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Which plants, for a large planter?
sevenhills
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You will have seen the type of planter, large square plastic one that they have in shopping areas.
Presently they contain mostly ever greens. The wrong thing, I believe. They are very low maintenance, but I want more colour.
A few geraniums in the middle, surrounded by pansies perhaps?
Presently they contain mostly ever greens. The wrong thing, I believe. They are very low maintenance, but I want more colour.
A few geraniums in the middle, surrounded by pansies perhaps?
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A few small plants in a huge planter will look like peas on a drum.
A big planter needs a backbone of large plants - although you could add a few small trailing plants round the edge.0 -
What about several different euphorbia? They are evergreen, grow easily and come in a range of colours. eg E. tasmanian tiger or E. Ascot rainbow to name just 2.0
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Keep the evergreens, add geraniums or cosmos or something that flowers all summer around the outside.
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Geraniums are always good. One tub has ivy, which seems very dull. One tub has a tree-like ever green and African marigolds, which is not too bad.-taff said:Keep the evergreens, add geraniums or cosmos or something that flowers all summer around the outside.
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The ivy will be good over winter though...agree with others re adding HHAs or geraniums to the mix...
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These style of planters are ideal for planting herbs in, easy to look after and pick as when needed.
I am thinking Rosemary, Basil mint etc1 -
We have planters all round the town. Do you?
Somewhere for inspiration.
Usually a mix of annuals with evergreens in the middle.
Variegated ivy trails nicely all year.viral kindness .....kindness is contageous pass it on
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I generally don't like ivy, but I may try to plant some cosmos around what is already there-taff said:Keep the evergreens, add geraniums or cosmos or something that flowers all summer around the outside.1 -
My large planters have an apple tree, a pear tree and assorted fruit bushes. 2 smaller ones have tall fuchsias, they look wonderful. I have 4 pots with rose bushes, all scented varieties.Smallest ones have herbs, they are growing like weeds with the sunny weather. I have different varieties of mint, I use a lot of it in the summer.There are varieties of clematis which are designed to be grown in pots. I have a red one, a white one and a purple one (cant remember the names) which will be brown in a large pot, I’m working on it at the moment.2
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Are you thinking geranium or pelargonium? If the latter, you would need to be prepared to replant every year.
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