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By DR. DIANE RELF Extension Environmental Horticulturist * Now is a good time to plan
prepare for container gardfens on your patio, deck, or balcony. If you wait until the Spring flower bug bites, you’ll wiy whatever container is lifcfidily available, which usually is neither the least expensive nor the most interesting.
The criteria for selecting a container will vary with the
of your house and your Personal taste, but it has been n*y experience that recycled or handmade containers are <2ten the most satisfactory. X There are three basic questions when selecting a container, but after those questions are answered, your only Iiftiit is your imagination.
Be sure plant n can live
First, will the plants live? Tb ensure success, make sure there is:
good drainage provided
plenty of holes in the bottom of the container and no drain dish to hold water around the plant roots; ZT* sufficient root space for the plant to grow as large as you want it to. The same tree dould be a bonsai in a 2-inch pot, a patio decoration in a 10gallon container, or a shade tree in a 200-gallon container; H : i
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