Container gardening

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Container gardening

May 5, 2005 03:17 PM EST | Gardening | Email to Friend

Container gardening has become all the rage in the last few years, and it's easy to understand why. Not only does it allow you to add life and color to your windows, porch, patio, or deck, but it also lets you change the scenery several times through the gardening season, so you've always got a fresh, vibrant arrangement. Even more to the point, it's fun. Mixing and matching annuals, perennials---both tender and hardy---and herbs in various combinations is really quite satisfying, and when a combination doesn't work out exactly as you'd have liked, well, there's always another container, another season, another chance. Container gardening is forgiving. And a deck or patio covered with all sorts of containers of different sizes, shapes, and materials, is still an inspiring and delightful visual treat for you, your family, and your friends, even if all the plantings are not, in your estimation, perfect. They'll still be beautiful.

There are so many different kinds of containers, though, that it can be confusing to choose. Your tastes, of course, can help you sort through the different styles. But what about materials? Plastic, wood, metal, stone, concrete, and, of course, clay, are all options.

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