Planting up pots for Summer Colour in the Garden

Planting up pots for Summer Colour - Annuals

16/5/2019

Spring has well and truly sprung and summer is fast approaching. I’m busy helping clients with planting schemes, gardening advice and border rejuvenation all helped by the warm sunny weather we’ve been having. The nurseries and garden centres are brimming with lots of fresh plants to tempt us, but which ones are best for brightening up the patio in summer?

Nemesia

Trailing Geranium

Verbena

There are several ways to bring colour to areas around the house or patio and it doesn’t have to be all about deadheading high maintenance annuals! I love a pelargonium or too and i’m rather partial to trailing plants like Verbena so I create a few pots which are purely about the fresh vibrancy these bring and then the rest of my pots have a more long lasting planting to give colour all year...

Annuals for Summer pots
If you’re looking for plants to give a blast of colour from June to September and you don’t mind a bit of maintenance then combinations which include Pelargoniums (Geraniums by another name), Fuchsias, Begonias, Nemesia and Busy Lizzies will fulfil your needs. These will generally give upright height in a pot which can be surrounded by trailers such as Verbena, Surfinias, Bacopa. Given a good quality moisture retentive compost with a measure of Swell Gell and slow release fertiliser these will see you well in to Autumn. These plants are generally tender annuals so once they get frosted they will need to be discarded and placed with autumn/winter bedding plants.

Perennial plants can be used in containers for summer colour to, find out more in the 'Planting up Summer Pots' category

For my tips on how to plant up pots and hanging baskets look out for an upcoming blog post on my website www.belgrierson.co.uk/advice.

If your planting needs a splash of colour or you’re looking for garden design ideas I offer a tailor made service from consultations to full garden rejuvenation projects. Find out more on my website about Garden Design Services or Planting Design and services.
Alternatively give me a call to discuss your requirements Tel. 07506 750250 or send me a message.

Planting up summer pots

Bel Grierson

Expert plantswoman and garden designer, Bel has 20 years experience in horticulture and loves to spread her knowledge and enthusiasm to those with gardens large and small.

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8/8/2019 02:11:49 pm

Spring is my favorite solstice season among the four. For me, this season symbolizes new beginnings. I can see it when the flowers start to bloom. Another thing is, this is the season where some of the animals' hibernation ends. I just really love the idea of spring. It is like us, humans' life. I bet if not all, most of us have already experienced different problems. Even so, we still to continue our lives and look forward for the new beginnings.

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