Container Gardening
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Ten Reasons To Love Geraniums
I'll admit, before I became a busy mom with a huge container garden much of which lines a public staircase and courtyard next to our hillside home, I wasn't exactly a fan of geraniums. I'm not sure why exactly but it may go back to a childhood memory of smelling some geraniums on the walk…
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Container Gardening: Bougainvilleas With A View!
If you have a container garden and live anywhere where you see Bougainvilleas growing (sorry New Yorkers, not you, but Californians yes!) then you absolutely must add this gorgeous plant to your garden! Bougainvillieas do well in containers, not nearly as well as in the ground of course, but well enough to give you gorgeous…
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A Lovely Wall Top Container Garden With Wow Factor!
Aren't these petunias spilling over this window box just gorgeous? There is nothing quite as lovely as beautiful flowers spilling out of window box type containers, and this little wall top container garden always looks amazing, so I just had to share it with you once again. Of course the location on the balcony of…
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Spring Container Gardening
Spring is in the air here in Northern Israel and now is the time to put a little bit of effort into my generally very patient container garden! I really needed some new top soil for my bed of roses, and as you can see I just couldn't resist treating myself to some flowers from…
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Schlumbergera In Full Bloom
A schlumbergera xmas cactus in full bloom is one of the joys of container gardening that I encourage you to explore. And if you live in a zone where there are no frosts, or only rarely, you can certainly raise schlumbergera outdoors, and as a hanging plant they look their best. I will admit the…
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Droopy Cyclamen? Add Water!
Pots of blooming cyclamen are one of the highlights of winter here in Israel, and one of the signs of early early spring in the wild. I'll never forget my first glimpse of wild cyclamen, it was so exciting. Lest I digress, the point of this post is to really answer the question of what…
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Forcing Amaryllis Bulbs In Pots Year After Year After Year!
There are very few things quite as stunning as a pot of forced Amaryllis bulbs in bloom. And the good news is that this exciting process is so easy to achieve year after year, with just a few simple Amaryllis bulb forcing directions under your belt. Unlike other bulbs traditionally forced to fill our homes…
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Rooting Cuttings In Water: Purple Heart
After an intense week of Hanukkah crafting, (and nothing to share with you just yet as I have to wait until my client posts the projects on their site) and a house that looks like it was burglarized or possibly hit by a hurricane, it is time to clean up! And what does this have…
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Pillar Geraniums Grown From Cuttings
Unitil today I didn't know that my almost four feet tall geraniums were called pillar geraniums, though of course I knew that while still geraniums, they were certainly different from the compact or trailing varieties generally seen in the nurseries around here! These very tall and hardy beauties (they endure some snow and freezing weather…
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Propogating Purple Heart From Cuttings, So Simple!
One of the great joys of gardening, and in my case, container gardening for the most part, is propogating plants to either have some more of something you love, or to refresh a plant that has grown tired or unattractive. I generally stick to those plants that practically do all the work themselves, and purple…
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Exciting Blooms In My Container Garden In Late July!
In the wonderful world of gardening, there are flowers that bloom, and then there are flowers that BLOOM, meaning something about them just gets you excited— either because of the color of the flower, the size of the flower, the infrequency of the blooms or maybe even their fragrance. And dear readers, right now in…
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In Bloom In My Container Garden, Late June…….
Above Left: Canna, a tropical large leaved annual (here) that grows back every year and divides itself, cant beat that in a pot, at least!in Above Right: Lochroma, a woody bush with stunning little bell shaped flowers that looses its leaves here in the winter. It just wouldn't be summer without some flowers in the…