All the containers are (finally) planted up. Here's a tour to show you how they look when they are just getting started. We'll revisit these throughout the summer and see how they do. Referenced videos: Planting pagoda dogwoods: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zh9eo7EybjQ.html Planting a tropical urn: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OOHjGM0Ai40.html Simple window box design: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mDQcACJmg-g.html From the blog: Building the big planter: www.theimpatientgardener.com/how-to-build-wooden-planter-with-lead/ Magic trellis trick: www.theimpatientgardener.com/a-trellis-magic-trick/ Plant to know - Nicotiana: www.theimpatientgardener.com/plant-to-know-nicotiana-alata/ Annual vines: www.theimpatientgardener.com/annual-vines/ Tips to grow in containers like a pro: www.theimpatientgardener.com/containers-growing-tips/ My name is Erin and I love sharing inspiration and information with real-life gardeners. I live and garden in southeastern Wisconsin, zone 5. #gardentour #containergardening #TheImpatientGardener If you liked this video give it a thumbs up and if you loved it, please subscribe and click the bell so you never miss a new video! Thank you for your support. 🌿Blog: www.theimpatientgardener.com 🌿Facebook: facebook.com/impatientgardener 🌿Instagram: instagram.com/impatientgardener 📩 erin@theimpatientgardener.com Some affiliate links may appear. I may make a small commission if you purchase through these links. Thanks for your support. You can see all my favorite products on my Amazon storefront: Mail to: The Impatient Gardener 125 E. Main St. Port Washington, WI 53074
Thanks for another great video. When you said you hadn't an original idea, it reminded me of this quote from the author Andre Gide: "Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. " Andre Gide
All beautiful containers - my most-favorite is the last one in front of the garage. I've never seen Begonias like those! Now I have something new to look for!
Loved these containers! Those begonias in the last container are absolutely beautiful and the container is stunning even without the vine. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the tour. You introduced me to so many plants I am not familiar with. I always appreciate your videos, so informative. Your containers are lovely, I adore the one by your garage, my favorite.
O, I've never heard of ornamental oregano before - I'm going to look that one up. Your wooden planter looks fabulous, I've gone straight to your instructions to make one, thank you
Love love the Begonia boliviensis container . I love my begonias also excited to see the first one progress with all fragrant tobacco plants. Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden with us . Stay safe and remember to show some love to everyone around you . Happy growing !
15 years ago I bought a set of expensive aluminum patio furniture. Over the years the sun took its toll on the finish and they were getting pretty unsightly. I tried painting them black and hated it. Couldn’t figure out what to do. Watched one of your videos and saw the deep blue for your chairs and tried that. I used a flat dark blue and absolutely love it. So I found inspiration in what you did!
Your containers look great. It can be hard to build containers from home grown plants without overpacking them. You’ve done a beautiful job. The pedestal planter ( I love cannas) and the final one are my favourites so far.
Absolutely love all your containers, but the last one is my favourite with the hanging begonias. The colour combinations is stunning. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
Oh my gosh! I want that last container! Those are my colors and my favorite plants, begonias-I have never seen that white apricot color-now these are on top of my list for next year 💕
Super Nice containers. Also loved that ornamental oregano on the steps. I've grown it in the past I could not find it in my local greenhouses the last couple of years.
My dahlias are starting to bloom, I’m so excited 😌!!! This is the first year that I started them in pots in April. After seeing seeing you do this, I just had to try it, I lost a couple from watering them to soon (my fault) but overall it was a huge success! I now can enjoy them more than a month earlier. Thank You!
To cover that trellis by the garage quickly, plant a bean plant. Dragon tongue, or purple noodle beans. It will be pretty with the white and purple and its not too late.
All containers are beautiful and I'm especially wowed by the one with dogwood pagoda and the other one with canna as centrepiece. I'm pleased to see begonia planted like so, and I'm going to copy you. Thanks for sharing!
Omg Erin you are my garden spirit animal.. 😝 you always have the exact same issues in the garden as I do. I’m kicking myself for not starting nicotiana this year but I was trying to save myself from getting seedling overload as I also end up not being able to take care of everything as much as I want to. But it totally happened anyways! Right now I am trying to plant out 3” tall zinnia seedlings that have been so neglected .. cause that’s all I have left 🤷♀️ and I’m on the city’s garden tour next weekend! 😫 If I had done a better job at getting them in the ground they might have actually done something! I also do leftover pots.. but amazingly they can be some of the best ones!
They're all so pretty! The dogwood may be my favorite, just cuz I love dogwoods and I recently bought some variegated ones. The canna one reminded me of fireworks with that red color shooting out the top and the light green sprays around the bottom. The salmon color in the last one was gorgeous also!
They're all so pretty! I'm really interested to see how the Nicotiana turns out because if it works, I'm copying this! I have two big planters on each side of my gate that I want to do a new combo with & this looks amazing. Loved seeing Dorothy - both pups are sweeties. Thanks!
Nice tour! I LOVE the last container with begonias. The whole area looked great! I thought the white trellis looked more like art, don't necessarily think it needs a vine to look great! And the very large container by front porch was a great one, too. Loved the plant color combo! Would love to see these end of September!
Your garden is my dream garden! Loved all the containers! Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden! I have a small garden in San Diego, CA and I'm still working on growing it. Just like you mentioned it's more economical if you grow plants from seeds and that's what I'm doing. Thank you so much for the tips! Keep safe and healthy!
Everything looks amazing. I applaud you, this has been one tough season in the garden. I’ve had that bossa nova begonia on my list for years. This seals the deal. I need it. 😂 that trellis looks fantastic behind the container. Thank you for sharing your beautiful style, you know I love it all.
Love them all. I like the pots beside each other at the driveway. I'm thankful I found your channel a couple of years ago. I do want to say that your a very beautiful young lady that definitely has a green thumb!! Thanks for sharing!
I can't say I am a container type but all your containers look amazing! Totally sold to try smth myself next season! Thank you for the beautiful video and all the inspiration, Erin! BTW, your climbing hydrangea in the background looks gorgeous!
I've found for sure growing from seeds requires planting a lot earlier than norm for big plants when it's time to plant. This is the first year I've had issues with powdery mildew on my impatiens,(I've always planted them, a fave of mine) I've just been lucky I guess, for we are very wet and humid here in the South. Lovely containers. Have a happy fourth of July!
Dont feel bad! I live in sw Iowa. I bought but nothing really grew in May & the first week of June because it was cool. My artamesia got nipped by the frost and a few first leaf tips of hostas & cannas. Our cannas are so short this year and flowering.
I love those begonias. I found a hanging basket of it at HD and it had to come home with me! My lobelias have all officially bit the dust now. Even my PW one which I had high hope for. It makes me sad because I love that electric blue color.
Same here with the lobelias... love that blue, but they never last. Zone 4 here and mostly have tried them in hanging baskets in the summer. Mine would always get leggy... Maybe they're supposed to be cut back every now and then?
Really stunning look forward to growth! Wow I’m so jealous u are wearing jeans! Hate our July/august on gulf coast it’s so muggy hard to even water much less weed..🤐
Enjoyed seeing the planters you have planted up. I appreciate the notes you added in, like what didn't work. Your sharing that is great encouragement to know it's okay when things don't work and to just try something else and it is okay. On that note, a funny story told by an English gardenr I heard speack a few years ago...she said she would take photos of her containers, especially those that did not work out, and added them to a notebook under *NEVER DO THIS AGAIN* was hilarious!...but what a great idea. Your urn with the Cannas....that is going to be spectacular! It reminded me of something my friend *Christina Salwitz*, who lives up north of me in Washington state would have done. She designs professionally and does beautiful large containers. If you are unfamiliar with her I recommend you check her out. She has a business called "The Personal Garden Coach" as well, has co-authored a book with Karen Chapmen and both are talented artists with plants and offer so much inspiration. Christina is a master at using form, texture and color in her designs, and as a matter of fact, your urn reminded me of her work. I am really looking forward to seeing those Cannas at their prime, that is a beautiful piece. Tell her I sent you...I get nothing for that but as you know sharing is caring. Seriously though she is a lovely person. The Begonia boliviensis have become a favorite of mine here too and I cannot say enough about how wonderful they are in tall planters or in deck planters. I have mine planted in deck planters where the deck railing sets the planters above head level so you look up into the plants. I have a yellow form I found at a local nursery. *The Bossinova White are gorgous*...haven't seen that one here this year. I have a beautiful medium yellow that allows for that salmon to show on the back of the blooms too. I am such a fan. I want all the Begonias.... *I am in Portland and admittedly a very spoiled gardener with all the varieties available here* Enjoyed the tour very much. Havea happy July 4th
I adore your channel. Your garden is going to be exuberantly elegant I've decided, when the containers and the Belgian fence really take off. I love the mixture of formality (fence) and the kind of wild beauty of the flowers. It feels English to me, but please don't be insulted if that's not what you're going for. Your planters are fabulous and unusual;. You are so creative. I'm going to copy you, but it will be OK because I'm in North Carolina! I probably don't have room for a fence, and God knows I don't want a vegetable garden, but I would love to do an espalier on my detached garage. Your garden is an inspiration. (I'm the one who asked you for an update on the boxwood topiary you tried to repot. Did it make it?)
Hi Dorothy!!! What a sweetie. Thank you for linking this planter box building blog post!! I was struggling with the same problem about finding the right planter for the right price to flank our front door/stairs, and was contemplating building. Maybe I will try lining with styrofoam like you did in your large planter in your vegetable garden? Anyway, this is great info. Thank you!!
All of your containers are beautiful! The last one in the trough with the begonias is my favorite! I hope I can replicate it some day! Thanks for showing the botanical names. I did screenshots of all of them for future reference. Also, I loved your 'Kent Beauty' oregano so much from last year, that I ordered one and it is supposed to be delivered today! Yay!!! I can't wait to see it in person! I did order some ornamental oregano 'Kirigami' seeds and haven't planted them yet. Do you think they would look like 'Kent Beauty'?