How To Plant Large Outdoor Pots

Start with the largest plants first such as a towering fiddle-leaf fig and glossy rubber tree.

How to plant large outdoor pots. Sometimes a little change can bring a surprising difference to your garden. Finally complete the grouping with a few shorter plants in the front. Note that this applies only to pots with annuals or plants that dont have long extensive roots.

Here are a couple rules of thumb to help you choose the right size pot for your plants. Plant the plants at the same depth they were when you bought them and keep the top of the soil at. Start with a planter thats at least 14 inches across to create a somewhat mobile flower garden.

Our standard and custom greenhouses are designed with architectural beauty str. When you find a particular style you like stock up. To reduce weight fill the bottom third with Styrofoam or large pieces of plastic like the water jug shown above.

You can never have too many planters. Place the plants into the container and finish filling it with soil pressing down as you go. Crocks broken bits of terracotta pots gravel or even chunks of polystyrene work well.

To do so fill a wheelbarrow or other large container with your potting soil mix and use your hands or a garden tool to evenly blend the slow-release fertilizer throughout the soil before you add it to your container. Annuals usually need at least 8 inches of soil depth while grasses and shrubs may need two or three times that amount. Shop for Pots and Planters.

Create a combination of thriller filler and spiller plants. Large outdoor pots should be watered once per week for about 15 minutes so that all the moisture reaches down into the roots. Watering outdoor plants kodachrome25 Getty Images Signature.