The Middle-Sized Garden | How to plant winter pots, window boxes and container gardens @TheMiddlesizedGarden | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 3 hours ago
Discover the basics of successful container garden planting. How to choose plants and plant them up in all kinds of pot, tub or window box. Should you water or feed winter container plants? And do you have to change all the potting compost? Find the answers here, plus how to choose plants you can grow in your garden when the pots are over. With Jane Beedle (@janebbakes)
00:00 Welcome
00:24 Maytree Nursery in Kent: maytreenursery.com
00:31 Find Jane Beedle on Instagram at @janebbakes
00:47 Choose perennials and shrubs for planters - you can grow them in the garden afterwards
01:27 Buy more plants for winter pots and window boxes because plants don't grow in winter
01:57 How to choose plants for winter planters at the nursery
02:42 The blue 'grasses' are Festuca glauca and the red stemmed shrub is Cornus Alba 'Sibirica'
03:07 Choosing very young shrubs for winter planters - they won't grow!
03:43 The small yellow shrub is Choisya ternata (Mexican orange blossom)
04:04 Choosing holly for a winter planter. The yellow holly is Ilex 'Golden King'
05:29 List of evergreen plants for winter garden containers
06:29 How to plant up the containers - first add height
07:11 Add bulbs into winter planters before adding most plants. Use shorter varieties
08:13 Put plants into the planter before fulling topping up compost. You don't want to be 'digging holes'
09:59 Move pots, planters and window boxes before watering them. They will be too heavy afterwards
10:07 Do you need special materials for winter pots?
10:51 Don't water planters in very cold weather
10:58 Do you need to change all the soil or potting compost in a container?
12:50 Should you feed or water winter pots and planters?
For garden ideas, gardening advice, garden design and landscaping ideas for your garden or backyard, subscribe to the Middlesized Garden YouTube channel here: youtube.com/c/ThemiddlesizedgardenCoUk
Whether you love English garden style, cottage gardens or contemporary urban gardening, The Middlesized Garden has gardening advice and garden ideas for you.
Weekly videos cover gardening advice and garden design - from small space gardens to middle-sized garden landscaping - plus garden tours and tips for container gardening.
The Middlesized Garden practices sustainability, wildlife gardening and no till methods. If your garden backyard is smaller than an acre, join us and enjoy your garden even more!
The Middlesized Garden Complete Guide to Garden Privacy is available in Kindle or paperback in 13 countries (in English only). If you'd like your garden to feel more private, click here for availability in your country: themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/books/the-complete-guide-to-garden-privacy
#gardening #gardendesign #backyardgarden
For small and middlesized backyards and gardens....
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Note: links to Amazon are affiliate which means I get a small fee for qualifying purchases. It doesn't affect the price you pay and I only recommend things I use myself or really think you'd like!
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Discover the basics of successful container garden planting. How to choose plants and plant them up in all kinds of pot, tub or window box. Should you water or feed winter container plants? And do you have to change all the potting compost? Find the answers here, plus how to choose plants you can grow in your garden when the pots are over. With Jane Beedle (@janebbakes)
00:00 Welcome
00:24 Maytree Nursery in Kent: maytreenursery.com
00:31 Find Jane Beedle on Instagram at @janebbakes
00:47 Choose perennials and shrubs for planters - you can grow them in the garden afterwards
01:27 Buy more plants for winter pots and window boxes because plants don't grow in winter
01:57 How to choose plants for winter planters at the nursery
02:42 The blue 'grasses' are Festuca glauca and the red stemmed shrub is Cornus Alba 'Sibirica'
03:07 Choosing very young shrubs for winter planters - they won't grow!
03:43 The small yellow shrub is Choisya ternata (Mexican orange blossom)
04:04 Choosing holly for a winter planter. The yellow holly is Ilex 'Golden King'
05:29 List of evergreen plants for winter garden containers
06:29 How to plant up the containers - first add height
07:11 Add bulbs into winter planters before adding most plants. Use shorter varieties
08:13 Put plants into the planter before fulling topping up compost. You don't want to be 'digging holes'
09:59 Move pots, planters and window boxes before watering them. They will be too heavy afterwards
10:07 Do you need special materials for winter pots?
10:51 Don't water planters in very cold weather
10:58 Do you need to change all the soil or potting compost in a container?
12:50 Should you feed or water winter pots and planters?
For garden ideas, gardening advice, garden design and landscaping ideas for your garden or backyard, subscribe to the Middlesized Garden YouTube channel here: youtube.com/c/ThemiddlesizedgardenCoUk
Whether you love English garden style, cottage gardens or contemporary urban gardening, The Middlesized Garden has gardening advice and garden ideas for you.
Weekly videos cover gardening advice and garden design - from small space gardens to middle-sized garden landscaping - plus garden tours and tips for container gardening.
The Middlesized Garden practices sustainability, wildlife gardening and no till methods. If your garden backyard is smaller than an acre, join us and enjoy your garden even more!
The Middlesized Garden Complete Guide to Garden Privacy is available in Kindle or paperback in 13 countries (in English only). If you'd like your garden to feel more private, click here for availability in your country: themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/books/the-complete-guide-to-garden-privacy
#gardening #gardendesign #backyardgarden
For small and middlesized backyards and gardens....
See The Middlesized Garden blog: http://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk
For Amazon storefront see: amazon.com/shop/themiddle-sizedgarden
Note: links to Amazon are affiliate which means I get a small fee for qualifying purchases. It doesn't affect the price you pay and I only recommend things I use myself or really think you'd like!
More garden ideas on Pinterest:pinterest.co.uk/midsizegarden/boards
Twitter: twitter.com/midsizegarden
Facebook: facebook.com/themiddlesizedgarden
