Keith Farrand
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Tips for awesome combination planters
Keith
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Hard to believe it's nearly the end of April! If you've been unable to get into the garden because of all the rain, add a couple inches of Cotton Burr Compost. It will help dry the soil out quickly.
We've got everything you'll need to plant absolutely beautiful combination pots. Remember - there are NO RULES! Plant things you like and be creative.
Great combination pots include:
1. A 'Thriller' - the key component plant, showy and upright (for example, Cordyline).
2. 'Fillers' - to fill in around the Thriller. It can be any of your favorite flowers. We have a great selection of the two most popular 'fillers' in the country last year - 'Orange Symphony' Osteospermum and 'Diamond Frost' Euphorbia.
3. 'Spillers' - the plants that trail down over the containers and add flow.
4. Plenty of room for water - if your container is 16" diameter, leave the soil line 2" below the rim. This way, watering will be much easier. All that you have to do is fill the pot to the rim when watering and it will easily get the entire root zone wet.
5. Good grade potting soil that is sold in volume (ie, quarts, cubic feet) - Soil sold by weight (40 lbs.) is too heavy for good root development. Happy roots mean great flowers and vegetables.
The first week of May is the right time to plant tomatoes (see our variety list from the April notes).
Lots of folks are asking us for sweet potatoes plants. We'll have plenty, but it is way too early to plant them. Mid-May is the right time - they like it warm!
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