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In the neighborhood: Cereus hexagonus (Lady of the Night) Flower, Los Angeles, California [Photography]
Cactus and Sunflowers, North Hollywood, California [Photography]
Succulents For Sale, Porto, Portugal [Photography] [Prints]
Bougainvillea in the neighborhood [Photography]
Barrel Cactus at Sunnylands, Rancho Mirage, California [Photography]
@douglaswelch Feeding the garden containers A Gardener’s Notebook DouglasEWelch.com/an/ #Garden #Gardening #Nature #Outdoors #Plants #Succulents #Containers #Fertilizer #Feeding #AGardenersNotebook ♬ Autumn Leaves – Timothy Cole
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Dazzling Dahlias – 62 in a series – The flower that started it all via alljoyflowerfarm on TikTok
Fortnight Lily Flower via TikTok [Video]
NEW DESIGN: Vintage Seed Catalog Cover (1911) Products from Douglas E. Welch Design and Photography [Shopping & Gifts]
Flowering Now: Acanthus Flowers – one of my favorites via TikTok [Video]
(Rain) drops on Roses via Instagram
@douglaswelch Sunday tasks in the garden including repotting into new containers, planting some seeds, and a check in on the squash and peppers in the raised beds. #garden #gardening #nature #outdoors #tasks #pots #containers #raisedbeds #sunday ♬ Lazy Sunday – Official Sound Studio
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Flowering Now: Cherry-leafed Plum Blossoms In The Neighborhood 3 via Instagram [Photography]
Garden Scene 17 from the 2022 Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour via Instagram [Photography]
Lady Bank’s Rose In The Garden via Instagram [Video]
Geranium (2 Photos) From the 2022 Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour via Instagram [Photography]
Brunfelsia in bloom via Instagram
Your guide to turning a tiny L.A. balcony into an edible oasis – Los Angeles Times
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Land owners have all the fun when it comes to gardening, right? All that luscious soil spreading out before them, offering limitless opportunities to grow all things delicious.
But here’s the deal people: Unless you’re feeding an army, you can grow all kinds of food for you and your family in pots on any sunny balcony or patio or porch. And it’s simpler than creating huge garden beds.
In fact, sometimes pots are preferable. In Southern California, it’s easier to grow acid-loving blueberries in the controlled soil of a half wine barrel than to try to grow them in our typically alkaline ground.
Read Your guide to turning a tiny L.A. balcony into an edible oasis – Los Angeles Times
Dazzling Dahlias – 10 in a series – Alan Titchmarsh: How I grow dahlias — and why they’re my second-most infallible plants via Country Life
Photo: Poinsettia salvaged from 2013 taking on seasonal colors via #instagram
From Gardening Don’ts (1913) by M.C. 16
Historical Seed Catalogs: Annual catalogue of seeds and plants by Schlegel & Fottler – 23 in a series
From Gardening Don’ts (1913) by M.C. 30
Top 10 Best Flowers for Growing in Pots – Birds and Blooms
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Even if you have a small garden, deck or patio, you can still grow beautiful flowers! We found the best flowers for pots.
Read Top 10 Best Flowers for Growing in Pots – Birds and Blooms
Self Watering Pots via Bless This Stuff [Shared]
Rainy Day Garden View – One Square Foot – 45 in a series via Instagram
Flowering Now: Poinsettia in the Container Garden via Instagram [Photography]
From bean to pod in 42 days 🌱 via BoxLapse on Tikitok [Video]
10 Plants Gardenista Readers Will Never Grow Again via Gardenista
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Self Watering Pots
Wet Pot is a self-watering terracotta pot that helps your plants take care of themselves! Available in three sizes, the pots work with a two-part system that allows your plants to water themselves as needed. Water supply is regulated by different co-operating factors. The technique is called Capillary Attraction. Your plant lives in the absorbent terracotta pot which in turn floats inside a perfectly sized glass cylinder. Just add water as needed to the glass exterior and watch your houseplants reach their full potential, with minimum worry on your part.
20% Off Everything Today Including these Sunflower Days Totes, Mugs, Smartphone Cases and More!
If You’re New To Gardening, Start By Planting These 10 Plants via BuzzFeed
Time to water the garden via Instagram
Garden Gear To Covet, And To Give, With Ken Druse Via A Way To Garden [Shared]
Historical Seed Catalogs – 121 in a series – Seed annual (1912) by Mills Seed Company
@douglaswelch New Fuchsia planted into its container ##fuschia ##flowers ##garden ##gardening ##containers ##timelapse
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@douglaswelch A Gardener’s Notebook: ##Nasturtiums ##plants ##garden ##gardening ##growing ##nature ##outdoors ##containers
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Azalea – A Minute In The Garden for A Gardener’s Notebook [Video]
Interesting Plant: Harlequin Glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum)
Vintage Botanical Prints – 32 in a series – Rhododendron dauricum from The Botanist’s Repository (1797)
Pomegranate Tree “Springs” into action via TikTok
More azaleas — reaching their peak bloom via TikTok [Video]
I am always on the lookout for creative planter ideas. I find them on walks around my neighbourhood, on garden tours, at botanical gardens, even at some of my local nurseries. Besides the endless array of foliage and bloom choices, the containers themselves can also play into the look—or fade into the background, letting the plants get all the attention. It all depends on the look you’re going for. Either way, I look forward to putting together my own planters each spring
An interesting link found among my daily reading
Historical Seed Catalogs: Richard Diener Company Incorporated: originators and growers of the largest and finest gladioli in the world. (1919) – 52 in a series
Gazania in the Sun
Noted: Growing backyard mushrooms, with Michael Judd via A Way to Garden
Succulent closeup #succulents #plants #nature #garden #sicily #italy #travel via Instagram [Photo]
Clytostoma callistegioides
