Projecting
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imagining your garden as it grows
You're finished
designing and planting your container garden. You have a clever
container, it drains well and you're all set. Right? Not quite.
Have you left your plant some room to grow? Just like healthy children,
healthy plants will grow up, and move out of the house and only
visit on holi...well, not quite but you get the idea. Keep the expected
size of your mature plants in mind. Plus, remember, plants often
grow "out" as well as "up."
In the final
design of your container garden, imagine where each of the plants
will be in one, two and six months. Don't pack them in too tight,
like a new pair of jeans around Christmas you want to leave some
room for growth. Commercially purchased plants usually list the
expected height and size of mature plants on the information tag.
Read the tags carefully. If the plant has no tag, ask for help or
look it up in a reference book.
Can you visualize
color? Don't settle for just varying shades of green. Have you planted
anything expected to bloom in other colors? Blooms are an encouraging
sign that your garden is thriving and they give you something to
look forward to.
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