Container Gardening

  • Deadheading Spent Summer Blooms Encourages Growth

    Nothing compares to the simple joy of blooming flowers in the summer, especially when they’re close at hand in pots, and in a spot where you can enjoy them. Besides of course remembering to water your flowers, and to check them for infestation, there is one important tip that will help insure blooms for months…

  • Window Sill Gardening Pleasure

    This photo of the window sill right outside my kitchen window was taken looking down at my lovely little garden. No regular garden, but rather a window sill garden, that’s easy to care for and gives me non-stop pleasure all day long. You don’t need a garden or even a patio to enjoy growing some simple…

  • Container Gardening: Hedenbergia—A Lovely Winter Blooming Vine

    Ahhhh, there is a lovely sight in my mostly dormant container garden right now — a hedenbergia vine in full bloom! The delicate purple blooms are such a wonderful surprise each winter when most of my other plants are leafless! So if hedenbergia is suited to your climate, don’t walk, run to buy at least…

  • Container Gardening: A Simple & Beautiful Garden in Hadera, Israel

    Why is this container gardening? Well, first of all I don’t have a gardening category, and second of all, I really love how my sister in law mixes containers into her simple yet lovely garden. She is by no means a gardener and they do not have a professional gardener. Drought resistant plants, an automatic…

  • Container Gardening: Tropical Canna, Wow!

    Wow, right? And no, they are not felt, this is the real thing, but thanks for the idea! Last Friday afternoon I ran outside for a moment, and there in my container garden was this amazing gift! A little cry from my green friends: “Hello, where are you? We miss you! ” Or something like…

  • Container Gardening In The California Wine Country!

    I’m very happy to report that a love for container gardening seems to run in the family! On my recent visit to my brother’s home in Sonoma, CA, I spied this hydrangea topiary and thought that it was just perfect outside their sliding glass door. Who would have thought that a hydrangea would make such…

  • Container Gardening: A Stunning Wall Of Color!

      The other morning I was walking a running-late little one to school and finally had the opportunity to check out this amazing wall of summer blooms. I’d seen it from the street, but up close and person it is just stunning!  And since my own container garden is on maintenance mode this summer (due…

  • A Creative And Inspiring Container Garden

    Does this appeal to you? I’ve been keeping my eye on this tiny oasis for some time now and finally had a chance to take a few photos. There’s just something so inspiring about this combination of recycled containers, interesting plant choices and the fact that this container garden was created right on the street!…

  • Hardenbergia: A Stunning Tropical Vine That Blooms In The Winter!

    It’s been quite a while since I’ve written about my container garden! Why? Well I’m not doing much gardening around here in the winter as most of my plants are in a state of dormancy. Our Winters are not severe like the East Coast of the U.S. but still generally cold and hopefully wet. There…

  • The Spider Plant That Keeps on Giving And Giving And Giving…..

    Hello dear friends, followers and those who have just climbed aboard this creative journey. I’ve been bombarding you with quite a few new crafting ideas lately, so I thought I’d spend today talking about another topic very near and dear to my heart – plants! Well to be more specific, just a particular plant known…

  • In My September Container Garden

    In the last container gardening post, in which I showed some of my new acquirements, I promised I’d show what was going on in the rest of the garden, so here it is! After suffering a bit in the August heat, the white and pink climbing roses have charmed us once again with some gorgeous…

  • Replenishing A Container Garden In Early September

    Three new pots of Bird of Paradise (Tzippor Gan Eden) plants, one a tree sized version, middle. Yes, I know, it’s still August, but by the time you read this it may not be. Plus September just sounds better than “late August”.  September is about a new school year, re-assessing out family’s schedule and getting…