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In my new video, Containers by Design — the latest in the Big Living in My Small Garden series — I walk through my own garden and point out the containers that have earned a permanent spot: fixed pieces doing a specific job in the design, not plants I'm auditioning or testing out. (That's a concept from an earlier video in the series, Auditioning Plants in Containers.) I'll show you one that's playing the prima donna and another holding down the rowdy chorus.
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Prima donna and rowdy chorus are two of the four roles I use regularly when designing with containers — they're just the two I call out by name in the video. All four are laid out in this refreshed blog post. |
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A single specimen shown to best advantage |
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One plant, alone in the pot, carrying the whole thing. I've got one playing that role in my garden right now — you'll see it in the video. |
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Create pattern, divide space, establish rhythm |
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The same pot and planting, repeated down a path or across a threshold. The repetition is doing the work — it's what turns individual pots into a line, a rhythm, a piece of structure. |
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Performance: stronger together than alone |
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Several different pots, grouped so they read as one collection instead of a scatter of individual plants. |
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Rowdy & rambunctious—a party in a pot |
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One wide bowl, one season, no rules. The plants I used to get this effect are in the post — plenty of others would work just as well. |
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Until next time! |
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