Ideas for Container Gardens
Container gardens can add a burst of color to your porch, sunroom, or even around a tree in the yard. Pots come in many sizes, are beautiful and can add a lovely splash of color or contrast to the plants you put in them. Don’t 
limit yourself to just the standard containers either. Choose less traditional containers as well to add variety and charm.
If you have a whimsical garden, have you thought about planting Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) trailing out of an old gardening boot? Marigolds peek shyly out of the top of an old metal watering can. For a more elegant garden try filling old vases with your plants and flowers. Remember to vary the height of the plants in any container with multiple varieties, especially if the container is wide at the top. You can use a tall plant in the center, medium heights around it, and trailing plants over the edges for great effect.
Almost anything can become a container to hold a pretty little garden. You can line baskets with sphagnum moss to hold in the potting soil and plant a basket full of posies. Old kitchen equipment can be recycled as planters as well. Make a “kitchen garden” themed garden of herbs grown in old colanders and saucepans.
Remember to think about your color scheme. If you have trouble deciding if plants of a different color go together, choose one brightly colored flower and fill the rest of the container with greenery for contrast.
