For an easy sturdy planting for summer, try a grouping of Pentas lanceolata or star clusters. This plant is extremely heat tolerant and will take living in pots with weekly watering.

Leaf lettuce is exceptionally easy to grow from seed, so containers — especially large bins — are a natural receptacle for sowing. 10 Easy Plants You Can Grow in a Container Garden Skip to ...

Growing things in containers is just plain unnatural. Plant roots develop poorly, poor drainage and drought are almost inevitable, and you have to be a lot more careful about things like fertilizer.

They need only an eight-inch-deep container for their two-inch roots. The best varieties for container planting are sugar snap peas and English peas. Their seeds take about 60 days to grow to ...

If tending beds is too much for you, consider growing veggies in containers. It's less work, with the same delicious results. Use containers to grow veggies to save space, time, labor | Home ...

1. If you have a patio or deck, you may be considering adorning it with potted plants. The problem with containerized plants on concrete or wood surfaces is the stains that they create.

If you don’t have sufficient room in the garden or an allotment space, it is still possible to grow fruit and veg ­successfully in containers. This can be anything from salad leaves in window ...

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including on how container gardens provide a great way to add color accents for summer.

Reserve a spot in the patio container for these nonstop, tender perennials, too. Pentas tolerate sun to bright shade and are best in an organically enriched, well-draining soil. June 30, 2007 ...

In fact, the name pentas comes from the Latin word for five because of the five floral petals. In 2020 the Sunstar Pentas series made their debut and have piled up over 60 awards.

Discover the beauty of growing plants in containers. We highlight an easy-to-grow species for each category, from flowers to ...