Subject: Green Thumbs and All!!!!
Posted by: 13LuckyLady
Date: Apr 12 17
We have a patio which is enclosed except for the front of it.
Sunlight is limited as is space.
I know there are green thumbs who play FT. Please help.
I have no idea what to plant in containers. I considered hostas, impatiens and coleus. Money is limited so I can't create Shangri La. I don't mind starting with seeds or seedlings.
Ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Posted by: 13LuckyLady
Date: Apr 12 17
We have a patio which is enclosed except for the front of it.
Sunlight is limited as is space.
I know there are green thumbs who play FT. Please help.
I have no idea what to plant in containers. I considered hostas, impatiens and coleus. Money is limited so I can't create Shangri La. I don't mind starting with seeds or seedlings.
Ideas?
Thanks in advance!
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jabb5076 
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I think you've picked some good ones. The impatiens are nice if you want flower color. Begonias and violets might also be pretty. Reply #1. Apr 12 17, 3:17 PM |
Mixamatosis
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Impatiens and begonias are very colourful and shade tolerant (shade loving?), so whether your patio is sunny or shady will be a factor in what can grow well there. Other plants that are shade tolerant and colourful include geraniums and fuchsias. Reply #2. Apr 15 17, 3:11 AM |
| Mixamatosis
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Hostas can look lovely. Slugs and snails love to eat them though and can do a lot of damage to their appearance, but maybe you won't get many of them on a patio though they do like shade and come out after rain. Azaleas will also grow in pots in the shade. Reply #3. Apr 15 17, 3:13 AM |
| Mixamatosis
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P.S Most of the plants mentioned will die over Winter. In London I find that Azaleas and Begonias will survive. Begonias look as though they've gone, but grow up from under the soil again in late Spring. Colorado Winters are more severe than here I believe, so I'm not sure whether they will survive Winter there. Azaleas are said not to like tap water, only rain water but I've used tap water on mine without a problem. The plants all have a great range of colours and forms. Reply #4. Apr 15 17, 3:22 AM |
13LuckyLady
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According to the bunny who vacationed on the patio over the weekend, I made a salad. The coleus was the favorite part as it disappeared first! Reply #5. Apr 17 17, 7:46 AM |
| Mixamatosis
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How sweet to have wild bunnies. (I'm assuming it's not an escaped pet). I don't know which plants are bunny resistent but there must be some they don't like. Reply #6. Apr 18 17, 11:10 AM |
Shiningstar7
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I have 2 houseplants I've had for over 20 years, an ivy vine and some other type of vine I water once a week, the one grows in water, I got the ivy vine from someone's back yard, put the starts in water until they sprouted then planted in a pot of dirt and have been growing all these years. Hope you get something to grow, whether plants or flowers! If you are able to get a start from someone or outdoors, remember to put it in water to sprout before planting, like a potato from the eye, have you ever heard of doing that?! You can get planting soil at most stores unless you have some where you live that is good soil. Reply #7. Apr 19 17, 1:40 AM |
| 13LuckyLady
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At one time, we had 186 plants...many of them offspring of parent plants. We've 'done' the avocado seed, potatoes, tomatoes, flowers by the armful and loved every minute. Hens and chicks and all sorts of ivy. We planted chili plants. A squirrel acquired a liking for them. The first sign my husband was my kind of fellow...he had a pathos which he trailed (by suspending) across the ceiling. Wild bunnies are few around here. Apparently the word got out that a buffet was available as he/she had quite a good time. I didn't have the heart to chase it away....plants can be replaced...watching the bunny...not so easy. Reply #8. Apr 19 17, 5:50 AM |
Mommakat
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Reference Mixies comment on slugs and snails.....here is a tip that a lot of Australian gardeners use to combat their activities.....if you can get your hands on a jar of that much maligned Vegemite, a smear of it around the stems of plants to be protected will work wonders....it is the yeast in the product that repels them. Reply #9. Apr 19 17, 6:57 AM |
ClaudiaCat
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Get into succulents - they survive everything and easy to plant and easy to propagate. Reply #10. Apr 19 17, 7:19 AM |
| 13LuckyLady
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We placed a dish of beer in the garden (when we owned a house). Drunk snails and slugs...cause no trouble. Thanks, everyone! Reply #11. Apr 19 17, 7:46 AM |
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