How to keep containers looking great all summer
Vložit
- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Container maintenance goes beyond just watering! Come along with me as we fertilize, prune and generally zhuzh up the containers to keep them looking good for as long as possible.
#containergardening
--------- L I N K S -----------
Water soluble fertilizer: amzn.to/4drAs89
Flower scissors: www.niwaki.com...
Window box planting video: • Window box rules to kn...
Window box: www.hooksandla...
Oh, and by the way, you can get 15% off your order at Hooks & Lattice with the code IMPATIENT15 (through Dec. 31, 2024, not an affiliate link).
--------- A B O U T -----------
My name is Erin and I love sharing inspiration and information with real-life gardeners. I live and garden in southeastern Wisconsin, zone 5b/6a.
If you liked this video give it a thumbs up and if you loved it, please subscribe and click the bell so you never miss a new video! Thank you for your support.
🌿Blog: www.theimpatie...
🌿Facebook: / impatientgardener
🌿Instagram: / impatientgardener
📩 erin@theimpatientgardener.com
Some affiliate links may appear. I may make a small commission if you purchase through these links. Thanks for your support. You can see all my favorite products on my Amazon storefront at www.amazon.com...
----------- FAVORITES -------------
🌿 My favorite potting soil (Organic Mechanics peat-free Container blend): bit.ly/contain...
🌿 My favorite soil amendment: bit.ly/biochar...
🌿 Hose reel (Hoselink): bit.ly/TIGhose...
🌿 Current favorite garden gloves: amzn.to/3C29D9Z
🌿 Garden products I buy on repeat: liketk.it/3FIyl
Music in my videos from: bit.ly/39wBm5f
Mail to:
USPS: The Impatient Gardener
P.O. Box 99
Belgium, WI 53004
UPS/FedEx: The Impatient Gardener
125 E. Main St.
Port Washington, WI 53074
Loved everything about this. I was working at a garden center this year, and people are so afraid to prune their plants. Ir pruning means cutting off flowers. Your plants will thank you. You will like them more. And as Linda Vater says, "Don't let your plants boss you. " Love, love , love your channel, Erin!
Love your channel. You are so knowledgeable, down to earth, and authentic. Thanks for being you
I think the window box planting is incredible this year! Love the colors and textures.
Your containers and kitchen window box are absolutely gorgeous. They look so natural!!
That is the most beautiful window box I have ever seen. I am just in awe. The color combination is extraordinary. I love the different textures and how healthy everything is!!
Your window box is gorgeous. I like the peach and purple combo.
Beautiful combination of plants in the window box!
The window box is really, really pretty!
I have gotten over the "being scared" part of pruning containers. I go to town now and they bounce back !!!
Great topic! I spent a lot of years feeling like a mediocre gardener because at some point things got out of control and didn’t look like I had hoped. It seems so obvious but finally I learned to edit as time goes on. Makes a huge difference!
I use Jacks but also use Proven Winners water soluble. PW’s has chelated iron in it which keeps your foliage green. Jacks is great for vegetables. Love your channel Erin! Been watching for years 💚💚💚
Thank you for telling me to do this and thank you for the “oops” laugh.
Wow - I really love the purple/burgundy sweet potato wine with the silvery foliage of the dichondra. So striking!
It’s amazing that I’ve gardened for so long and just recently decided I can just snip away if I don’t like something. Thanks!
You are definitely the queen of window boxes!
Any begonia gives me sass growing in zone 9b. I love them and they just like me at best.
Note to self for next summer, purple tradescantia with peachy keen!
Thanks for the reminder, I have a couple monster pots that need to be trimmed!!!
Beautiful containers!
Hi Erin, I've been using Jacks water soluble fertilizer for 25 years they used to be Peters. I find it works pretty good for me; I grow about 20 large pots of mixed annual containers on my deck. It gets hot full blazing sun all season long and the jacks keeps them all looking brighter and more robust. I use it on all my house plants too.
Thanks for sharing that. It's great info!
Man if only I could get mine that luscious…. I wouldn’t have cut them back they looked so lush.
Love the window box this year! So pretty!
I was always envious of the planters at the Chicago Botanic gardens until I realized they also prune and manicure those containers to achieve there looks.
My containers also require maintenance to keep looking good.
Like how you pruned the dycrondra 👍
I have a problem with pruning. I feel that Every thing I cut off has the potential to be propagated into another plant. That is how I wound up with tons of sedum when I gave them a Chelsea chop.😂 thanks for the tips.
Me too!
I love that purple bellflower vine on your porch!
The window box this year is the best ever!
I use Jacks, because I can pick it up at my local garden center. I’ve never seen PW in the stores I frequent (Sheboygan county).
Very helpful! Loved your trimming of the silver falls, not a fan but trimmed up-I like it!
I’m a pruner drives me crazy when containers become overgrown. Love the zebra vine very tropical looking.
We love Jacks 20 20 20, also the petunia feed is excellent, and all the other Jacks products. They work the best we think. Not a Monsanto fan either. We had a greenhouse business for many years,5 star if I may brag !!! Seriously I like learning other things from your videos I watch often. Thank you for sharing your world!!
neptune's harvest is what I use
I really love your window box container. Some of the flowers have a bit more saturated color…it really works! Beautiful!
Extremely helpful, Erin. I never considered thinning an option with my containers. Just grab a handful and chop or trim the bottom off of trailers. Thanks for this. 😊
Most of my garden is on drip but I have a few brick planter boxes and some random pots that I hand water daily. I had to be gone for 5 days in July and we were having triple digit temps. My daughter is the only person I trust with my plants but she lives 20 miles out and has 5 little kids so I said watering every other day would probably be ok (and crossed my fingers!). Honestly, all the plants looked better when I returned than before I left. 😂 I still struggle with thinking I can skip a day, but I’m trying!
Is this an early video? Was waiting for the Sat. sip and stroll. 🥂 Everything looks lush to me, interested to see what fully matures in veg. garden too. Your window box and containers look lovely. Cheers ✨💖✨
S&S usually posts on Sunday mornings and used to be coffee. Love that Erin films sometimes on Saturday evening for the Sunday posting. Like the clink of the G&Ts!
Beautiful window box, I love the flower combo.
Omg😂😂laughing out loud at your “oops-that was a lot of pruning”!!!
You and your humor make my day!!😮😂
So enjoyed your video today...Very timely. I have been kicking myself for planting a passion vine in one of my hanging baskets filled with cupheas and lantanas which the hummers love. The passion vine hasn't flowered, but is quite the container bully and the foliage has gone wild. Getting my clippers ready; here I come. Thanks for the encouragement to prune. Your gorgeous garden is always inspiring!
Window box fussing = ASMR 😂
I'm forever pinching ugly leaves! Mom yells at me 😂😂😂
That window box! Wow! 🤩💖 gorgeous!
I’m in love with all of your containers!! Thank you for the close ups!! Gorgeous!!
Love your channel. Thanks for being you!
those sunglasses rock
Whoopsies… had me rewind… how many times I have done that to a vine!
Love the window planter very pretty🙏🏻🙏🏻💕
I’ve started using Elm Dirt liquid fertilizer this year and seems to be working very well.
@@flatcreek4665 I’ve not heard of that. I’ll have to check it out.
I got a sprayer that attaches to hose. Fill with Proven Winners water soluble fertilizer and dial to 1Tbsp/gal and it mixes for me. Got tired of lugging the container around d and waiting for it to fill. It works too good for me to try any others unless I run out.
I don’t like my spiller vines to touch the ground either, the earwigs don’t need any help to climb into the pots🤷♀️🤦♀️
Everything looks beautiful. I agree with your trimming process. Especially the D silver falls. Enjoy watching your videos. Thank you for sharing. ☺️
That Cast Iron plant is beautiful! I saw one from Monrovia at my garden center that had beautiful spots on it!
Erin love the garage and window box ! Lots of great tips. Heading out tomorrow morning with a coffee to see what needs doing in my containers !!!
As Linda Vater says, “Don’t let your plants boss you!” Lol
I use Sta-Green. The numbers are almost identical to the PW fertilizer and it’s half the price.
Love, love , love your containers!!! The colors and textures and choice of plants are amazing. I am so envious. Mine have not held up to our hot summer weather here in mid Missouri. Your plant knowledge and the artist eye serve you well. Congratulations on your work! Thank you for the tips! You are so talented . Love your videos. Michael Y.
Super helpful!!
The verbena looks amazing!!
I love the look of sweet potato vine but, man, they have a wicked root system. My planter last year looked great until the calebicoa started dying. I dug it out and found the potato vine root had created a bowl in the bottom and it wasn’t draining anymore.
Love the window boxes… do you look out the window, tho, and then would see from top down? So nothing is a waste 😊
Beautifully maintained!
Love the window box! 🌸
Looks great, Erin! 😊
I use Jack's water soluble. It has served me well after I ceased to use Miracle Grow.
I wish my annuals looked as good as yours. Mine are suffering from the weeks of high heat, even after watering twice a day. But, cool weather is coming soon!
Thanks for the info. I love the color of your shirt. I'm about 1 1/2 hr north of you and my garden looks awful due to me not being able to handle the heat and previous rains. Hopefully this week we can make a big dent
Here in Michigan I've lost numerous petunia baskets from root rot this year.
You're containers look great! I definitely had to prune supertunias where I put in 2 plants because I wanted it to fill in early for an event. And of course it's overwhelming the other plants I put in!
How are your preferred fertilizers different from Miracle Gro? I typically use the bloom version for pots and baskets because it’s what I can find locally.
PS Aren’t those watering cans the best? I have two as well. Gotta be even when handling those monsters 💪
Love the all the many verities ❤
Wire vine will take over the world given the chance. Never put it in the ground. I used to work in a garden in northern CA where it was so thick as a groundcover it had smothered so many other plants including beautiful, species irises and more.
Good to know.
Wonderful informative video.
You told be in the past what to use for a pot riser alternative. I have looked for some at both big box stores without success. Any way you can give me a link please?
That is helpful.
Hi Erin, thanks for all your videos, they are quite helpful. I do have a question for you. Do you grow Ascot Rainbow Euphorbia in your garden bed? I thought I heard you mention it as one of your plants in a recent video. If you do, are there any special tips for taking care of it over the winter? I live in MI zone 6a and after I ordered it online, I realized it might not overwinter here and I have nowhere to put it come Fall. The company didn't want me to send it back either. I'm nervous about overwintering any plants in containers. The ones that I have had luck with were just that. I didn't figure they would come back but they did. I look forward to hearing from you and for your next videos. Give Dorothy a big hug for me. She is so sweet.
What did you say the name of the vine was in the last container? That leaf shape is so stunning!! 💛
I have tried to grow purple bell vine, from plants bought off of Select Seeds, with no luck. This year one of them died within days from shipment and SS was out of them, so couldn't replace it. The other one is dying a slow death, no matter what I try.
Do you have a list of all the plants you put in this window box. I went back to the planting video and didn’t see a list. But I just love it. I may want to try it myself. In an old antique bath tub next year.
Can the wire vine and other vine cuttings be rooted?
Such gorgeous containers! Would you consider incorporating more edibles and herbs into your containers? We're living in times where food prices are continously rising, folks are searching for creative solutions with limited spaces and resources, and we need it to be fun! :J
I ripped out my lawn, laid down weed fabric, 3 layers of cardboard and built two 30 foot cedar beds and three 8 foot beds. I have so many darn peppers and tomatoes, basil, cucumbers and such that I can give to friends and family as well as a local restaurant that feeds the unhoused, the abundance of mother nature is 😊😊incredible. Instead of watering the grass I now water vegetables and have a little micro habitat for,lady bugs, praying mantis ,bees, and alllll the flying little things. Last year I put in two plum trees and one peach tree and an apple tree. This year I added black berries and raspberry bushes. I live in VERY urban area and my front yard is normal size.
Just start!!
@@juliehorney995 I actually did less of that this year than I have in the past although I have a lot of containers with Strawberries this year. I also did an entire herb and tomato container this year. But you’re right about keeping it fun! I should add, by the way, that I don’t use synthetic fertilizers on anything edible.
Hi Erin, I would like to recreate the container you have in front of garage. Can you tell me more about the plecthantrus? PW has some varieties but they don’t look like what you have used. I haven’t seen it where I am. More sun or more shade for this plant?
❤
2:46 Hey Erin love that vine. Can you give us the name again. I didn’t hear you. And transcript didn’t catch it either. Thank you.
I decided to grow the red cardinal vine which I love the feathered foliage. But not so much the red. I know it comes in white and pink but I haven’t found it anyway. Thanks again.
May I ask what you don’t like about miracle grow? I hear gardeners say that all the time but they never say why. Just curious…unfortunately I bought some at Costco…so I’m looking at having to use it for the next 20 years due to the quantity I had to purchase…
I have a 5 foot 3 tiered iron planter, each with a coconut fiber liner and petunias. They were looking great a week or so ago but, suddenly the second and third are starting to look terrible. They are are turning brown and dying from inside. My thought is they are not getting dry enough because of lack of airflow. Should I try taking them out and some peat moss and replanting? Anyone have a suggestion?
I love your watering container and it is not in your Amazon store. I WANT one or even two...where can I find them?
@@suzannebartow6390 those big blue watering cans? I have the same ones. Got them from Gardener’s Supply. I’d recommend two 😉 makes it easier physically to haul when the weight is even.
Help Erin! My superbena is beautiful as a plant right now but has stopped blooming. It was pretty at the beginning of summer then just stopped. I have deadheaded and fertilized. Thoughts?
How are the containers at the family pool?
😊
What clippers are those? I’m so tired of my little clippers pinching my finger
@@virginiabaker2966 They are flower scissors and I kind of love them for this kind of thing. I put a link in the description
I use Jack's but I don't think it works any better or worse than other products 🤫
🌸🌿🌼✂️NICE✂️🌼🌿🌸
Oh crap, I just realized it's Friday and I absolutely forgot Fertilizer Friday 🙄
I have absolutely NO luck growing dichondra silver falls......just won't do anything for me
Interesting. I've never known or heard of anyone not pruning their container plants. Maybe the people you are talking about grow that ugly mangava
Why don't you like Miracle Grow? Just wondering because I haven't tried anything else.
I don’t like my spiller vines to touch the ground either, the earwigs don’t need any help to climb into the pots🤷♀️🤦♀️