The only thing I do is container gardening. Do you have a place you can
hang a pot?? If so, a sweet potato vine is just the thing. They usually
come in 3 to a pack, so you get a lot of bang for your buck. Also,
planting a hanging container of lettuce (yes, I said lettuce) works
great as the weather cools down. Right now, I have outside on my porch
3 mandevilla vines, (I live in the coastal south, so they think they
are in the jungle), And avacado seed that has sprouted, a spider plant
hanging from a tree, a lot of bulbs that have sprouted, (put these in
the bottom of a pot & put something else on top), a miniture pepper
plant, several begonia plants as well as some wave petunias. Right now
there is not a lot of things growing very well since we are in the heat
of the summer. It would be real helpful to know where you are.
Whiley wrote:
Hey there,

I'm not only new to the forum but also new to gardening. I move into my
flat with a small patio garden soon, and I really want to introduce some
colour through potted plants, but I'm desperate to do it right and have
a thriving garden! I have to admit that i'm clueless though.

I have bought some pots to start myself off, so that if i do go and buy
some, theres something for them to live in straight away.

Firstly, i bought a weak geranium just the other day, it didn't look to
healthy, and the maternal pet keeper in me wanted to revive it and look
after it!

So nabbed some cheap compost and now hes sitting outside my front
door.
What can i do to help him along? Are there any products i should be
adding to the pot or water?

Also, I'm now on the look out for friends for him, but perhaps I'm
asking to much. Could anyone tell me any good novice or even little
advanced plants that flower through good portions of the year and can
live in large pots?

I hope i have the correct forum area for this, apologies if i have not.


Any help would be much appriciated! I look forward to staying around
this forum for months to come and learning all i can!




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Whiley