5 Container Gardens for Fall, the Holidays and Beyond

5 Container Gardens for Fall, the Holidays and Beyond

Whoever suggested we”deck the halls with boughs of holly” clearly wasn’t also attempting to cook a turkey, wrap presents and bake dozens of cookies. Possessing a container garden is rarely on the vacation to-do listing, yet it’s such a perfect way to welcome friends and family into a house.

With just a little creativity you can certainly alter any container gardens you might already possess, and with a few extra planning you can make sure that they continue to shine year-round. By beginning with a back pack of great foliage and then adding a couple of seasonal highlights, then you’ll have your container gardens mark each season with fashion while still having enough time to enjoy the festivities.

Here are five simple container garden layouts and ideas on how to alter them up for each season.

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1. Fall Container Garden

Fall colors will be the beginning point for a Thanksgiving layout that can readily be given miniature makeovers to look great all year.

Year-round fascination:
Dwarf vine maple tree (Acer circinatum‘Little Gem’)
‘Spellbound’ coral bells (Heuchera hybrid), with gorgeous purple foliage
Dwarf evergreen conifer
Orange grass-like’Goldfinger’ New Zealand iris (Libertia ixioides)
Trailing’Wojo’s stone’ periwinkle (Vinca maculata)

Fall interest (shown):
Add deep reddish pansies.

Thanksgiving accents:
The orange kettle itself sets the scene.
Nestle orange and orange gourds one of the purple foliage.

Christmas cheer:
The bare reddish stems from this walnut include elevation and Christmas color.
Replace gourds you additional in fall with gold accents, such as weatherproof ornaments.

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Spring interest (shown):
Orange’Princess Irene’ tulips will replicate the color of this container and may be planted in fall with the pansies.
Forgot to add bulbs? It’s possible to purchase pots of flowering spring bulbs and simply tuck them in.
The pansies are going to be in full bloom.

Summer interest:
Replace the pansies and tulips with deep burgundy’Black Magic’ ivy geraniums.

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2. Fast Summer-to-Fall Pot

I often have leftover plants in the end of summer — this container idea is an easy way to put them into great use. These plants are still in their nursery pots and simply tucked right into a decorative container. Milk cartons and empty pots are stacked inside the brown container to get the plants to the ideal height. You always have the option to plant them correctly once you have more time.

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Year-round curiosity:
Huge leafy peach bells (Heuchera)
Autumn fern (Dryopteris erythrosora)
Andromeda (Pieris japonica)

Fall and Thanksgiving accents (shown):
A massive pumpkin readily fills in distance.
Colorful vines provide instantaneous trailing accents.

Christmas cheer:
Replace the pumpkin with faux gifts wrapped and beribboned in festive colours.

Spring interest:
Add a basket of pretty primroses, nevertheless in nursery pots and surrounded by Spanish moss to hide the evidence!

Summer interest:
This really is a great time to plant everything correctly, since it will make mowing simpler.
Replace primroses using shade-tolerant annuals, such as begonias or impatiens.

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3. The Little Black Dress

Dark never goes out of fashion, and with a couple new accessories this artistic container can readily be ready for a celebration.

Year-round fascination:
Gardenia

Fall fascination:
White Japanese anemones (Anemone japonica) implanted behind the gardenia

Thanksgiving accents:
Add a Few miniature white pumpkins around the base of this gardenia.

Christmas cheer (shown):
Add everlasting colors and stems, such as silk magnolia, white berries and clusters of cones dusted with silver.
Insert evergreens from the garden — such as cedar, juniper and fir — into the moist soil; they’ll keep fresh for weeks.

Hanukkah highlights: This elegant, symmetrical layout could easily be enhanced with blue and silver glass baubles.

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Spring interest:
Hide strands of white daffodils on the other side of the gardenia.

Summer interest (shown):
Replace spring bulbs with white cosmos or wand flower (Gaura lindheimeri).

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4. Holly Isn’t Only for the Holidays

Keep holly (Ilex sp.) In your container and you have a jump start for each and every season.

Year-round curiosity:
‘Gold Coast’ holly (Ilex aquifolium)
Black mondo grass (Ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens)
Leatherleaf sedge (Carex buchananii)

Fall and Thanksgiving accents:
Add colorful pumpkins.
Add stems of orange and yellow bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)

Christmas cheer (shown):
Add pinecones, stems with berries and silver chunks
Insert lengths of evergreens from the garden, such as fir and spruce.

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Spring interest:
Pots of spring bulbs or primroses can substitute the Christmas accents.

Summer interest (shown):
Switch out the spring flowers with reddish impatiens and vivid green trailing’Margeurite’ sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) for summer shade.

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5. Nontraditional Colors

The color scheme for this container garden is blue, white and silver but that doesn’t mean it can not do the job for fall holidays and springtime too.

Year-round fascination:
Korean fir (Abies koreana)
‘Baby Blue’ boulevard cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
Trailing ivy

Fall fascination:
Cyclamen offer wonderful fall color on a secure porch. Keep them in their nursery pots for ease of watering. Simply remove the plant from its container and then put it on a saucer of water for a couple minutes before tucking it back into the planter.
The felted silver foliage of dusty miller (Senecio cineraria) is winter hardy.
Blue and white pansies

Christmas cheer (shown):
Hang silver ornaments from the tree branches.
Add larger silver and white balls in the base.
Insert a couple stalks of blue spruce round the container’s borders.
Consider just a single splash of bright color, such as this little red cardinal.

Spring interest:
White crocus
White hyacinths
The pansies are going to be in full bloom.

Summer interest:
Replace the pansies with snowy million bells (Calibrachoa).

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Only a couple of minutes of your time may alter those container gardens from frumpy to fabulous.

Happy holiday!

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