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Date Posted: 11:02:51 08/16/01 Thu
Author: Marlene
Author Host/IP: 216.126.134.158
Subject: Planting in pots - outdoors

I'm excited. We just installed a dripper irrigation system so I can have a "Container Garden" in the backyard. I'm looking for ideas for things that do well in pots in full sun. A "mini tree" (probably a shrub that can be stripped at the base and made to look like a tree) some blooming shrubs and of course flowers. These pots will sit on a concrete patio, in full sun most of the day - so there is a lot of heat reflected off the concrete.
As I buy pots, I'm going to look for things on pedestals and will also place a couple on old metal chairs. I'm trying to minimize the "oven-effect" of pots absorbing heat right off the patio (a problem I've had with pots there before).
Even if you only have one thing you've had lasting success - it will help immensely.
We have hot summer weather made more comfortable by cool mornings and evenings. Rain from May to December is quite unusual around here. We're warm and dry, for the most part all spring, summer and fall.
I'm actually more interested in permanent type things for right now.......flowers can and will be planted annually. But I need "the bones" of the area done first. Flowers look even nicer when they're offset by "green".

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