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The Best Flowers For Window Boxes In Sun Or Shade
For a sunny window, petunias, calibrachoa, salvia, lantana and sweet potato vine; for a shady one, begonias, impatiens, ferns, caladiums and heuchera. Those are the best flowers for window boxes because they bloom or color up for months in a small amount of soil, and the shade ones look full without much sun. The rest…
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Build A Container Pond With Fish On A Patio Or Small Yard
Fill the container, add the plants, and then wait at least two weeks before buying a single fish. That pause, plus a few drops of dechlorinator (a water conditioner that neutralizes the chlorine in tap water), does more for a container pond with fish than any pump or fancy bowl. Most of what goes wrong…
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Plant Stand Ideas For Every Corner, Indoors And Out
Where does the next plant go once the windowsill is full? Up, usually. The best plant stand ideas start with the spot and the light it gets, and only then with the stand itself, because a pretty stand in a dark corner (unless it holds plants that cope with low light) is just furniture with…
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Maximize a Small Patio or Balcony With Vertical Gardening Ideas
On a small balcony or patio, the floor fills up fast: a couple of chairs, a small table and suddenly the floor has room for only three pots. The walls, railings and even the space above your head are usually empty, though. Vertical gardening puts that space to work. With a wall grid, a few…
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How to Build Beautiful Container Gardens With the Thriller-Filler-Spiller Formula
Some pots look like a garden center display, full and balanced from every angle. Others look like three plants that happened to end up in the same pot. The difference is usually a simple formula that professional designers have used for decades: thriller, filler, spiller. Once you know it, putting together container gardens that look…