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A quick gardening Q
RAINBOWGIRL22
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Sorry this is so lazy (I should Google but I am at work)
Planning to do the balcony this weekend and wondering what we should be looking at planting. We have lots of pots varying in size so we need plants / flowers that will be happy in pots?
TIA
Planning to do the balcony this weekend and wondering what we should be looking at planting. We have lots of pots varying in size so we need plants / flowers that will be happy in pots?
TIA
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Personally I love Japanese maples and they seem to quite like pots.
keep seedlings covered
i've just put my carrots in. and my peppers. and my trinidad moruga scorpions.
South African Veldt Daisies/ Rain Daisies/ Cape Marigolds ((not seen a plant with so many different names))flower all summer until the frosts come. They aren't fussy on space and you can grow them from seeds. Dimorphoteca Pluvialis. Can be ordered from Amazon. Last for years and flowers for a very long time. Very beautiful flowers.
Pinks look good in pots and flower for ages.
Pansies love pots. If you dehead the old flowers, you can have pansies all summer.
Snapdragons/ Antirrhiniums love pots too. Such pretty flowers. I am about to plant some of their seeds once I have got another large flower pot/planter.
Aquilegia is nice but it doesn't flower very long. However, it keeps its lovely clover like leaves all year round.
Ferns love pots and so do small trees.
Seeds come up incredibly fast and much cheaper than buying plants.
Herbs for cooking can be easily grown and smell lovely. Rosemary and thyme last for years. Sometimes sage gets a bit woody.
I have seen a good sized propagator in Wilkinson's.
aquilegia [lovely as it is] is poisonous, rainbow has a small child.
So are snapdragons, pinks, rain daisies. I think most plants are poisonous in some way to cats, dogs or humans.
Clematis, nicotiana and honeysuckle are poisonous to cats.
Night scented stock are toxic to children.
I don't think it is possible to find many plants that are safe.
I'll do a bit more research this evening but many thanks for all the suggestions.
cats are not generally stupid enough to eat something that is poisonous. that's more of a people thing.
my herbs and veg suggestion is looking better now though isn't it.
Good idea. Sunflowers in pots would look great on a balcony.
I would avoid lilies if you have cats - the pollen is poisonous too and they can easily get it on their fur then lick it off:(
Anyway, I'd be planting some herbs if it were me - curly pasley does well as does the flat leaf which makes a good substitute for coriander which never does well for me. Rosemary, thyme, mint, oregano, marjoram, sage will all cope well. Luckily many of our herbs come from the Med so can cope with a bit of drying out!
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