Container Gardening Tips and Ideas

You don't have to have a patch of grass or yard in order to have your own garden. In fact, many people who live in cities, apartments and townhouses create their own patio and indoor gardens using containers. Growing plants and flowers in containers is known as container gardening, and with a bit of practice you can have a wonderful indoor or patio garden all grown from containers yourself.

Getting started with container gardening is often a simple matter of going to the store and buying a container which already has multiple plants in it. Unfortunately though, when you buy a ready made plant at a store, they don't always stay alive too long. This is because the store often puts too many plants into one container. They want the container garden to look full and lush so you'll be more likely to buy it. If you don't give those plants a bit more room to grow once you get them home though, they can often start wilting and dying off quickly.

So if you want to start container gardening, by all means feel free to pick a nice, fully potted lush container at the local store. These are great ways to get a multiple variety of plants all at once. While you're still shopping though, be sure you pick up an extra few container pots and some potting soil. Because you're going to turn that one lush, full container garden into multiple ones once you get home.

Take your new container gardening supplies home, then set everything out by the sink so you'll have fresh water available. What you're going to do is remove some of the plants from the full container you bought, and put them into the new empty containers. This will give all your new plants plenty of room to breath and grow.

You don't have to remove all the plants from your full container, but usually taking out at least half of them is good. The remaining half can stay in the container they came in, but it's usually a good idea to spread them out a little bit once you've removed some of the extra. This will allow the plants in that first container garden to continue growing and thriving.

Put one or more of the extra plants into your extra containers. You don't have to put just one plant into one container though, you can mix three to five plants into one container to make it look interesting and pretty. Just be sure you don't put too much into any one container, because in just a few weeks time, they'll all be looking much fuller and lusher.

Once you've gotten all the extra plants put into new containers and added enough soil for them, be sure to water each container well. Then arrange your new containers and plants on your patio, porch, or scatter them around the rooms inside. Before you know it you'll have gorgeous, beautiful, thriving container gardens all around you.