Expert Article — Around the Home Community Expert: Home Gardening Chris Olson sure to pick plants that will do well in those conditions. These include begonias, coleus, fuschia, impatiens, and more. A great way to have a gorgeous planter is to plant it with a thriller, Now that it’s May, spring is in full some fillers, and spillers. Your thriller swing. It’s finally warm enough to plant will go in the middle or the back spend significant amounts of time of the planter, this is something tall that outside, plant annual flowers and makes a statement. A dracaena spike tender veggies, and get to work on our is one of the most popular thrillers yards and gardens. Spring is also one used. Next are your fillers, these go of the best times to plant! That includes around the thriller and fill the middle things like trees, shrubs, perennials, ground of the container. They tend and annuals! to have a rounded or mounded habit. At Olson’s Garden Shoppe we always Geraniums and petunias are a couple recommend watching the weather and of the most popular filler plants. Last waiting at least until Mother’s Day to to go in your planter should be the plant your annuals and tender veggies. spillers. Like the name explains, these This helps avoid dying plants due to are the plants that spill over the cold weather and frost. sides of the planter. Some of the most Beautiful planters filled with annual popular spillers/trailing plants include flowers can make the perfect statement sweet potato vine, creeping charlie, piece on your front porch. When and bacopa. Adding these three things planting your own annual planters, be to your planter are sure to help it turn sure to choose plants that will do best out beautiful. in your area. If your planters will be Vegetable gardening might be in full sun, choose plants that thrive in one of the most exciting parts of hot sunshine. Some full sun annuals spring. We get to choose some of our include: geraniums, petunias, sweet favorite foods to grow ourselves! As potato vine, lantana, and many more. If mentioned previously, waiting until your planters will be in the shade, be there isn’t anymore risk of frost is
The Full Swing of Spring
crucial for tender veggies. Some tender vegetables include; tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, squash, and more. What’s extra cool about vegetable gardening is that there are so many delicious types. They grow in fun colors, have different flavors, and some do better than others in containers. For instance, tomatoes can be either determinate or indeterminate. Determinate means that the plant reaches a certain size and stays that way. These are the best option if you plan to keep your tomato plant in a pot. Indeterminate tomatoes will keep growing, and will definitely need a trellis or tomato cage for support. Consider those factors when picking out your tomato plants this year. To help your lawn this year, consider trying out Humic Acid. This is a product that binds to the roots to help your lawn receive water and nutrients. It’ll help you save water and it’ll make your lawn greener and healthier. Spring is the best time of the year, it’s full of growth and sunshine. Plants are growing, bees are buzzing, and we get to enjoy all of it. Hopefully you’re just excited as we are over at Olson’s Garden Shoppe.
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