Voting Booth: What was the most important feature of the last container that you purchased?, 1 by Marilynbeth

Marilynbeth wrote:
Voted size, because size does matter when it comes to containers! lol

I have, at the moment one 24" (so far), some 20", some 16" and 14" and 12" ones. I prefer the larger size containers though and I'm trying to replace the smaller ones with larger size ones every year.

I grow plants in the ground and in containers. I grow alot of plants to attract the Hummingbirds and Butterflies. Some of the plants attract birds and the many different bees too.

I have containers on the front porch, at the end of our side entry driveway, on the patio and in the backyard surrounded by a couple of Lilacs. One year, I also had containers all along our front steps.

Here's a photo taken last Summer on my front porch of 3 containers of Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt' along with a container of Coleus which I plant every year. I always have Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister' on the front porch for the Hummers every year! I'm thinking about larger container for the porch next year.


This message was edited Feb 15, 2010 5:10 PM