Garden Experiments
For the love of gardening and wildlife habitat
Great ideas for your garden and simple garden projects that add color and beauty to any spot in your garden. Find the perfect plant color combinations, container garden ideas, solutions for common garden problems, garden design inspiration, and more.
Native plants are adapted to the soil, temperature, rainfall, and fauna in the area in which they grow. As a result, they provide some benefits to the gardener and local wildlife that non-native plants bought from your local garden store may not. I like the look of native plants in my garden. I tend to mix them in with exotic plants and I end up …
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I find that I get great ideas for container gardens at botanic gardens, businesses, municipal streets, and garden centers. I recently had the opportunity to visit Atlanta. The Atlanta Botanical Garden had some beautiful examples of different containers and plant combinations. At the entrance to the gardens, these tall, modern planters were …
The summer heat has arrived and it’s pretty miserable outside. When we're in a heat advisory, the temperature outside FEELS like over a hundred degrees with the high humidity. I’m watering in the early morning and sometimes at night, just to keep up with it, but the plants are still suffering. However, some of my plants are thriving, in spite of …
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I had the pleasure of touring the Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. These wonderful container gardens are from their 2015 plantings. The color combination of the tropical plants and the height of these planters really capture the eye. These very large planters on posts were in …
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If you've got shade but still want color, here is an example of how to add color to your shade gardens in containers. Read this earlier post for suggestions of plants with colorful leaves or flowers that can be used in shade gardens. Container 1: Coleus, ferns, heuchera, and impatiens This pot contains coleus, heuchera, ferns, and …
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Spring marks the beginning of lots of garden-related things, including shows and expos. Attending these events can help spark your creativity and give you ideas for your own home and garden. I live in a small town where we don't have a lot of events or opportunities to view gardens or attend a lot of shows without driving a couple of hours. …
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