{"id":23972,"date":"2015-03-24T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=23972"},"modified":"2015-03-10T08:30:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T13:30:21","slug":"three-plants-container-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=23972","title":{"rendered":"The Three Plants for Container Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Since many of us are busily planning what we&#8217;ll be putting into our pots and planters, we thought it would be the perfect time to revisit this post about the rules for planting a container garden.\u00a0 We learned these great tips during a session with a gardening expert while attending a blog conference last summer.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s important to keep what you have at your front entry looking fresh and healthy because it&#8217;s your chance to make a first impression with your visitors.\u00a0 I first wrote this post when I realized our front needed to be freshened up before a big arts fair took place across from us.\u00a0 Please enjoy the revisit.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-23974\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/R.I.P.-plant-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"R.I.P. plant\" width=\"458\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/R.I.P.-plant-764x1024.jpg 764w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/R.I.P.-plant-241x323.jpg 241w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/R.I.P.-plant.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Since the arts fair was about to take place in the park across the street, I decided it was time to spiff up the front of our place.\u00a0 So, I put the three rules to work.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23987\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Container-Gardening-Rules-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Container Gardening Rules\" width=\"549\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Container-Gardening-Rules-681x1024.jpg 681w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Container-Gardening-Rules-215x323.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">I headed out to a garden center and bought a tall, a trailing, and a thick.\u00a0 I made sure they had different textures because that seems to add a lot of personality to the arrangement.\u00a0 The tall is an arborvitae, the thick is a mum, and I forgot to check the name of the trailing.\u00a0 I made sure that the shrubs don&#8217;t lose their leaves in the winter.\u00a0 The planters wouldn&#8217;t look so great with bare shrubs in them.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23976\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8605-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Container garden\" width=\"549\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8605-681x1024.jpg 681w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8605-215x323.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">I&#8217;m not one to rush the seasons at all, but I went for\u00a0 fall mums for the thick plants because the store&#8217;s summer annuals were just not looking so great.\u00a0 I realized after they were planted that I should have bought bigger ones to fill the pots more.\u00a0 I plan to just keep replacing the mums with new\/fresher ones until they die off in a frost.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23978\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8652-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Container garden\" width=\"549\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8652-681x1024.jpg 681w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8652-215x323.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I put some pillows on the front bench that have some of the same colors as the plants.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-23979\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8655-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"Container garden\" width=\"614\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8655-1024x721.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8655-430x303.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">The last shrubs lived in these planters for three years.\u00a0 I bought these plants small enough that they have some room to grow.\u00a0 I will just switch out the flowers for a small lantern in the winter, pansies in the spring, and probably some petunias or begonias for next summer.\u00a0 All the while, I&#8217;ll be following the rules of tall, thick, and trailing.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-23980\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8656-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Container garden\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8656-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8656-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Now everything looks healthy and fresh.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-23975\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8642-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Container garden - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8642-681x1024.jpg 681w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8642-215x323.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I think it&#8217;s about time to invite the neighbors over for a round of &#8220;drinks on the stoop.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since many of us are busily planning what we&#8217;ll be putting into our pots and planters, we thought it would be the perfect time to revisit this post about the rules for planting a container garden.\u00a0 We learned these great tips during a session with a gardening expert while attending a blog conference last summer.\u00a0\u00a0 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