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Container Gardening

Container Gardening. Gardening in Small Spaces. Cooperative Extension Cayuga County. Elements of Container Gardening. Benefits Getting Started Plant Requirements Plant Selection. Benefits. Small spaces Little time Accessibility Convenience Economical Creative BEAUTY!. Terra Cotta

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Container Gardening

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  1. Container Gardening Gardening in Small Spaces Cooperative Extension Cayuga County

  2. Elements of Container Gardening • Benefits • Getting Started • Plant Requirements • Plant Selection

  3. Benefits • Small spaces • Little time • Accessibility • Convenience • Economical • Creative • BEAUTY!

  4. Terra Cotta Hanging Basket Wire w/ moss Whiskey Barrel Concrete Wood Bushel Baskets Wheel Barrow BE CREATIVE!!! Containers

  5. Be Creative!

  6. Consider… • Drainage • Weight • Size

  7. Growing Media • Pre-mixed is best • Make your own: • peat moss • sterile potting soil • builder’s sand • slow release fertilizer

  8. Plant Requirements • Water • Polymers • Hydro-mats • Light

  9. Annual Flowers Marigolds Impatiens

  10. Snapdragons Petunias

  11. Creeping Zinnia Geraniums

  12. More Annual Flowers… • Ageratum • Alyssum • Begonia • Coleus • Dianthus • Dusty Miller • Lobelia • Nasturtium • Pansy • Salvia Celosia

  13. Perennial Flowers Gaillardia Columbine

  14. More Perennial Flowers… • Candytuft • Chrysanthemum • Lupine • Rudbeckia • Sedum • Shasta Daisy • Veronica Yarrow

  15. Annual Herbs Summer Savory Basil Dill

  16. More Annual Herbs… • Chervil • Coriander • Dill • Biennial Herbs… • Caraway • Parsley Italian Herbs

  17. Perennial Herbs • Fennel • Lovage • Marjoram • Mint • Tarragon • Thyme • Winter Savory Chives

  18. Vegetables Lettuce Sweet 100 Tomato

  19. More Vegetables… • Bush Beans • Swiss Chard • Beets • Cucumbers • Zucchini • Carrots • Green Onions • Bell Peppers Pole Beans

  20. Exotic Foliage • Banana • Cannas • Alocasia • Elephant Ears • White Bird of Paradise • Variegated Ficus • Caladium Hibiscus

  21. Bulbs • Fall Planted… • Iris • Crocus • Daffodil • Tulip • Spring Planted… • Asiatic lily • Gladiolus • Begonia • Dahlia

  22. For More Information Garden Hotline 255-1183 Monday – Wednesday – Friday 10am - noon Cornell Cooperative Extension

  23. http://www.gardening.cornell.edu • http://www.gardenhoo.com • http://www.skaneatelesvineyards.com • Library, Bookstore

  24. Examples from the Philadelphia Flower Show Etc.

  25. Other Examples

  26. Continued

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