24 designer plant lists for beautiful container garden plantings & colorful mixed flower pots combinations: great patio design & backyard landscape ideas!

Love to garden but short on time? Here are some tips that will help you plant, water and weed more efficiently so you have more time to stop and smell your roses.

Choose your favorite Heat-Loving Plant Combos for Containers and flaunt them on your balcony or patio in the sunny months!

Celebrate the gardening season with container garden ideas. Buckets, baskets, and spring planting boxes all help create space for a new transition.

Container gardening for summer - Sarah Raven explains how to create arrangements for the warmer months based on combinations of colour and form.

Growing perennials in pots adds instant color and foliage to patios, porches and decks. Check out these 3 great choices for container plantings!

Pesticide free and Non-GMO!!! The plants are currently shipping at anywhere between 6 and 8 inches, inspected and approved for shipment! We keep a professional horticulturist on staff who will provide you the best help and support you need! Figs are well-loved as container plants because they bear fruit at a young age and are self-fruitful without the need of a cross-pollinator. ‘Ischia’ is a productive yellow-skinned fig. The sweet, succulent fruit is large and can measure up to 2” in diameter with a reddish interior. They can be eaten fresh or dried to enjoy later. This fig tree can produce two crops a year, especially if it’s grown in a warm location during the fall months to give the second crop time to ripen. Give ‘Ischia’ plenty of sun and warmth and it will create figs of the finest quality. Hardiness Zone 7 - 10

Find out the difference between a Geranium and a Pelargonium with these little known facts about the colourful, low maintenance geranium plant.

Here are the Best Vines and Climbers for the Balcony and Patio to add a touch of color and nature without sacrificing the space.

You’ve seen the Calibrachoa plant, a tender perennial commonly known as “Million Bells.” You’ve enjoyed this plant in the Solanaceae (nightshade) family, filling garden beds, containers, and hanging baskets with bright, vibrant trailing flowers, screaming… Look, Look, Look! They are perennial, evergreen, and short-lived, miniature-looking trailing petunia plants. They only grow about 2″-9″ inches tall,...

If you only have space for a few plants in your home, make sure they're unforgettable.

Several good methods exist to get adequate drainage in a pot, but all of these methods involve keeping unobstructed holes in the bottom of the pot. Other factors that help are using the proper methods when planting, choosing the correct container based upon the plant’s size, watering correctly, and skipping the addition of drainage materials.

Make planting bulbs in your garden beds and containers easier with these must-know tips, including where, when, and how to plant all types of bulbs.

Gorgeous containers start with the right potting mix. Should you throw away used potting mix at the end of the year or can you reuse it? Let us help you decide!

Find Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota (MN) at Gertens (Wild Cranesbill, Spotted Cranesbill)

Are you thinking of adding a spider plant to your indoor or outdoor garden? These popular plants are easy to care for, and are well known for their tolerance of a little neglect. In this article, gardening expert and houseplant enthusiast Madison Moulton walks through everything you need to know about Spider Plants and their care.

Learn how to grow colorful ranunculus for early spring gardens and planted containers.

Botanical Name of Fennel: Foeniculum vulgare. Other Common Names: Large fennel, sweet fennel, wild fennel, sweet cumin, finnochio, fänkål (Swedish), hinojo (Spanish), Fenchel (German), fennikel (Danish), hui-hsiang (Chinese), fenouil (French), fennika (Icelandic). Habitat: Fennel is circumpolar (that is, can be found all over the globe). It is most often found in dry stony calcareous soils near the sea. It is generally considered native to the Mediterranean region but today it is cultivated throughout the British Isles, China, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kurdistan, Malaya, Mexico, Spain, Turkey, and Venezuela. Plant Description: Fennel is a perennial herb that grows

Get to know this selection of spilling and draping plants. - by Roger Fox

Calendula officinalis Geisha Girl Calendula is an easy to grow, low maintenance annual offering a bounty of deep orange blooms throughout the season! Bloom

Plant mint and you'll always enjoy its scent and flavor, but you need to know how to keep it contained.

Who needs flowers when the foliage is this pretty? Here are some great plants with purple foliage that will add dimension and texture to your garden.