Best of the GPOD: Creative Containers

Pots full of beauty

We ’re looking back again today at some of the best GPOD posts from the past tense , and today the root iscontainers ! There is so much room to be originative and playful with container , and they can transform thesmallest space — even an apartment balcony — into a beautiful garden .

Fine Gardeningonce held a virtualcontainer - designcontest , and this was one of the winners , create by Paula Klaas . Shading from hot red and yellow at the bottom , and shifting to pink and blue purple leaf at the top , this container supervise to like an expert combine the whole rainbow in a pot ! you could see more of Paula ’s garden here : Paula ’s Garden .

Another container contest winner , Dean Hildreth , made this beautiful container , proving that swell container design is n’t for sun only . Beautifulfernsdominate , with pops of color from spook - tolerantannualssuch as impatiens ( Impatienshawkeri , Zones 10–11 or as an yearly ) . His whole garden is worth meet as well : Beyond the Container : Dean Hildreth .

Ken and Paulette Fortune made this beautiful container , a fountain repurposed and filled withsucculents . Just amazing ! And check out their garden ; it is middling amazing too : Beyond the Container : Ken and Paulette .

This container by Tim Vojt test that sometimes less is more . Just two plant — Nipponese painted fern(Athyriumniponicumvar.pictum , Zones 5–9 ) andHeuchera‘Glitter ’ ( zone 4–9)—work together perfectly . The brilliant container and the serene , green ground really make this creative activity perfect . Heucherasare fantastic container issue , especially for shade , and Tim is a big fan of them : Coral Bells and Hybrids .

Containers do n’t have to be traditionalpots ! This cow skull planted withtillandsia(air plants ) is part of a post full of strange and creative containers Jeff put together ( You Just Ca n’t Contain Jeff ) . They ’re all amazing !

Wondering why this lush garden is in the container post ? Well , this incredible space created by Scott Dunlap in Buffalo , New York , is a driveway . Every single plant you see in this photo is grow in a container ! The whole garden is unbelievable ( see more here : Colorblind Plant Combinations ) and proof you could make a garden anywhere with a few pots .

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