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» Angela England - What do you use in your Fall Containers

As I just shared in this blog post: http://plantsbulbs.suite101.com/blog.cfm...

I created a beautiful fall container with one large maroon mum, two asparagus fern plants and several creamy yellow pansies planted around to fill in and contrast.

What about you? What looks successful in your yard?

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» Jo Murphy - I don't have fall containers.

In response to What do you use in your Fall Containers posted by AngEngland:
This is a little off topic.
I have this walk way up to my steps. It is dry and dusty
I am going to make stepping stones by casting cement on circles and then mosaicing sunflowers on each step.
Once these are placed pour white pebbles around them so that there is a pathway.

So it is kinda like a bunch of flowers,
Jo

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» Diane Laney Fitzpatrick - I don't have fall containers.

In response to I don't have fall containers. posted by brisbaneartist:

Not to stay off topic, but - - I love the stepping stone idea. How are you going to do the mosaic sunflowers? When my kids were younger we bought one of those stepping stone kits at a craft store and each of my kids made one, putting old shells and rocks we had and carving their names in the wet cement. I still have them in our back yard and love to look at them every day.

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» Angela England - Garden art

In response to I don't have fall containers. posted by brisbaneartist:

Garden art can be a great way to add color and interest to the landscape without using plant material. I think outdoor decor is an area many people and neglect and I love your garden stepping stone idea!

Angela

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» Jennifer W. Miner - Garden art

In response to Garden art posted by AngEngland:
My kids make most of our garden art, so we call it, ahem, garden "art."
Anyway, I have an orange tree growing in a pot, and a lemon and peach tree growing out of the ground. I planted both seeds and the pit at the same time. The peach and lemon trees are substantially larger than the orange tree, BUT the peaches are always small little golf balls, whereas the orange tree gave us two or three really lovely oranges this summer. (The lemons are perfect, no complaints.) The pot is massive, by the way. Anglela, do you think this is the luck of the draw, or that keeping a fruit tre in a pot is deleterious for its health?

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» Jo Murphy - Love The Question

In response to Garden art posted by JenniferMiner:

I am about to grow fruit trees too
I am going to mosaic some pots to match the stepping stones
but if fruit trees don't grow well in pots I might just put sun flowers in the pots and treees in the back yard.
Jo

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» Angela England - Love The Question

In response to Love The Question posted by brisbaneartist:

You guys have inspired me to write an article about growing fruit trees in containers.

I do know they can take a few years to reach fruit-bearing age and so you'll likely see better fruit production as the trees get older. You should also provide winter protection in zone 7 and north for most citrus trees.

I'll post when I get an article finished on the topic. :-)

Angela

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» greenthumb92 - What do you use in your Fall Containers

In response to What do you use in your Fall Containers posted by AngEngland:

Can I cut back my mums and place them in my basement over the winter?
http://wnygardens.blogspot.com/

-- posted by greenthumb92

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