish nemantanthus
1	4-inch Pennisetum seraceum ‘Red Riding Hood’
3	from 6-pack Viola cornuta ‘Srobet Black Delight’

Fall Grass

Can take full sun

We recommend Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1	5-gallon Pennisetum ‘Rubrum’
2	4-inch Lantana ‘Radiation’
3	4-inch Bacopa ‘Gold ‘n Pearls’

Glorious Coleus

Needs full shade

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

3	4-inch Coleus ‘Defiance’
2	4-inch Ipomea
1	4-inch Wire vine
3	4-inch New Guinea Impatiens ‘Non-Stop Red’

Old World Charm

Needs full sun

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1	1-gallon Cassinia leptophylla ‘Silver Cottonwood’
3	4-inch Hedera ‘Variegated’
3	4-inch Nemesia fruticans ‘Safari Violet Rose’

Tuscan Delight

Needs full sun

We recommend
Uncle Malcolm’s Potting soil.

1	1-gallon Penstemon hybrid ‘Pike’s Peak Purple’
3	4-inch Salvia officinalis ‘Tricolor’
3	4-inch Calibrachoa ‘Celebration Plum’
1	6-pack Flowering kale ‘Chidori Red’