Creative Gardening with Blue and White Planters
For those of you with a green thumb, fall brings a whole new phase for gardening. If you live in a cold winter climate, it’s time to tuck everything in that will winter over as well as bring inside your outdoor planters. Fall is also the time to plant bulbs, like daffodils, tulips, crocuses, and hyacinths. One method is to just push as many bulbs into the ground as possible, says The Vancouver Sun Blog In the Garden. By March and April, these colorful flowers will show up, making any garden bright and Spring-ready.
But what if you don’t have space outdoors for a bulb garden? I love this article’s ideas about bulb novelty planting – suggesting decorative and creative ways to showcase bulbs, like putting them in shoes, blue and white planters, even designer shopping bags!
Bulbs in planters let you move them around as well as make unexpected accents on your patio or porch. All you need for container gardening is adequate drainage and enough room for the plant to grow, so bulbs really are just the beginning of your imaginative gardening. I’ve seen red, green, blue, and white planters used to add contrast to roses, ferns, even vegetables! I like how planters work in all kinds of environments, from apartment window boxes to accenting a sprawling home garden.
Ready to make your own bulb planter? Plant bulbs pointy side up and make sure to put them deep enough in the ground. You can choose a wide variety of flowers, either filling your blue and white planter with only bright scarlet tulips or mixing different colors, sizes, and types. Miniature varieties would work well in a hanging or wall planter. Think too about planting tall flowers in the center of a round or square planter, with shorter ones around the edges for maximum appeal.
I’ve talked before about some different ideas for blue and white planters; it’s a color combination I can’t get enough of. My herb garden is still going strong, but why not think about creating a living spring bouquet in a favorite blue and white planter of your own? Happy fall planting!
