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| I DECIDED BE BE INSPIRED, SO I HAVE USED A MIXTURE OF TROPICALS, SUCCULENTS AND ODD COLOR COMBOS THAT ARE FUN AND EYE CATCHING. |
Even us experts look to books and magazines for ideas when planting summer containers. Every year I try to do something different, which is hard when it feels as if you’ve tried everything! This year, I decided to look at some favorite books to see what I might try together, mixing annuals, tropicals, houseplants and even succulents all together. As a designer, I know that ideas can come from anywhere, an old magazine from an antiques show, an eBay gardening magazine from the early twentieth century, or even a classic gardening book on containers . You might even want to try a classic branded website where there is lots of information daily about container gardens and home gardening ideas that anyone can use.
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| OK, IT’S A BLACK AND WHITE THEME, IT SHOULD LOOK GREAT IN A MONTH, WITH TROPICAL WHITE CALADIUM AND BLACK COLOCASIA. |
I will top this off with gravel to hide the soil, but this mustard, gold and bronze tinted container will explode in a massive container of foliage and tropical colors in July and August.
A Japanese magazine inspired me here, with peach Gazania, lavender verbena, mustard colored Heuchera and burgundy coleus.
Hi Matt! Very timely article! I was just looking at my empty containers, thinking that it's time to fill them with plants! I like your containers very much. The first one is my favorite.
Gorgeous stuff! I actually read those readers digest books too! Sometimes I find them on sale and think "Outdated, common, etc." No! Always, always, always something to learn and always worth reading!
Keep up the good work!
I love an occasional trip to the tropics even in my own cottage style garden.
Great ts.
Very nice blog. I am going to fave it and come back. 🙂
thanks
Hey Matt! Great and creative combos! I'm going shopping today to a nearby nursery for my container plants. In your last photo is that an Arisaema of some sort peeking its leaf out? I just bought an A. sikokianum from RDG with the silver streaked leaves so that's what make me think it was in your container. Hope to see you soon!
Hi Amy, yes, that is a tiny little Arisaema. Surprisingly, it survived the winter in another container, but then again, it was under 5 feet of snow. I love the foliage, so I it will remain in this container until autumn, but after that…into to garden!