Pots and planters and garden boxes Archives

Spring bulb flowers, original ideas to showcase them

Bulbs are fabulous to spruce up gardens, especially in original containers and compositions. Have fun inventing your own!

Winter flowers for outdoor garden boxes

Tending to flowers in planters comes naturally in spring and summer, they’re perfect for dressing up our decks and balconies. But winter is also a season where flowers and colors abound!

Heather and other winter flowers in a a stone garden box

A green balcony, even in winter

Don’t leave your garden boxes and pots empty during the cold season: many plants will let you landscape your balcony with plants in winter.

A balcony in winter overloaded with green ivy and red and white cyclamen flowers.

A beautiful winter balcony

Winter doesn’t mean your terrace or balcony must remain void of all life.

Winter garden boxes

Even in the midst of winter, there are many plants that will lend their beauty to balconies, terraces and windowsills, whatever the container.

Hellebore in pots, caring for potted Christmas rose

Growing a hellebore in a pot makes it possible to witness its exceptional winter blooming even without a garden.

Landscape a small garden with 5 simple features

A small garden is definitely an excellent opportunity to showcase what’s really most important. Discover our tips and advice to transcend your small outdoor space and, through astute landscaping ideas, make it seem larger than it is! Read also: 5 ideas to set up a shaded courtyard Clever ways to organize a long, narrow garden […]

Drought resistant pot arrangements

Are you starting to feel that watering in summer is a chore? Wouldn’t it be pleasing to have only plants with no watering? Select plants that can cope with lack of water and you’ll have found a great solution to your problem!

Olive trees can cope with drought even when in pots.

Plants to winterize and how to give them shelter

Not all plants are hardy. Some are more delicate and are vulnerable to freezing. Adequate protection from the cold must therefore be provided: winterizing is what this is called.

Winterizing plants, here with burlap, greenhouses, and other shelters

Growing vegetables & ‘shrooms with ready-made kits

A sprig of basil here, a couple oyster mushrooms or cherry tomatoes there… It’s possible to taste home-grown versions of these delicacies even if you live in an apartment!

Grow herbs and spices, the 10 Best Basic Herbs

Herbs and spices are easy to grow and cook and it’s possible to squeeze them into any nook and cranny of the vegetable patch, flower bed and garden box.

The dizzying beauty of a herb spiral right in your own garden

Herbs, today, are definitely among favored options when planting an ornamental garden. Purple basil, the many varieties of oregano and thyme, graphic-leaved fennel…

Tiny fruit trees for small gardens and decks

A small fruit tree will fit in tight spaces like a balcony, deck, terrace or small garden, both in cities and in the country.

Potted tulip, 5 steps to grow tulips in pots!

Growing tulips in pots is something that is pretty easy to do. Indeed, the tulip is a bulb plant that easily adjusts to this type of growing.

Flower-filled garden boxes for the springtime

Which flowers to plant in a garden box for spring? Perennials, bulb flowers and annuals mix & pair very well for blissfully colorful potting arrangements.

Tips to set up a deck or patio: balance furniture with plants

If there’s enough space, it’s perfectly possible to set up a comfortable patio, deck or terrace.

Tips on how to set up a deck, terrace or patio

When is topdressing applicable? Circumstances that call for topdressing

There are times when plants require topdressing to grow better and thrive. If you’re growing plants in any of these conditions,

Soil and small hand hoe used for some topdressing applications

Growing tomato in pots

Really fired-up to grow tomatoes, but you’ve only got a tiny balcony or terrace and think it’s impossible? Think again!

Grow bell pepper in pots for great results

Even if you don’t have a large garden in your house or can’t spare a portion of the garden for a vegetable plot, you still have options to grow a few special bell pepper varieties in pots on a balcony, deck or terrace.

Gardening the easy way

Raised garden boxes, elevated planters and other solutions are quite convenient for those who want to garden but can’t bend over!

A raised planter is a great solution for an easy garden.

Growing vegetables on your balcony, give it a try!

Persons living in an apartment also have the right to grow their own vegetables, don’t you think? Actually, you don’t need to have a lot of land to plant seeds or plants. With our tips and tricks you’ll discover how easy it is to have your own vegetable patch on a balcony!

Tomato plant on a balcony with fruits ripening

Small conifers and dwarf conifers for pots, containers and small gardens

At the onslaught of Winter, the garden loses most of its structure and greenery. Small conifers are a great opportunity to restore some of these volumes thanks to the many possibilities these dwarf-sized evergreens share.

Topdressing, what is it?

Topdressing means spreading a fresh layer of rich soil mix directly atop the ground. This gives plants the organic matter

Topdressing, such as on this lawn, also applies to large pots and garden boxes.

Inspiration for colorful winter planters and garden boxes

Weather is drab and gray – isn’t that a good reason to battle the droopy mood with color-packed winter planters?

Inspirational ideas for garden boxes in winter

Grow red kuri vertically to maximize space

Red kuri, like all squash and gourd plants, spreads over vast areas as it grows. Grow red kuri vertically to maximize space in your entire vegetable patch!

Red kuri on a fence with leaves and fruit

Repotting, how to repot a plant and when

Repotting a plant is easy and it’s an important step for plants to grow well.

Three pots on a workbench with soil, peat and filler materials.

Potted basil for terraces, balconies, decks and indoors, too

Growing basil in pots is easy, and it is even a great idea to start growing potted basil in spring.

Blooming Summer Garden Boxes

Don’t know what to plant in your garden boxes in Summer? Perennials and annuals, take a look at our summer container plant insights as a source of new inspiration.

Summer garden box planting arrangement ideas

A potted garden on a terrace with containers

On a deck, terrace or balcony, it is easy to set up a container garden in pots for every season. Plant a series of garden box flowers that will bloom one after the other. Read also: Fruit trees for balconies, decks and terraces Potted plants, the tips to succeed in growing them Drought resistant pot […]