Specialty Gardening: Planting Question, 1 by ohsusanna

ohsusanna wrote:
brigidlily, you are exactly right. Many of my containers were annuals that I didn't intend to plant in the ground. To avoid having it look like I just threw a lot of pots in the garden, I hid them among some of the taller perennials. That also kept their roots cooler. The Mystic Spires Salvia did a great job of that. Because the containers were mobile, I could just move them when I wanted to.

We've been in a drought for several years in my part of Texas. Brutal sun!? What brutal sun? That can be an issue when using containers, but I bought lighter colored very inexpensive, self-watering containers at Walmart. They did great!

It's hard to see, but in this picture the Datura and Wild Blue Yonder Rose are in pots that are hidden by the salvia and very large Fairy Rose.