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!

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!

First, where do you live? State is fine, but if it's a large one, a
general area in the state might be good. For instance, there is quite
a bit of difference between northern California and southern.

Are you planning on keeping the pots on the patio year round?

Tracey

Tracey wrote:


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!


First, where do you live? State is fine, but if it's a large one, a
general area in the state might be good. For instance, there is quite
a bit of difference between northern California and southern.

Are you planning on keeping the pots on the patio year round?

Tracey


Oh, durnit. Just noticed a word or two and a spelling or two that
indicate you're a Brit. Sorry for being US-centric and restricting
it to state. Whereabouts you from?

Tracey

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:33:01 +0100, Whiley
wrote:

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?

Your post is refreshing and I wish you well, but may I suggest also
adding plants with color in the foliage, like begonia. I've grown
to like the colored foliage in the winter and keep a begonia and
variegated wandering jew in a hanging pot inside near a South facing
window.

Regards,

Hal

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!




--
Whiley

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!




--
Whiley