Did you know that you can grow roses in containers? Not all roses are appropriate for containers, but many are. You’ll want to ask someone at your local nursery the rose plants they would suggest planting in a pot. When to Plant: Fall or early springAt Their Best: Early to midsummerTime to Complete: 30 minutes…
I’ve always enjoyed planting ornamental grass in containers. Once they are established, they will do well in less than desirable conditions. Ornamental grass is beautiful in a small space garden in galvanized containers. In the photo above, I planted pineapple sage with ornamental grass in a contrasting color behind it. Above purple fountain grass creates…
Source If you live in an apartment or condo and have a small balcony, you can create a beautiful space, no matter the size. You just have to decide, based on your available square footage, what your focus is. By that I mean: Do you want to emphasize gardening, decor, furniture, etc.? If your balcony…
There is a male cardinal outside that has been singing so vibrantly and sweetly all morning. I wonder if he is calling out to his mate. I wanted to go outside and get a photo of him, but the pupsters started barking as I neared the door. So I had to take a photo through…
Yesterday was a nice sunny day. We had a lot of rain last week, and now we’ve had several days of warm weather. I took this opportunity to go out on the patio and cut back the dead foliage from the remainder of the container plants that I hadn’t gotten around to tending to yet….
I just wanted to show you what solution I came up with for my window. In the mornings when I’m drinking my coffee on the couch, the sun was blinding me from this living room window at this time of year. So I put a brown shutter I had in the closet behind the chair…