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!

Containers

• Terra Cotta

• Hanging Basket

• Wire w/ moss

• Whiskey Barrel

• Concrete

• Wood

• Bushel Baskets

• Wheel Barrow

• BE CREATIVE!!!

Be Creative!

Consider…

• Drainage

• Weight

• Size

Growing Media

• Pre-mixed is best

• Make your own:– peat moss– sterile potting soil– builder’s sand– slow release fertilizer

Plant Requirements

• Water

– Polymers

– Hydro-mats

• Light

Annual Flowers

Marigolds Impatiens

Snapdragons Petunias

Creeping Zinnia Geraniums

More Annual Flowers…

•Ageratum

•Alyssum

•Begonia

•Coleus

•Dianthus

•Dusty Miller

•Lobelia

•Nasturtium

•Pansy

•Salvia

Celosia

Perennial Flowers

ColumbineGaillardia

Yarrow

More Perennial Flowers…

•Candytuft

•Chrysanthemum

•Lupine

•Rudbeckia

•Sedum

•Shasta Daisy

•Veronica

Annual Herbs

Summer Savory

DillBasil

Italian Herbs

More Annual Herbs…

•Chervil

•Coriander

•Dill

Biennial Herbs…

•Caraway

•Parsley

Perennial Herbs

Chives

•Fennel

•Lovage

•Marjoram

•Mint

•Tarragon

•Thyme

•Winter Savory

Vegetables

Lettuce Sweet 100 Tomato

Pole Beans

More Vegetables…

• Bush Beans

• Swiss Chard

• Beets

• Cucumbers

• Zucchini

• Carrots

• Green Onions

• Bell Peppers

Exotic Foliage

Hibiscus

•Banana

•Cannas

•Alocasia

•Elephant Ears

•White Bird of Paradise

•Variegated Ficus

•Caladium

Bulbs

Fall Planted…

•Iris

•Crocus

•Daffodil

•Tulip

Spring Planted…

•Asiatic lily

•Gladiolus

•Begonia

•Dahlia

For More Information

Garden Hotline

255-1183

Monday – Wednesday – Friday

10am - noon

Cornell Cooperative Extension

• http://www.gardening.cornell.edu

• http://www.gardenhoo.com

• http://www.skaneatelesvineyards.com

• Library, Bookstore

Examples from the Philadelphia Flower Show Etc.

Other Examples

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