Container Gardening Complete

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More creative ideas for tabletop planters:

• If you’re hosting a dinner party, consider
  creating a tiny individual planted container
  to place at each of your guest’s seats. Write
  their name or an inspirational message
  on the pot and send them home with
  the planter at the end of the party as a
  remembrance of the evening.


• Containers of bonsai or tiny tree seedlings
  make lovely tabletop accents. Though they
  require regular maintenance and careful
  pruning if you want to maintain their size,
  these diminutive trees are always
  attention grabbers.
  
  
  • Containerized culinary herbs are the perfect
    plant choices for living centerpieces, as they
    can be trimmed and added to salads and
    sandwiches as they’re being served.
  
  
  • For patio tables with umbrellas, use a bundt
    cake pan with a few drainage holes added
    to plant your centerpiece. Put the umbrella
    through the hole in the center of the pan
    and fill it with succulents, herbs, flowering
    annuals, or other interesting plants.
  
  
  
  

Large living centerpieces like this one make a bold statement in outdoor dining areas. Choose a unique container to

really create an eye-catching focal point.

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A small maple seedling popping out of a pot of moss

makes a clean, simple tabletop planter at Chanticleer

Garden. The table itself is a surprise—it’s a glass-

topped garden pot with a collection of greenery

growing inside.

Choosing a foliage plant with colorful variegation is a

fun way to accent a unique side table like this one.

This collection of three small, succulent-filled

containers helps green up an outdoor sofa table,

adding interest and color to the space.

Don’t underestimate the power of simplicity. A single

foliage plant does wonders to dress up a side table.

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