Container Gardening Complete

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Job:06-700309 Title: CPS - Container Gardening Complete
Job:06-700309 Title: CPS - Container Gardening Complete

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Recipe:

1 Coral bell (any variety of Heuchera will do, but try

to choose one with attractive coloration)

1 red-stemmed lady fern (Athyrium angustum forma

rubellum ‘Lady in Red’ or another upright fern)

1 soft, grass-like plant: Try prairie blue-eye grass

(Sisyrinchium campestre), a low-growing sedge

such as Bowles’ golden sedge (Carex elata ‘Aurea’)

or broad-leaf sedge (Carex siderosticha ‘Variegata’)

Design tip: The flowers of some coral bell varieties are

more ornamental than others. If you’re not impressed

with the flower spikes, don’t hesitate to cut them off

at the base of the plant. The primary focus of this

container is foliage texture and color, so removing the

flowers won’t hurt the design.

Recipe:

2 yellow creeping stonecrop (Sedum rupestre

‘Angelina’)

3 purple salvias (Salvia splendens)

3 apricot Profusion zinnias (Zinnia hybrid ‘Profusion

Apricot’)

3 Bonfire® begonias (Begonia boliviensis ‘Bonfire’)

1 orange FlameThrower™ coleus (Solenostemon

scutellarioides ‘FlameThrower Habanero’)

Design tip: Though this container is designed in a

flat-backed style, the same collection could also be

arranged in thriller-filler-spiller fashion.

This simple design is for shade gardeners who like

to grow perennials in their containers so they can

add them to the garden at the end of the growing

season. The mixture of foliage textures in this planting

creates a soft and interesting appearance. The upright

structure and lacy nature of the fern provide a vertical

element to oset the rounded leaves of the coral bell.

The soft grass-like plant tumbling over the pot’s edge

adds yet another textural element.

This hot-colored container design is ideal for bright,

sunny spots. To really make this color combo shine,

chose a brightly colored container.

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