I would like to do a "woodland" theme container. So far, I have only purchased a Spinulose Wood Fern. What type of soil should I plant it in? The guy at the nursery said straight peat moss. Is that correct? What about a combo of compost and peat? What plants would go well as a filler? Any trailing plants that would do well?
Container for shade
Straight sphagnum peat and compost are poor choices for container soils. A very good soil for your containers would be
5 parts pine bark
1 part sphagnum peat (never use reed/sedge peat or MI peat in container soils)
1 part perlite
garden lime
controlled release fertilizer
a micro-nutrient source (kelp meal, seaweed emulsion, Earthjuice, other)
Add dwarf varieties of hostas, astilbe, ginger, Impatiens, small leafed mounding or trailing Coleus.
Al
Thank you very much, Al! Oh, darn. Guess I have to go back to the nursery to do more shopping. ;-) Tamara
Please post a picture when it is finished...sounds like it will be beautiful...then I can copy it LOL
Al..should I get pine bark mulch? Which kind...nuggets or regular? Tamara
Look for something like at the top or at left.
Al
