RE: can we talk container gardening?
Kitty,
Many of the containers are the light weight type. I used to buy one or
two a year when they were on sale at one of our local garden shops. The
tan urn is also a foam variety, but the large white urn I won in a
raffle this spring. It's made out of some heavy plastic or fiberglass.
I am now buying this type when I see them for a good price as the light
weight "foam" t I've found two rusty looking types aren't holding up
great. The uppermost edge usually wears off. This is not a great
problem as the plants usually cover the edge rather quickly. I found two
rusty-looking urns in the last two years at Target. I probably have
enough planters for now. I do a water garden in one of the rusty urns.
I try to us water loving plants from my garden as water plants are soooo
pricey.
I used the Persian Shield last year too. I didn't winter it over, but
another teacher in school had hers on her windowsill all year. I take a
variety of coleus plants to school with me. They aren't poisonous, so
they are good to use around my preschoolers. I over winter about 30 or
more varieties of coleus, four types of plectranthus, a few
alternantheras, lantana, verbena, reuella, geraniums, some herbs, and
some other oddities. It makes my classroom and home very homey!
Chris
Long Island, NY
Zone 7
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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Kitty
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 7:38 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] can we talk container gardening?
Great combinations, Chris. Some quiet, some bold. Re the containers,
are some of those thelightweight types? The urns looked like
heavyweights. I really enjoyed the colors in Coleus 'Occold Shield',
Strobilanthes (Persian Shield. Kitty
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