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Huls said container gardening is popular because it does not require a lot of money and the choices are endless.

Huls likes to move containers onto patio areas and seating areas to bring color closer in for people to enjoy. Using a variety of pots of various sizes can create a layered look.

Then, as the seasons continue, Huls said different plants can be added for fall and winter to create year-round interest. A good landscape will look good year-round through the use of shrubs, trees, grasses and blooms with staying power.

With pots, Huls said there is less maintenance because there is no weeding and they do not get in the way of mowing.

Each year, Huls said he provides more container gardens for clients.

“There’s a lot of flexibility as to what you can have in them,” he said.

Some flowers can provide fragrance in a space, and others, like coleus, can provide a large, spectacular look in an arrangement, Huls said.

Huls recommends considering the desired color scheme of a container arrangement.

“Use a color that offsets the house, something to offset that entry way so your eye is drawn right to it,” he said. “It’s more aesthetics than anything.”

Huls works to develop a theme and goes from there.

“I like to have a basic theme there to keep everything cohesive, and it makes it look a lot more structured and less chaotic,” he said.

Huls recommends choosing three colors and building within that palette from a va- riety of plants.

The standard advice for building a pot is to incorporate a bigger, taller focal point, a mid-height filler and a trailing spiller to soften the edge of the pot. Smaller containers can be home to a single plant or a variety of plants that are all the same color but different textures. Grouping those down the front or deck steps can create atmosphere, Huls said. “It’s a nice way to dress up an area,” he said. No matter what color or type of flower is used, Huls said the most important thing is placement. To conceal something in the yard while it sits right out in the open, consider placing a pop of color a few feet away from the eyesore to draw the eye there and mentally skip over less desirable areas of the yard.

“Figure out where the eye should be drawn,” he said. “You have to think about how their eye is going to follow the landscape.”

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