Container Gardening Ideas – Great Ideas for Small Spaces

I just love this time of year. I also love the great content I receive from some of my FAV gardening periodicals. For example, I’m signed up to receive email from Sunset’s website and today they sent me this great list of ideas for container gardening, called “34 Cool Container Gardens” and which you can see at their Sunset website.

Container gardening is especially helpful for those who are short on space, but large on garden love. Plus, they’re so darn portable! You can mix and match pots, create beautiful combinations, and shift your “portable garden” from one location to another throughout the year if you’re trying to fill color voids.

Sunset’s List of Container Gardening Ideas:

Splash of white	Colors that complement	Big entrance
Plant a pot of living color	Maximum impact	Woolly pocket wall garden
Mini garden in a pot: 3 easy pieces	Potted bamboo and maples	One-plant pots
Vertical container garden	Small pots	Country charmers
One-pot vegetable garden	Beach garden in a pot	Lime green container pot
Trio of textures	Cool pot	Industrial light fixture becomes chic pot
Compact lavenders	Home-grown herb container garden	Wild about grasses
Meadow in a bowl	Veggies in pots	Container for spring and summer
Unthirsty plants	Urn and succulents as patio table	Poolside planter
Halloween in a pot	Touch of bronze	Fall color
Mini landscape	Group pots	Patio snow
Kale in a container	Video: How to plant a container	Drip watering

What about you? Are you into container gardening? Do you have a favorite you would like to share?

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