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Old 14-10-2013, 09:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
David.WE.Roberts David.WE.Roberts is offline
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Default Winter flowering plants for very large shallow containers

On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 20:56:13 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

On 14 Oct 2013 16:35:03 GMT, "David.WE.Roberts"
wrote:

This year I have grown tomatoes and cucumbers in plastic bags - wide and
shallow - and they have done O.K.

I am now left with these containers for the winter.

I can just leave them, empty them (leaving a blot on the back garden
where they sat), or find a nice winter flowering bedding plant to cheer
them up until spring.

Not having that much success, though.

Do pansies and primroses flower through the winter?

Is there anything else obvious and 'off the shelf' which would do?

Cheers

Dave R


Browse this lot; You should find something to suit.

http://tinyurl.com/lw39bz6


O.K. - looks as though pansies and violas may be up to the job.

Now to locate somewhere that sells them by the yard :-)