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By DR. DIANE RELF
Extension Environmental Horticulturist
If you as a gardener do four filings right, your container garden will give you spectacular success: select the right container, use the proper soil, select the right plant for your site, and use simple maintenance procedures.
Select Right Container
- A good container should be large enough to provide room for soil and roots, have sufficient head room for proper watering, provide bottom drainage, and be attractive without competing with the plant it holds.
Drainage holes are the secret to success by making sure the plant never stands in wet soil. Roots require air space in the soil to live. If the desired container does not have drainage •holes, consider growing the plant in another container, perhaps a plastic pot, and displaying it in the moFe attractive container.
Size and appearance of the container should be in visual proportion to the plants grown in it and the setting where it is used. Avoid excessively heavy containers on balconies and dis
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