Designing Containers With Plants From My Boston Garden

Creative container creations

Nancy Kressin design container in Boston and is share some of them with us today .

I first learned the full term “ shopping in my garden ” from the author andpodcasthost Margaret Roach . As I plant my pots this twelvemonth , in an effort to fill them without going bankrupt , I went shopping at my localgarden centerAND in my garden . I bought fancyannualssuch ascaladium , flame nettle , andbegonias(boliviensis ) from the garden marrow and supplemented them with self - seeded annuals and perennials from my yard .

I also buy ‘ Dragon ’s Blood’beetseedlings to add maroon leaf to thecontainers . These thrived , and establish me tidy beets in September .

From my garden , I dug Japanese woodland grass(Hakonechloamacra‘All Gold ’ , Zones 5–9 ) , sorrel(Rumexsanguineus , Zones 4–8),Juncus , Leucothoefontanesiana‘Rainbow ’ ( Zones 5–9),varioushostasandcarex , Lamium‘White Nancy ’ ( Zones 3–8),Astilbe , andImpatiensbalfourii(annual ) , tot up them to the container compositions to add together pinnacle , semblance , and “ spillers . ”

Caladiums combine with Funka and begonias for a colorfulshade - patient of display .

Leucothoe , Nipponese woods grass , andImpatiens balfourii

I am especially delighted with this inadvertent combination of plants , as several are self - sown ( aster and blackberry lily(BelamcandachinensisakaIris domestica , Zones 5–9 ) ) and the variegated redtwigdogwood ( Cornus alba‘Elegantissima ’ , Zones 3–8 ) was a holdover from the red branchlet I cut and insert into myholiday planterslast year , which then root in the pot . The begonia revived after a winter in my unheated basement , where I gave them no care .

I go for that some of these mind will inhale you , help you identify ways to utilise plant from your garden in your container , and save up you some money too !

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