Great one-pot gardens

Pearl

Plant the perfect container for your deck, entryway, or yard using our gallery of inspiring ideas

Big entrance

Mark Bartos designed these containers to fit a ranch-style home with a bit of art deco thrown in.

They're simple and contemporary; they're large and have strong architectural shapes. Bartos prefers big pots ― 24-inch-diameter minimum. You need that scale to create drama.

Each pot contains Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Marjorie Channon', cotoneaster, red 'Dragon's Blood' sedum, and chartreuse juniper.

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Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 06, 2009 **Post subject:**

Group pots

These pots, of different sizes but the same color, contain plants in shades that echo the garden's overall scheme.

In the smallest pot, fiber optics plant mixes with heuchera, lamium, and cyclamen. In the one at left, nandina pops against lamium, cyclamen, and hellebore. The tallest pot holds fine-leafed rosemary, cordyline, cyclamen, and heuchera.

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Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 06, 2009 **Post subject:**

Home-grown herb container garden

This two-tiered container garden holds a selection of basic herbs. Trailers and fillers ―chives, rosemary, and thyme― tumble over the edges of the bottom pot (about 24 inches wide).

Dwarf purple and sweet basils grow in the top pot (about 16 inches wide) with thyme filling in around the edges. To keep potted herbs healthy fertilize and water them regularly.

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Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 06, 2009 **Post subject:**

Compact lavenders

Dwarf lavenders, which stay under 2 feet tall, are compact alternatives to the common varieties that can grow to 4 feet or taller. They're particularly suitable for small beds, border edgings, even containers.

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Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 06, 2009 **Post subject:**

Beach garden in a pot

If you yearn for the beach but live miles inland, you can re-create the look easily in a pot.

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Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 06, 2009 **Post subject:**

Cool pot

Freshen your landscape’s look practically instantly: Just combine crisp white blossoms with a shower of icy blue or silver foliage in a glazed aqua-colored container.

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Amir-07 · **Posted:** Nov 07, 2009 **Post subject:**

great yet,..

ujala · **Posted:** Nov 08, 2009 **Post subject:**

O pearl u just make me fresh

thanks 4 sweet post wid great info

Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 10, 2009 **Post subject:**

Pearl · **Posted:** Nov 10, 2009 **Post subject:**