I would guess most of us think of a large pot with flowers,
These are some of my favorite type of containers to pot up in the Spring, and place strategically around my yard during the summer months.
Many of these pots have unique light conditions. Keeping this in mind I will meet their needs during the weekdays, and move them to my desired location when entertaining friends. Heavy? No not at all, most of these pots with annual specimens are filled with left over packing peanuts in the bottom, only utilizing 5-6" of dirt. The 1st picture I swiped off of another site. It's June here and mine look more like this in the beginning month.
This pot I wanted to be different than others. With limited full sun growing areas in my new yard limits my vegetable garden growing abilities. I decided to tuck in two eggplants along with the Calla Lily (my precious daughter begged me to add to the mix) and the traditional vines to add overflow. There is a a couple of very small begonias hiding and a spike to add height. I'm feeling confident that the eggplants will end up dominating this pot with the ivy. (Yes, one of my dogs is completely photo bombing me today while I was taking photos.)
On to water gardens. We LOVE the sound of water around our house. I'm very fortunate to have a large pickling crock to use as a small water garden on my front porch.
I just recently added the water Hyacinth and a few goldfish with a small fountain that gives motion to the water. The fish do very well in this crock despite the hot summer days, it receives full morning sun and is cool the rest of the day.
On to water gardens. We LOVE the sound of water around our house. I'm very fortunate to have a large pickling crock to use as a small water garden on my front porch.
I just recently added the water Hyacinth and a few goldfish with a small fountain that gives motion to the water. The fish do very well in this crock despite the hot summer days, it receives full morning sun and is cool the rest of the day.
As the plant grows and fills the container I will separate and divide the plant. If you find you need a piece of water hyacinth this summer stop by I'm sure I can share. (And YES, that is a our little Chimichanga completely photo bombing while I took pictures)
I've experimented with this container in the past using various types of water plants. Many of them did not do as well, needing a shallow depth for planting or more motion in the water. Last year I went with a simpler approach.
We keep about 2-3" of small aquarium rock in the bottom of the crock. This crock is heavy, it is slowly moved into place every year after all threat of freezing has passed and lovingly put back in the garage for storage in the fall after we have dried it out completely.
The flowering water hyacinth has become one of my favorites.
