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| Hi everyone,
I bought these yesterday at the Dollar General. For the large container in the back, I want to put my Datura wrightii seedlings (I'm planning on WSing them). The hanging containers I want to do a mixed planting. I'm ordering these seeds from Summer Hill and I would like to hear your thoughts on which would look good together. Ones I bought downtown or got in a trade I'll note. Laurentia "Starshine Blue"
I think the Laurentia and the Dahlberg Daisy would look nice together. What are your thoughts? Anyways, here are the pots. The hanging ones are 10 or 10 and a half inch.
Looking forward to hearing your ideas and comments! I greatly appreciate them! I have other empty flowerpots too. Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by countrycarolyn 6-7nwTN (My Page) on Tue, Feb 1, 11 at 20:10
| Sounds good, I haven't container garden in quite sometime. Though my only recommendation is to make sure to put some rock at the bottom of your container. Not all probably would agree with me on that one. Though I find that it helps with drainage, root rot, and the potting mix getting to compound on the bottom. ;) |
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- Posted by started_with_bean Zone 5--MA (My Page) on Thu, Feb 3, 11 at 11:56
| Since the daisy and the laurentia are both kinda bushy and are mounding form flowers, you may want to consider pairing the laurentia with the phlox, as that might give more height while the laurentia spills around it. I grew laurentia last year (indoor sown), and it flowered very late for me, like August, but they weren't hybrid seeds. The form was definitely a mound and as unbelievable as it may sound, just 1 plant filled up my 8" clay pot and spilled a little over the edge. Not sure if laurentia is good candidate for WS, as most of the info. I found has listed a long lead time to get to 4" pot size, like 10-12 weeks. Maybe pair the daisy with the forget me nots? Just my 2 cents.. |
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| Carolyn, thanks! I'll put something in them to make them heavier. It can get very windy where I live. SWB, the phlox gets 8 to 10 inches high and the forget-me-nots get 1-2 feet! The daisy grows to 12 inches. The bright yellow of the daisy with the bright blue of the forget-me-nots would look very pretty. I also have a pack of Ageratum "Blue Mink" seeds I bought at the Dollar General and it only gets 10-12 inches. I think it would look good with the phlox too. Oh the many possibilites of gardening :). Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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| Dummy me, I was trying to straighten one of the hangers yesterday and I broke it :( . You can see how the hangers kinda curve. Still, at least the pot isn't broke :) . Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Thu, Feb 3, 11 at 13:22
| i'm not sure about putting rocks into somthing that could be blown around plus it makes them heavy to lift and move. i have used styrofoam popcorn type packing material as drainage in big pots that needed to be lighter (not for edibles). for wind i would use a pliers to close the hooks or wire to secure them. |
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