6 Top Tips for Container Gardening

Do yourself a favour and get a container:

Here’s a bold statement for a sunny afternoon - any plant can be grown in a container. You just need to keep in mind a few gardening tips and tricks and all will be well. In fact, better than ‘well.’ They will be stunning.


Follow a few key principles and you can grow any plant in a container


Plastic container or wood planter?


Container drainage solutions


Containers come in all shapes and sizes


Containers need a good quality compost


Watering is the key to container gardening success


You can plant anything in a container


Containers of all sizes are suitable for growing plants


You can also train big specimens to grow in small pots - but bonsai is a whole other story


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